Volume 22 Issue 5

Articles from Volume 22 Issue 5

China and Russia: Shackled to a Corpse?

03.11.2022 John S. Van Oudenaren

Almost as soon as Russian tanks began their bloody crawl toward Kyiv, debate ensued over whether Chinese leaders had advance knowledge of the Kremlin’s war...

Publication China Brief China Volume 22 Issue 5

Why Beijing Wants the Dalai Lama to Reincarnate

03.11.2022 Tenzin Dorjee

Introduction A strange battle is waiting to unfold at the center of the Sino-Tibetan conflict: the fight over the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation. As the 86-year-old...

Publication China Brief China Volume 22 Issue 5

An Iron Idol Turns to Clay: Xi Faces Neo-Dengist Opposition

03.11.2022 Ben Lowsen

Introduction Late last year, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) re-invoked a phrase that first appeared five years earlier: the “Two Establishes” (两个确立, liang ge queli)...

Publication China Brief Volume 22 Issue 5

All Eyes on the Ministry of Veterans Affairs

03.11.2022 Kenneth Allen

Introduction On March 19, 2018, the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) ratified the establishment of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs (MVA) (中华人民共和国退役军人事务部, Zhonghua renmiin gongheguo tuiyi junren...

Publication China Brief China Volume 22 Issue 5