Volume 21 Issue 4

Articles from Volume 21 Issue 4

China Moves Ahead on Digital Yuan Before 2022 Winter Olympics

02.26.2021 Elizabeth Chen

Introduction With the People’s Republic of China (PRC) a frontrunner in the global race towards digital currency, the central bank People’s Bank of China (PBOC)...

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China’s Updated National Defense Law: Going for Broke

02.26.2021 Ben Lowsen

Introduction On January 1, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) put into effect new revisions to its National Defense Law (henceforth, “Law”) (中华人民共和国国防法 zhonghua renmin...

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The Xinjiang Crisis and Sino-Turkish Relations During the Pandemic: Part One

02.26.2021 Ondřej Klimeš

Introduction Since 2016, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies in Xinjiang have not only shaken the lives of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other groups inside and outside...

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Development Lending is Down, But the BRI Lives to Fight Another Day

02.26.2021 Johan van de Ven

Introduction In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the global economy, pessimistic analyses of the Belt and Road Initiative culminated with the December...

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