China got a leg up thanks to three main drivers (each of which came with its own corresponding drawback). ..…

It is claimed that “democratic states connected by shared values and economic interests” will be able to “reduce the violence, drug trafficking and illegal immigration that threaten our common security, and will limit opportunities for adversaries to operate from areas of close proximity to us,” in..…

Moreover, even China’s fixed investment is heavily dependent on external forces. ... For example, China’s main high-technology exports are in consumer electronics, office equipment and computers, and communications equipment. ..…

Low fertility rates and aging populations in countries such as China, Thailand and Japan are the main demographic reasons for the expected shrinkage in the Buddhist population in the years ahead. . ..…

It has been a rather weak motor, reflecting the relative size of the Chinese and American economies, so that the global economy has grown rather slowly since the emergence of China’s international economic power. . The main reason why the world avoided a global depression is that..…

Yet China’s main aims have been achieved. The SCO, under its influence, has conveniently buried the Uighur problem under the slogan of fighting the three evils of “terrorism, separatism, and extremism,” which as far as the Chinese are concerned refer less to al-Qaeda than to the..…

The priority is to provide guidance for cultural service in troops and build a cultural force with its main body in grassroots units. . As an important part of China’s military culture, the cultural force and its work shows the political strength of the Chinese military. ..…