For Monday, August 6: Is This China’s Century?

This coming Monday, we’ll switch back to a “foreign policy” topic by considering the 2019 Camden Conference topic.

I’ll ask Court Haight to post links to a handful of useful resources that he has available on the subject. In the meantime, here are some links to recent (last two weeks) articles (mostly op-eds) on China’s various strengths and weaknesses.

• As China’s Woes Mount, Xi Jinping Faces Rare Rebuke at Home
• Military Bases in the Sand
• China’s Economy Is Not Normal. It Doesn’t Have to Be.
• How China’s Currency Could Help It Weather a Trade War, at a Cost
• Unease rattles China’s invincible facade
• Ethnic cleansing makes a comeback — in China