Xi in North Korea
China’s President Xi Jinping is making the first state visit of a Chinese leader to North Korea in nearly 15 years – I discussed the implications with Monocle radio.
What Kind of Periphery Does China Want?
I contributed the following to China File on Hong Kong’s recent protests and its relationship with China. The full discussion can be found here What defines China? This month’s massive protests in Hong Kong, whose triumphant return from colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 only put off the ultimate question of what happens in..