"There are three major schools of thought within American international relations theory: realism, liberalism and constructivism, each of which essentially serves U.S. hegemony and leadership."

"China and developing countries need to break the current core-periphery world order."

"Since the US has used its ‘nuclear weapon’ against China, China should strike back and use its own ‘nuclear weapon’ ... The US’s ‘nuclear weapon’ is tech and China’s ‘nuclear weapon’ is its market."

"Russia does not have the capacity to shelter China from the wind and rain."

“If you raise [the development of the BRI] to the strategic level, there are countries where ... you will have to lose money and there are countries where you will be free to make money."

"After the formation of a CES network, the US will in a sense be ‘digging its own grave’ by [imposing] unilateral economic sanctions.”

"If they continue to intensify their technology embargo on China ... Then, I believe, we should fight back. We also have trump cards. We could, for instance, ban the export of rare earths to the US."

"Old wine in a new bottle"

"Let the light of Chinese democracy shine even brighter, so that China can ... contribute to the building of a better, higher quality [form of] democracy for humanity in the 21st century."

"For the next 10 years at least, India will continue to pursue pro-US policies and will continue to adopt a primarily confrontational approach towards China, with cooperation as a secondary priority."

"The reality of international politics is that state relations are still largely dominated by realist thinking, and China is no exception."

"Recent back-to-back visits by Blinken, Yellen, and Kerry to China have not yielded any real and substantive results, except perhaps ... to prevent a US-China military conflict" – Prof. Shi Yinhong

Zheng Yongnian, Zhu Feng, Wang Haili, Shen Yi and Sun Bingyan

The effectiveness of French diplomacy will depend on its ability to find a new path of equality, friendly and mutually beneficial coexistence with the non-Western world, including China. It is clear...

“This ‘rebellion’ is the most significant ‘grey rhino event’ since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis and could have far-reaching repercussions on the course of the war and the situation in Russia.”

According to Lan, India has been trying to curtail China’s influence within multilateral platforms such as the G20, BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

"Failure to share the cake properly at this point will probably widen [China’s] income gap and dampen economic growth from the demand side"

The world as viewed from China. Click to read Sinification, by Thomas des Garets Geddes, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Analysis of Beijing's relationship with Moscow tends to focus on official statements and diplomatic behaviour. But what do Chinese experts have to say about the matter? And how might they be advising...

The world as viewed from China. Click to read Sinification, by Thomas des Garets Geddes, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Beijing is determined to remain neutral: providing military support to Moscow would risk a global conflict

Chinese tributes to Henry Kissinger and what they might tell us about China and its relationship with America

"The Trump administration's unilateralism, right-wing populism and tendency towards principled realist foreign policy would...reduce to a certain extent the external strategic pressure faced by China"

"[Anti-Americanism] has had a significant impact on the Russian psyche, awakening both xenophobic and isolationist sentiments ... Russia's current situation is reminiscent of post-World War I Germany"

The world as viewed from China. Click to read Sinification, by Thomas des Garets Geddes, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

"Much like the recent US-China summit, the EU-China summit will not resolve the most serious disagreements ... But it can lay the political groundwork for resolving and easing these differences."

Welcome to the third edition of Sinification – a newsletter focusing on foreign affairs as viewed from China. This week’s edition looks at the following topics: US-China chip war: Chinese consultancy...

"If Trump is re-elected, I believe it will be very difficult for China to engage in rational and pragmatic exchanges with him.”

"[China should] make full use of the differences between the US and the EU's de-risking strategies towards China"