National Security Law: David Zweig, Elsie Leung
Link: rthk.hk/radio/radio3/BackChat: 1 June 2020Hugh Chiverton and Mike RowseNational Security Law: David Zweig, Elsie LeungDavid Zweig outlines how Hong Kong has become a battleground between the US and China On Monday's Backchat latest developments in the [...]
US-China tensions expected to escalate further after Donald Trump promises action over Hong Kong
Relations between the two sides are likely to carry on worsening after the US President said he would end the city’s preferential status after Beijing ‘smothered its freedom’ Observers predict spiral of retaliation will [...]
What lies behind Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong? Fear, not arrogance
China’s leaders are facing challenges on multiple fronts – from the economy to global criticism of their handling of Covid-19 Beijing believes that another summer of protests in Hong Kong and what it perceives [...]
Africa Sessions – Rethinking International Relations in Africa after COVID-19
Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:00 PM GMT+1 Conference Panel Speaker: David Zweig The Covid-19 pandemic has arrived at a time of economic and geopolitical crossroads in the development paths of many African nations. Alongside [...]
Africa Sessions – Rethinking International Relations in Africa after COVID-19
Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:00 PM GMT+1 View more and the video here: https://www.drdavidzweig.com/podcasts-broadcasts/video/africa-sessions-rethinking-international-relations-in-africa-after-covid-19-2/
AMERICA CHALLENGES CHINA’S NATIONAL TALENT PROGRAMS
BY DAVID ZWEIG AND SIQIN KANG | No. 4 | MAY 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Thousand Talents Program (TTP) was created by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2008 to overcome the brain drain [...]
Beijing is getting tough on the democracy movement, but at what cost to Hong Kong?
Beijing has recognised that, under the current conditions, it can’t keep Hong Kong’s opposition forces under controlSomething has to give, and that something is China’s promise to grant Hong Kong civil liberties and universal suffrageSouth [...]
Backchat, America, China and Sino-US relations under Covid-19
Link: rthk.hk/radio/radio3/ BackChat: 28 April 2020 Hugh Chiverton and Ada Wong America, China and Sino-US relations under Covid19 On Tuesday's Backchat, we'll look at the latest developments om China-US Relations as it relates to [...]
He didn’t stop it!
There’s really only one issue on which Joe Biden need campaign for president. Donald Trump’s Administration had the time and the information to act decisively, but he failed to stop the virus from devastating America. [...]
China’s “Reverse Migration” Strategies under Attack: A Case Study of the 1000 Talents Plan
Link: Podcast on NCUSCR.org 27 January 2020 In recent years China has been appealing to scholars who went overseas to study and remained abroad to return to China. Among its “reverse migration” policies is [...]