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Yaqi Li

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How Chinese Analysts Interpret Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy

Far from celebrating an American retreat, Beijing’s strategists are reading the NSS as a blueprint for leaner – and potentially more dangerous –...

12.12.2025 4

The Diplomat

Yaqi Li

How the Trump-Xi Summit Led to a Blow up in China-Japan Ties 

A tactical truce with the United States has redirected China’s coercive pressure toward Tokyo and across the Taiwan Strait.

25.11.2025 3

The Diplomat

Yaqi Li

Why Viral Western Takes Still Misunderstand China’s Political Economy

Both the “engineering state” and the “mayor economy” framings obscure the critical mechanics of China’s growth machine.

18.09.2025 8

The Diplomat

Yaqi Li