Publications: History

March 20, 2023

Eleven ways the two sessions will safeguard advancement of China 3.0

Op-ed in China Daily of 14 March 2023. Republished by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, and Russian.

A shorter Beiijng/Global version appeared on 20 March 2023 - Two sessions have given a big push to 'China 3.0'

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February 11, 2023

John Lee's Middle East trip rife with potential

Op-ed in the China Daily of 10 February 2023. Republished with attribution by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, and Russian.

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December 19, 2022

China-Arab ties enter new era

Op-ed in China Daily (Beijing and Global version) dated 17 December 2022. Republished on Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights Also published in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

(The printed version of my China Daily article above wrongly attributed its authorship to my namesake in Hong Kong. The Paper published an apology dated 24/25 December 2022 - see bottom left-hand corner of the relevant printed page below).

Download China Daily's published correction apologizing for wrongly attributing the authorship of my article on 17 and 18 December 2022

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November 27, 2022

Momentum building for more inclusive global order

Op-ed dated 22 November 2022 in China Daily (Beijing version for worldwide distribution). Also appeared in Hong Kong's Chinese dotdotnews.com and hk.cntt.com; as well as Hong Kong's english.dotdotnews.com

Republished by Rome-based World Geostrategic Insights in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

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November 21, 2022

US still mired in a 'Cold War' mindset, but the tide's turning

Op-ed in China Daily (Hong Kong version) dated 21 November 2022.

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November 16, 2022

The West is misreading China's Party Congress at the risk of world stability

Op-ed of 27 October 2022 in World Geostrategic Insights. Also published in French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

A slightly modified version was published by China Daily on 30 October 2022.

A shortened Chinese version appeared in 來論每日点新闻

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June 21, 2022

HKSAR braving the elements for a brighter future

Feature article in China Daily of 20 June, 2022 in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reversion of sovereignty.

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May 14, 2022

What The Economist omits to address in President Xi's vision of a global security order

Op-ed of 8 May, 2022 on World Strategic Insights, an international non-profit geostrategic platform based in Rome. Also published in Spanish, French, Russian, and Arabic.

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April 12, 2022

Will China invade Taiwan following Russia's war on Ukraine?

Op-ed of 12 April, 2022 on World Strategic Insights, an international non-profit geostrategic platform based in Rome. Also published in Spanish, French, Russian. and Arabic.

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January 15, 2022

To avert mutual destruction, President Biden should shift his Administration's focus from "maximum confrontation" to "constructive re-engagement"

Feature article "Engaging With China: America's Best Foot Forward?" in the Annual Special Issue of The Global Analyst of 6 January, 2022. The publication is a flagship global business magazine of Hyderabad-based Media-Five Publications Pvt. Ltd., India, of which I am on the Advisory Board.

Download ANALYST January Analyst 6.1.22

Republished with permission by Rome-based World Strategic Insights on 15 January, 2022. Also in French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic.

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