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The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in late 2024 forced Beijing to reassess its Syria policy from the ground up. For over a decade, China’s engagement with Damascus rested on…

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(Editor’s note: The original Chinese version of this article was published on December 2 on the WeChat account “The World from Multiple Angles.” The piece explores a hypothetical scenario: if…

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Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army. 2011. Source. Any who study international relations, security, and history will necessarily be familiar with the paradoxical cost-benefit structure of war: armed conflicts are both…

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