national rejuvenation — 9DASHLINE

Running from China: China’s youth dream of leaving

Written by Dr Franziska Plümmer

The risks of brain drain and demographic change are looming over the heads of Beijing’s policymakers and business leaders, who are also increasingly incentivising Chinese students to come back from abroad.

Emerging Issues9DLOctober 2, 2023Franziska Plümmer, Dr Franziska Plümmer, Running from China: China’s youth dream of leaving, 9dashline, refugees, China, zero-Covid measures, US, asylum, Canada, Australia, Latin America, pandemic, Chinese emigration, migration, Xi Jinping, UNHCR, International Organization for Migration, human rights activists, religious practitioners, exit bans, run-ology, White Paper Protests, lockdowns, travel restrictions, social control, under 40, Chinese society, discrimination, ageism, three-child policy, quiet quitting, neijuan 内卷, tangping 躺平, social media, Chinese netizens, runxue 润学, WeChat, emigrating, United States DIY, Southeast Asia, Colombia, Panama, censorship, brain drain, demographics, anti-emigration discourse, Chinese diaspora, workforce, national rejuvenation, dream of national rejuvenation, passport, 2023 Anti-Espionage Law, espionage, Safeguard Defenders, hostage diplomacy, hukou

The problem is not a power transition

Written by Michael J. Mazarr

The US-China relationship is not accurately captured as a power transition, but it is a clash of an often self-righteous leading power and a dissatisfied challenger. That recipe is one of the most combustible in world politics.

Faultlines9DLDecember 2, 20229DashLine, Michael J. Mazarr, The problem is not a power transition, power transition, China, Chinese Communist Party, CCP, Party Congress, 20th Party Congress, national rejuvenation, power, USA, sanctions, great power, United States, hierarchy, world politics, international relations, international relations theory, index of national power, global norms, American strategy, comprehensive national power, international order, GDP, technology, hegemon, hegemony, Beijing, debt, housing bubble, liberal internationalism, Liberal International Order, demographics, fertility rate, dependency ratio, per capita wealth, Autocracy, autocratic rule, material power, Soft Power, diplomacy, World Bank, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, European Union, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US-Japan-Australia-Taiwan coalition, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, counterbalancing, human rights, UN, post-war international order, power measurement, Stacie Goddard, community of common destiny for mankind, rising power, John Ikenberry, institutionalist theory, exceptionalism, US-led order, Daniel Rosen, Jessica Chen Weiss

China’s tech clampdown signals push for ideological security

Written by Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu

In the case of Didi and China’s wider technological crackdown, it is then ideology, above all else, that is at the centre. Recognising and internalising this fact will help foster a better global understanding of China, and a better ability to anticipate what else is to come.