Questions tagged [china]
Questions related to the government or politics of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
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Did Trump make any concessions in his 'Phase 1' trade deal with China today?
From what I've read, the US agreed to not proceed with a round of tariff increases on Chinese imports, and in exchange China agreed to buy several tens of billions of dollars more in agricultural ...
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Why would the Chinese government want to forcibly harvest organs? [closed]
There are reports about China conducting forced organ harvesting. I'm not sure why the Chinese government would need to do this. If it was about money, I'd assume they'd have to sell the organs on a ...
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By the definition of Political Science, Is China an imperial country? [closed]
By the definition of Political Science, is China an imperial country?
If the answer is yes, can you compare the USA and British Empire with China?
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Would Taiwan and China's dispute be solved if Taiwan gave up being the Republic of China?
A recent ABC article quotes National Taiwan University political scientist Shimin Chen as saying
"If Taiwan's diplomatic relations reach single digits or even zero, it represents that the ...
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How is the US-China trade war viewed in Australia?
A pretty good question on econ.SE has highlighted the close relationship between the Australian and Chinese economies.
So, I wonder, how is the US-China trade war viewed in Australia, at a political ...
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Does China have the power to stop fentanyl from being shipped to the U.S.? [closed]
In a recent interview with CNBC, Senator Rob Portman claimed that China could stop all the fentanyl from being shipped to the U.S.? But is it true that China holds such power?
I have done some ...
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Why would China restrict the imports of plastics for recycling?
In the past couple of years, China has triggered a crisis in recycling programs worldwide by changing their import laws:
Historically, the U.S. has shipped about half of its scrap plastic and ...
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What is preventing China from destroying Hong Kong pro-democracy movement?
Until a few days ago, the peaceful turned occasionally violent pro-democracy movement by Hong Kong's inhabitants was about securing universal adult suffrage (UAS), official withdrawal of the ...
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US trade war with China: what is in total with trade balance for today? [closed]
Trade war between US and China lasts nearly since Trump's election. One of claimed goals was to shorten US trade deficite.
There is a hoard of different news and bright claims about trade war, but ...
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Why is China the only country that build infrastructure for natural resources rights?
Why is China the only country that build infrastructure for natural resources rights?
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/30639/dpz6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
It proposes R4I ...
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Why are African countries willing to accept Chinese loans when they are not seen as sustainable?
Why are African countries willing to accept Chinese loans when they are not seen as sustainable?
Many Chinese loans have higher extended interest rates and short
maturities, with heavy collateral ...
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Why didn't Thatcher give Hong Kong to Taiwan?
So, back in the 80s, the Prime Minister of the UK, Margaret Thatcher, negotiated the "one country, two systems" agreement with the PRC regarding the return on Hong Kong to Chinese rule, as the treaty ...
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Can Twitter actions be treated as a political censorship? [closed]
As I heard some time ago, Twitter blocked about 200k accounts of HongKong protests unsupporters (source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-twitter/twitter-facebook-accuse-china-of-...
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To what extent does China control Hong Kong's highest courts and ordinary courts?
To what extent does China control Hong Kong's highest courts and ordinary courts? Some people have suggested that the chief executive of Hong Kong needs to be approved by China and thus it has some ...
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How could China have extradited people for political reason under the extradition law it wanted to pass in Hong Kong?
How could China have extradited people for political reason under the extradition law it wanted to pass in Hong Kong? According to a news outlet, the extradition law had the following clause:
Once ...
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What prevents Hong Kong from punishing people who committed crimes in China in Hong Kong?
What prevents Hong Kong from punishing people who committed crimes in China in Hong Kong? As you know, there were a lot of protests against the extradition law that the government of Hong Kong wanted ...
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Does Hong Kong have the right to hold a referendum for independence?
Does Hong Kong have the right to hold a referendum for independence? I am wondering if there was some kind of legal agreement when Hong Kong was ceded to China by Britain that guaranteed that Hong ...
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Is there any ground for the concerns of Hong Kong protesters?
It is surprising how things have escalated over a few days. I learned that the reason for the protests was that some people had concerns about the central government tightening the grip on Hong Kong ...
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Do Hong Kong protesters want to cancel the extradition law or have they proposed any modifications?
Do the Hong Kong protesters have asked for a modification to the proposed extradition law? Do they have any proposals for which circumstances might still justify extradition to China? What are they ...
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How likely is a reform on the status of 'developing' country pushed by the Trump adminstration only affect China?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto/trump-targets-china-in-call-for-wto-to-reform-developing-country-status-idUSKCN1UL2G6
The Trump administration is trying to weaken China using any ...
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Is the success of Chinese economic model in Africa a threat to Western interests?
Rwanda's economic development has been fantastic in the last couple of years allowing Rwanda to become a model of development success. Is this success a good thing considering that its model of ...
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Are most people who commit financial fraud extradited, or people don't bother and just tend to fine the companies?
This is an excerpt of an article written by Jeffrey Sachs.
Ms. Meng is charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. Yet,
consider her arrest in the context of the large number of companies,
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Forced harvesting of organs in China [closed]
Is the Chinese government under any obligation to stop the forced harvesting of organs on prisoners that they started?
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What happens if the Sino-British Joint Declaration is violated?
Recently there've been mass protests in Hong Kong over a proposed bill that would allow extradition of fugitives from Hong Kong to China. The proposed bill is seen as a sign that the "One country, two ...
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Why is China trying to develop Africa?
Kishore Mahbubani, a scholar on government policy, claimed (YouTube link) that China is trying to develop Africa more than any other country. What benefits would China gain by developing Africa ...
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India and China's trade future with Iran
Please give specific answers rather than trivial ones.
As Donald Trump has warned to impose sanctions on all countries
trading petroleum resources with Iran, what is the present trade
scenario of ...
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If China is forcing U.S. firms to hand over technology, why hasn't the U.S. taken China to the WTO and filed a complaint?
The U.S. keeps saying that China is forcing its companies to hand over technology, but then if it's the case as they say, then why didn't the U.S. take China to the WTO in order to complain about it? ...
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Why did Italy decide to join the Belt and Road Initiative when other European countries were initially against it?
Why did Italy decide to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) when other European countries were initially against it? Was there an official reason given by the Italian government? What does Italy ...
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Do any NATO members control rare resources that could be blocked in response to China blocking rare earth materials shipments to the US?
Let's say China decides to go ahead and block shipments of rare earth materials to Western countries. Is there a way for NATO members to retaliate and block crucial shipments to China?
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What can the U.S. do politically if China decided to stop exporting rare earth metals to the U.S.?
China has recently threatened to ban export of rare earth metal to the US. What can the US do to retaliate against such a move politically? Is there anything the U.S. can do that could hurt China as ...
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Freedom of Speech and Assembly in China [closed]
If a group of five Chinese citizens assemble in a Beijing park with a "Democracy Now" sign (or its equivalent in Chinese characters) for a few hours every Saturday, are they likely to be arrested ...
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If China is as good as other developing countries at protecting IP, why is the U.S. administration labelling China as a trade cheat?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/us-trade-hawks-exaggerate-chinas-threat/587536/
I was reading this article and read that China is not any different in regards to other developing ...
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Is the practice of giving market access for technology transfer illegal under the WTO?
I was watching a documentary on the trade war and in the documentary a claim is made about the practice of giving market access for technology transfer. They say it was illegal under the WTO, but I ...
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Exactly what did China “renege on” in a trade deal?
Donald Trump said Beijing “broke the deal” by reneging on earlier commitments made during months of negotiations.
Larry Kudlow said that China needs to agree to “very strong” enforcement provisions ...
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What explains the timing of the U.S China trade tariffs and negotiations?
This Wikipedia article dates the start of the U.S. China trade war to January 2018.
Link to Wikipedia.
Of course trade rhetoric about China probably dates back to the earliest days of the Trump ...
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Why won't Donald Trump solve its trade grievances through the WTO?
Is there a reason why the U.S. is trying to undermine the WTO and is trying to bypass the WTO to solve its trade grievances with China and other countries? What are the rationales and moral ...
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What accounts for the low level of immigration from India to China?
In the 2010 census, China counted its foreign nationals:
Of the foreign nationals, 120,750 were from the Republic of Korea, 71,493 were from the United States, 66,159 were from Japan, 39,776 were ...
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Does the US have plans to protect its IT critical infrastructure in case of war against China? [closed]
If the US entered a war (not a trade war, but a real one) against China, how could it guarantee a supply of computers, microchips, and IT in general (that are essential for the whole infrastructure). ...
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Is Chinese Communism with market economy based on any Marxist theory?
Does any Marxist theory allow market economy the way the Chinese have it?
Did any Marxist author write anything on this happening in a socialist state?
Can a plan economy transform after a while, ...
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Why must Chinese maps be obfuscated?
According to this answer on Travel.SE, the Chinese National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping requires that published maps of China must include a certain deviation between the map and the real world.
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Paektu / Changbai border dispute — why does the BBC shade a large area around the mountain?
In this BBC News article, an area around Paektu / Changbai is shaded in grey despite being clearly north of the DPRK/PRC-border. Although there is a border dispute around the mountain, that would ...
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What is the legal basis for the Trump administration's decision to impose and then remove tariffs?
I'm no expert on the applicable law regarding tariffs and international trade, but I do know that the most famous tariff policy in US history was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, named after two members ...
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Why has the Tibetan cause gained more traction in the West, than other similar causes?
There are many other suppressed people in the world and many other causes, some of which are arguably more pressing, than Tibet. Yet public opinion in the West is uniquely focused on Tibet. The ...
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Why China is blocking ban on Notable Terrorist Masood Azhar?
As per the todays latest update, China blocks Masood Azhar's listing as global terrorist for the fourth time. This guy is accountable for number of attacks and loss of lives. Apart from that there was ...
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Facing land grabbing issues, can we say China is a colonialist power or an imperialist one?
As far as China is doing Foreign Direct Investment to secure some resources, for instance in France with the Château Grand Moueys bought by the alcohol manufacturer Jin Chang Zang where 90% of the ...
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Why doesn't the Chinese Communist Party induct everyone into the party?
As far as I'm aware Communism is supposed to be a "dictatorship of the proletariat" and something that is by and for the people. So why doesn't the Chinese Communist Party, and similar ruling parties ...
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Does China interfere with commercial shipping passing through the Taiwan Straits?
I have read that China considers the Taiwan Straits to be its "sovereign territory" which differs from international law that defines bodies of waters 12 miles or more offshore as international waters ...
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Might two countries coordinate balanced tariffs?
If a country wanted to reduce taxes (say for some income bracket) but wanted to keep a balanced budget, would targeted tariffs not be a good way to do this? Would tariffs on goods that everyone (rich ...
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Why was Google grilled by congress for prototyping a censored search engine?
Sudar Pichai was summoned and grilled by Congress regarding numerous topics: among them was the Dragonfly censored search engine for China. What exactly is the problem with Google creating a state ...
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Legal rationale for detention of Meng Wanzhou by the United States [duplicate]
Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese multinational Huawei and daughter of its founder was detained on Dec 1, 2018 in Vancouver, Canada, at a request of the United States.
How do the United Stated justify ...
