Joe Biden is pulling the plug on the Afghanistan conflict, but unwisely taking a hard line against China. The situation around the East and South China seas is making the world nervous, and Beijing, for its part, must not misread Washington.
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A Chinese national flag flies outside the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang, on May 12. China has told nations criticising its policies in Xinjiang to stop interfering in domestic affairs. Photo: Bloomberg
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Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Media Man” (2007), four volumes in the “Giants of Asia” series, and three In the Tom Plate on Asia book series. He is vice-president of the Pacific Century Institute, in Los Angeles.
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Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Media Man” (2007), four volumes in the “Giants of Asia” series, and three In the Tom Plate on Asia book series. He is vice-president of the Pacific Century Institute, in Los Angeles.
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Tom Plate is a university professor and a veteran columnist focused on Asia and America. This Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University has orchestrated live interactive seminars with major universities across Asia, as part of the LMU’s path-finding Asia Media International Centre. He is also the author of 13 books, including the bestsellers “Confessions of an American Media Man” (2007), four volumes in the “Giants of Asia” series, and three In the Tom Plate on Asia book series. He is vice-president of the Pacific Century Institute, in Los Angeles.
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