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The number of students from South Korea at Chinese universities and language institutes last year fell to less than a quarter of its peak of 73,240 in 2017, amid Seoul’s closer ties to Washington and a decline in China’s image among South Korean youth.
China is increasingly influencing Kyrgyz media, with reports of pro-Beijing content and criticism of democratic values becoming more prevalent in both traditional and social media.
Concurrent local exhibitions by Italy’s Uffizi and UK’s National Gallery rare treat for art lovers, but also underscores cultural ties with China despite tensions.
This week, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are delighted to host Jeremiah Jenne, Director at the Hutong, Beijing’s premier cultural exchange center, for a conversation that picks apart China’s obsession with “Chinese characteristics” and asks whether this is empty rhetoric, or something that actually matters.
In a crowded region, it’s hard to know who is doing what, and where. Effective statecraft, though, is not always measured by quantity over quality.