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Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Zero-Covid incites protests from Chinese university students around the globe

Zero-Covid incites protests from Chinese university students around the globe

Cihan Sahin February 7, 2023

At least ten building residents were killed last Thursday when a fire broke out in an apartment complex located in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Since then, the citizens of China have taken to the streets in many...

Chinese Students at Vanderbilt Dissent As Xi Reaffirms His Power

Chinese Students at Vanderbilt Dissent As Xi Reaffirms His Power

Alex Mormorunni, Contributor October 30, 2022

Image credit: “Great Hall of the People by Night” by Reinhold Möller is used with permission. “Destroy the old world, create a new world,” reads a handwritten message on a pin-up board in Stevenson...

What Ukraine Means for Taiwan

What Ukraine Means for Taiwan

Bella Roth, Contributor April 3, 2022

Image Credit: Photo by “Just Click’s With a Camera” on Flickr For decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has laid claim to their neighbor, the Republic of China (otherwise known as Taiwan),...

OP-ED: The West Should Take Notes from China's Recent Tech Regulation Frenzy

OP-ED: The West Should Take Notes from China’s Recent Tech Regulation Frenzy

Raj Chopra, Contributor October 20, 2021

The Chinese tech sector's decade of unfettered, explosive growth is being threatened by a barrage of regulatory guidelines published by the Chinese Cyberspace Administration. These guidelines target the...

OP-ED: Chinese FDI in Africa is Modern-Day Colonialism

OP-ED: Chinese FDI in Africa is Modern-Day Colonialism

Pipa Powers, Contributor September 13, 2021

African nations have long experienced exploitation and colonialism at the hands of powerful Western nations. Following the aftermath of Western colonialism, various countries attempted to rebuild the African...

OP-ED: Looking Toward a More Comprehensive Foreign Policy in the South China Sea

OP-ED: Looking Toward a More Comprehensive Foreign Policy in the South China Sea

Michael Gallego, Contributor May 5, 2021

Last week, China dispatched 25 warplanes from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to fly over Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, escalating its already tense relationship with the United States....

Biden’s Foreign Policy on China: Will It Follow the Path of Trump?

Biden’s Foreign Policy on China: Will It Follow the Path of Trump?

George Yang, Contributor April 5, 2021

Last month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken characterized the U.S-China relationship as the "biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century" in his first major foreign policy speech. It contended that...

Biden’s Challenge of an Ascendant China

Biden’s Challenge of an Ascendant China

Mark Grujic, Contributor December 28, 2020

President-elect Biden will soon be navigating the greatest foreign policy challenge of our time, an increasingly powerful and assertive China. Although his approach to China will be a defining point of...

International Monetary Fund by Javier Ignacio Acuña Ditzel via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/santoposmoderno/

Examining Representation on the Global Stage

Cameron Deal, Contributor December 5, 2020

What do the United States, Japan, China, Germany, France, United Kingdom, and Italy have in common? Citizens in these countries go every day without realizing the immense power their country holds on...

A Few More Seconds on the Clock for TikTok

A Few More Seconds on the Clock for TikTok

Chloe Hall, Contributor September 25, 2020

Hours before TikTok downloads were set to be banned from U.S. app stores on Sunday, President Trump changed his tune to now support, “in concept,” an Oracle-TikTok partnership to salvage the app’s...

On the Brink? The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S.-China Business Relations

On the Brink? The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S.-China Business Relations

Guest Submissions, Bing Chen July 5, 2020

Closing borders, restrictions on student visas, and recent arrests of U.S. professors associated with the Thousand Talents Program illustrate the continued downward spiral of U.S.-China relations since...

Quarantines Across China in Response to Coronavirus

Quarantines Across China in Response to Coronavirus

Amy Zhang January 30, 2020

According to CBS News, reports on January 29 show that there are more than 6,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in China, including 170 deaths. First reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on...

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