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Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei, a former Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of the Tianjing Municipal Government, and former lecturer in the Chinese Economy at Cambridge University, is currently a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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Dialogue or Disaster
Zhang Wei Series: China World 2011-01-12China should embrace strategic military dialogue with the US when President Hu Jintao visits Washington this month. For China, such a dialogue is a symbol of recognition and respect, and, on a practical level, it would greatly increase mutual confidence and trust at a time when the two sides' divergent interests might otherwise lead to conflict.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15994
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Obama’s Chinese Balance Sheet
Zhang Wei Series: China World 2009-11-27
On balance, Obama’s first trip to China achieved relatively little. Moreover, what he did achieve looks superficial, while what he gave up – concessions on China's political prisoners or its exchange-rate policy - seems substantial.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 11396
