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Chinese to english translator david post11/22/2023 ![]() ![]() It is an important outlet for PRC scholars who specialize on Taiwan. This is the monthly Hong Kong journal Zhongguo Pinglun (China Review). When it comes to Taiwan (and to Hong Kong to a much lesser extent), there is a unique source of commentary regarding developments in Taiwan, the rationale for PRC policy, and the regime’s aspirations for the future. Moreover, the subjects that do not get covered can be as revealing as those that do. Similarly, because some PRC media serve a propaganda purpose, changes in subject and content reflect how the regime would like readers to change their understanding of Chinese policy. We can be sure that this was not a drafting error it was the product of a deliberate decision that suggests a significant change in PRC policy. But President Xi Jinping, in his authoritative speech on Taiwan on January 2, 2019, did not repeat that point. For example, past Chinese leaders, in talking about what elements of Taiwan’s system would remain after unification, consistently said that Taiwan could keep its armed forces. Any official policy statement is the product of a formal decisionmaking process that takes account of changes in the policy environment and uses text to signal policy changes. Yet the regime has long institutionalized its approach to messaging. The pattern of the actions themselves can reveal a lot about motivations.īecause the PRC regime controls much of the media and also uses the media to justify its actions and shape the perceptions of outsiders, there are obvious limits on its utility. For the Chinese public side of the story, as Beijing wants it understood, government agencies (such as the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the official media (like People’s Daily) are usually reliable. In documenting China’s actions, I can usually rely on the targets of those actions to expose them, through government statements and local media coverage. I am most interested in China’s actions, but must also consider the motivations behind those actions. My work has focused on China’s policy towards and relations with some of its neighbors - particularly Taiwan but also Hong Kong and Japan. Thornton China Center, and Former Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy Studies and John L. As U.S.-China tensions rise and news and developments regarding the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and U.S.-China relations are never far from the headlines, the interest in and necessity to better understand China and the Chinese government’s perspective continues to increase.īelow, Brookings experts offer recommendations and thoughts on where to find official Chinese government documents, in Chinese and English, as well as reliable information and analysis on Beijing’s perspectives and policies, and what they read to gain insight into contemporary China. ![]()
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