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Michael Schuman
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Michael Schuman
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Contributing Writer @TheAtlantic; Nonresident Senior Fellow @AtlanticCouncil @ACGlobalChina; Author "Superpower Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World"
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    Michael Schuman
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    Oct 20, 2020
    FT's @JKynge writes my book #SuperpowerInterrupted is "excellent" and "allow(s) the reader — and the next US administration — to prepare for what China may do next." Thanks!
    What will Xi’s China do next?
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    Michael Schuman
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    Aug 5, 2022
    Beijing's war games raging around Taiwan are a big, loud warning to global CEOs to get their supply chains out of China.
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    Michael Schuman
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    Nov 13, 2019
    I hear again & again how effective the Chinese state is. That's a myth. Some get that idea because of China's rapid growth in recent decades & the pace of infrastructure development. But both are misleading. MORE
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    Michael Schuman
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    Oct 13, 2021
    Beijing's mishandling of its relations with India could be its biggest foreign policy failture.
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    Oct 13, 2021
    China doesn’t recognize the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally set by India and firmly opposes the recent visit of #India's vice president @MVenkaiahNaidu to the area: Chinese FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian. The area is called Zangnan in China.
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    Michael Schuman
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    Oct 18, 2020
    I think Xi Jinping should watch “Hamilton.” That would be a good starting point to help him figure out how his China lost nearly every friend it had in Washington. 1/6
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    Michael Schuman
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    Jul 15, 2020
    It's a sign of how limited Chinese power really is on the world stage that Beijing can threaten sanctions and no one cares.
    China Threatens to Sanction Lockheed Martin Over Taiwan Arms Deal
    China Threatens to Sanction Lockheed Martin Over Taiwan Arms Deal
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    Michael Schuman
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    Aug 8, 2022
    What Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has really done is expose just how dangerous China has become to the stability of East Asia.
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    Michael Schuman
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    Feb 24, 2023
    The basic flaw in Beijing’s geopolitical strategy is that it is turning against China’s main economic partners (US & EU) in favor of politically similar states (Russia & Iran) that cannot and will never replace the economic losses created by the shift.
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    Michael Schuman
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    Apr 9, 2023
    Macron signaled to Xi Jinping that Beijing can deepen relations with Russia AND split the U.S.-Europe alliance. What a disaster.
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    Michael Schuman
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    Aug 7, 2022
    What's getting lose in the debate about Pelosi's Taiwan trip is that it's China's leaders who are shooting missile's around & destabilizing the region. No one is making them do this. It's their choice & its not their only option.
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    Michael Schuman
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    Jul 1, 2018
    Anyone who thinks the "media" in the US is a problem, I suggest you live here in China where there is no free press & see the consequences: no open debate on anything, no criticism of govt or its leaders, no check on state power. Americans don't appreciate the rights they have
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    Michael Schuman
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    Sep 9, 2020
    I think "Mulan" will prove the end of Hollywood's attempts to work with China or even make China-friendly movies. It's become too much of a minefield. Trying to make China movies never made sense anyway when US studios could just cash in on their usual blockbusters.
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    Michael Schuman
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    May 22, 2020
    Beijing's approach to Hong Kong shows better than any other aspect of policy how the Chinese leadership has shifted away from economic pragmatism and toward political & ideological control. 1/4
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    Michael Schuman
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    May 27, 2020
    I think the US withdrawal of HK's special treatment as separate from China is probably inevitable. China can't eat Hong Kong and have its cake too. reuters.com/article/us-hon…
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