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As soon as it gained independence from the United Kingdom in December 1961, Tanganyika, which would later become the United Republic of Tanzania, established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The two countries have continued to promote friendly relations and an economic and political partnership, particularly through the Belt and Road Initiative and the Confucius Institute. Given international concerns over China's interest in the African continent, this thesis seeks to evaluate the perceptions of Chinese influence in Tanzania on both a national and local level. I used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to analyze China's image in Tanzania. A content analysis of 2020 news articles that include "China" in the headline revealed that the representation of China in Tanzania's new media is overwhelmingly positive, even publishing direct speeches of Chinese government officials. A multivariate analysis of statistical and quantitative data from Pew Research Center similarly confirmed the public's favorable opinion of China. In addition, I also conducted interviews with Tanzanian students and Chinese teachers at the Confucius Institute in Dar es Salaam to supplement the national-level data with personal micro-perspectives. These interviews filled in the gaps of the national-level reporting on China, highlighting many misunderstandings and cultural miscommunications that are ignored in the news articles. I found that the majority of Tanzanians have a positive perception of China, regarding the country as a model for economic development, but many Tanzanians have less favorable opinions of the Chinese people themselves because of various cultural barriers and misunderstandings.

This article traces the emergence of 'Chinese influence' as a conceptual touchstone of Australia's public policy discourse in 2017–2018. The People's Republic of China's (PRC) efforts to influence politics abroad had been well documented since the 2000s and cannot explain the timing of their securitization from mid-2017. It was through the formation of a securitizing coalition of intelligence officials, politicians, and journalists that the PRC as a source of existential threats gained policy traction. But as the coalition expanded from security agencies to politicians and the media, the scope of the threat expanded from an initial concern with PRC party-state activity to the securitization of a much wider array of state and non-state activities under the ambiguous label 'Chinese influence'. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

This article traces the emergence of 'Chinese influence' as a conceptual touchstone of Australia's public policy discourse in 2017-2018. The People's Republic of China's (PRC) efforts to influence politics abroad have been well documented since the 2000s, and cannot explain the timing of their securitization from mid-2017. It took the formation of a coalition of intelligence officials, politicians and journalists to overcome significant economic and societal disincentives to the public presentation of the PRC as a source of existential danger to Australia's political system. As the coalition expanded from security agencies to politicians, and then the media, the scope of threat expanded from an initial concern with PRC state intelligence activity to securitization of a much wider array of state and non-state activities under the ambiguous label 'Chinese influence.'

Geo-economic rivalry is back on the international agenda, particularly in the field of high technology. Very often, technical standards are regarded as being a central arena of this competition. Surprisingly ignored is the question, how precisely technical standard-setting (such as Wi-Fi or 5G) empowers China. Based on the analysis of quantitative data, primary sources, and in-depth interviews, this article substantiates the widespread hypothesis that China's growing footprint in technical standardization empowers the Chinese party-state. It introduces seven proxies to measure influence on standard-setting. Next, it explains how technical standards can be utilized by states to gain economic, legal, political, and discursive influence. Finally, it shows thatChina's growing footprint in technical standardization is the result of party-state engagement, which provides leverage to China's political leadership. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

The past five years have witnessed a leap in Chinese engagement in regions across the globe—even reaching as far as the South Pacific. This essay examines China's increasing activities there; the regional response; Beijing's potential economic, political, and strategic motivations; and the implications for the U.S.

Examines relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) & the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK). The political ideologies & perspectives of the DPRK are outlined, with attention to the leadership's approach to & negotiations with the US & the PRC. The DPRK's conflict & geopolitical relations during the 1990s reveal poor communications & misunderstandings. The need for coordination between the PRC & the US in their DPRK policies is emphasized as a means to better relations & deter conflict escalation, namely nuclear proliferation. L. Collins Leigh