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Understanding Bangladesh-China relations: Bangladesh’s rising geopolitical agency and China’s regional and global ambitions 了解孟加拉国与中国的关系：孟加拉国崛起的地缘政治机构与中国的地区和全球野心

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2300109

Lailufar Yasmin

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Unveiling Sri Lanka’s agency: empowering infrastructural transformation in China-Sri Lanka relations 揭开斯里兰卡机构的神秘面纱：在中斯关系中推动基础设施转型

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2280479

C. Attanayake

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The new dynamics of Japan’s Official Development Assistance in an era of great power competition 大国竞争时代日本官方发展援助的新动态

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-14 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2292438

Hiroaki Shiga

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Logistical power and logistical violence: lessons from China’s COVID experience 后勤力量与后勤暴力：中国 COVID 的经验教训

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-19 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2285022

Biao Xiang

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From Aquino to Marcos: political survival and Philippine foreign policy towards China 从阿基诺到马科斯：政治生存与菲律宾对华外交政策

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2281165

A. Camba

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What does the media of a smaller state say about bigger states? - Spotlighting Bangladesh’s leading online media 小国媒体如何评价大国？- 聚焦孟加拉国的主要网络媒体

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2279429

Natsuko Imai

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Laos-China infrastructure cooperation: legitimation and the limits of host-country agency 老中基础设施合作:合法性与东道国代理的局限性

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2274236

Cheng-Chwee Kuik, Zikri Rosli

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Nudging not nagging: leveraging mentorship and patronage in Sino-Uzbek relations, 2017-2022 助推而非唠叨:2017-2022年中乌关系中的师徒关系和赞助关系

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2252297

Timur Dadabaev, Shigeto Sonoda

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The dynamics of the Republic of Serbia’s cooperation with China via the belt and road initiative and the “Sixteen plus One” platform 塞尔维亚与中国在“一带一路”倡议和“16 + 1”平台上的合作动态

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-08-02 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2240999

D. Mitrović

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The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty and the Chinese residents in Japan—Legal status problem under the 1952 regime 《中日和平条约》与1952年政权下中国在日居民的法律地位问题

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-18 DOI: 10.1080/24761028.2023.2212435

Yuki Tsuruzono

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