Hannah Bailey (@hannahlsbailey.bsky.social)

Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy & Technology 27 days ago

Why does China give conflicting signals? In @thediplomat.com, Todd Hall and CMIST's @hannahlsbailey.bsky.social argue that China’s seemingly inconsistent foreign policy can be better understood as reflecting the interplay of three international personas. Read more: thediplomat.com/2025/12/what...

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What Does China Want? Depends Which China You’re Talking About. China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China. https://thediplomat.com/2025/12/what-does-china-want-depends-which-china-youre-talking-about/