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Nicholas Khoo
Nicholas Khoo
Nicholas Khoo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is author of the forthcoming book Return to Power: China and East Asia since 1978.

Trump’s impeachment crisis may be China’s latest lucky break

US President Donald Trump walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in April 2017. Trump’s administration has challenged China, most notably through the trade war, but the need to keep the US economy strong in an election year may push him to let up. Photo: AP

Since 1989 the US has repeatedly tried to put pressure on China, only to back down for political reasons. Trump’s challenge to China has surpassed his predecessors’, but his Ukraine scandal may bring it to an early end too.

Why North Korea’s Kim is neither crazy nor irrational

A very pleased Kim Jong-un visits the Sohae Space Centre in North Pyongan province for the testing of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile, in April last year. Photo: KCNA/Reuters
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