https://www.scmp.com/rss/501920/feed Niklas Swanström is executive director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy. His expertise lies in conflict prevention, conflict management and regional co-operation en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The year 2019 is meaningful for China and the world in so many ways. It marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen uprising. It is momentous for another, less celebrated, reason: the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending World War I. At the Paris Peace Conference, China demanded the return of Shandong peninsula, which had been surrendered by Germany to Japan. Rejection of China’s demand... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3024696/could-hong-kong-protests-lead-another-world-war-china-and-us-should?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3024696/could-hong-kong-protests-lead-another-world-war-china-and-us-should?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Aug 2019 02:30:10 +0000