{"id":36593,"date":"2021-09-08T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T00:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/08\/like-game-of-thrones-how-triple-crisis-on-chinas-borders-will-shape-its-global-identity"},"modified":"2021-09-08T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T00:04:29","slug":"like-game-of-thrones-how-triple-crisis-on-chinas-borders-will-shape-its-global-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=36593","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Like Game of Thrones\u2019: how triple crisis on China\u2019s borders will shape its global identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis: China\u2019s handling of troubles in Afghanistan, Myanmar and North Korea will differ to the west, and mould its identity as a global power<\/p>\n<p>First, it was North Korea. Then, came Myanmar. Now, it is Afghanistan. The three ongoing crises in China\u2019s neighbourhood seem to have little in common. But for Beijing, they pose the same question: how to deal with strategically important yet failing states on its border, and how will China\u2019s response define its identity as a global power.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, China watchers in the west have been looking for clues to how a rising power will exercise its influence on the world stage through its involvement in Africa or its relations with the US. But the way China approaches the three neighbouring countries may provide a clearer picture.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/08\/like-game-of-thrones-how-triple-crisis-on-chinas-borders-will-shape-its-global-identity\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis: China\u2019s handling of troubles in Afghanistan, Myanmar and North Korea will differ to the west, and mould its identity as a global powerFirst, it was North Korea. Then, came Myanmar. Now, it is Afghanistan. The three ongoing crises in China\u2019s n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46,41,50,82,40,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-myanmar","category-north-korea","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36608,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593\/revisions\/36608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}