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With RCEP’s first general review scheduled for next year, this is a timely opportunity to assess its relevance and potential amid profound global uncertainty today. 

Given the stakes, it is critical to chart a better course through China’s overseas ports presence.

China led the exercise, South Africa hosted it, and India sat it out. 

The new strategy pairs "denial defense" with a strategic silence on Taiwan to maximize executive leverage. Yet this design rests on a dangerous gamble.

From initial denials, through later partial acknowledgment and “legalization,” to rapid downsizing and eventual formal closure, the Chinese government’s handling of the re-education camps in Xinjiang suggests a series of unintended shifts.