Four cables from Cathay, courtesy of this excellent Cable Search tool. The first cable (Cable 1) is one of the last dispatches of Ambassador to the PRC Clark T. Randt, a long, analytical piece from January 2009. But it’s also perhaps the least interesting of the four. This is because it is only a rehashing of […]| Anatoly Karlin
Less Butter and Fewer Friends, But More Guns As China's economy slows down ahead of expectations and it loses its luster abroad, it's hard power seems set to acquire a bigger profile.| Anatoly Karlin