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Ben Bland

@benjaminbland

Director, Asia-Pacific @ChathamHouse. Ex @LowyInstitute in 🇦🇺 & @FT in 🇮🇩 🇻🇳 🇭🇰 🇨🇳. Author:📘Man of Contradictions & 📕Generation HK. @BrentfordFC fan

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The UK needs to stop playing "whack-a-mole" on China and develop a consistent strategy based on risks and rewards, not hollow rhetoric. William Matthews of Chatham House Asia-Pacific sets out some pointers for how the government and society should handle China below thecritic.co.uk/britain-needs-…

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Speaking at a panel at Cambridge University tomorrow about whether China is a superpower. So what’s your view, X hive mind? And no you can’t argue over the definition…

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"Don't count China out"-that's message of deputy governor of Australia's central bank (ex-Bank of England) after recent trip to Beijing. Great discussion on how China is responding to Trump, feat. my friends Roland Rajah Richard McGregor Hervé Lemahieu youtube.com/live/mgE0kjqaz…

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Excited that we have another key Asian leader, Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the government of Bangladesh, coming to Chatham House later this month chathamhouse.org/events/all/spe…

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🧵Not sure why UK's Strategic Defence Review was published after 5pm (maybe it needed a final spellcheck) but here are some quick thoughts on implications for Indo-Pacific. Overall it's more positive than some had feared and largely reflects continuity gov.uk/government/pub…

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It's an unnerving time for Brentford fans, as rumours swirl that Thomas Frank is going to Tottenham. But while Thomas has been brilliant, he's also thrived because of the smart, agile system around him. In management, as in politics, you need to get the people and system right.