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Date of this Version

2012

Document Type

Article

Citation

2012 Jan 24 in The China Beat http://www.thechinabeat.org/

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Copyright 2012 Kate Merkel-Hess.

Abstract

Several years ago, I gave a talk on my research to a community group. My first slide included the words “Republican China” and as I waited to begin I heard a woman in the front row lean over and whisper to her neighbor, “I had no idea they have Republicans in China too!”

At this time of bruising primary battles, though, the China that the Republicans have seems more relevant—as China, imagined and real, has played a recurring role in the raucous Republican primaries. Here’s a rundown of some of the ways China has popped up on the campaign trail in recent months.

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