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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Type: Congressional report / oversight document
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Summary

This document page, stamped 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT', discusses the deterioration of US-China 'Track 2' diplomatic and academic exchanges during the Xi Jinping era. It details how US think tanks are withdrawing from programs in China due to a repressive political atmosphere, a lack of candor from Chinese counterparts who stick to 'talking points,' and the perception that exchanges have become intelligence-gathering missions for the Chinese government. The text highlights that Chinese interlocutors often arrive with specific 'shopping lists' of questions directed by Beijing, rather than engaging in genuine collaboration.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China
Mentioned in the context of the "Xi Catechism" and the "Xi Jinping era" marking a deterioration in academic openness.
Unnamed US Analyst Source
Commented on a recent conference in Beijing and the lack of Chinese interest in cooperation.
Unnamed Think Tank Scholar Source
Commented on collaboration becoming more authoritarian and difficult.
Unnamed US Think Tank Analyst Program Director
Moved a strategic thinker dialogue program entirely out of China due to the political atmosphere.

Organizations (3)

Name Type Context
House Oversight Committee
Indicated by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
US Think Tanks
General reference to institutions engaging in Track 2 diplomacy.
Chinese Government
Mentioned as directing the 'taskers' and 'shopping lists' for intelligence gathering.

Timeline (2 events)

Indefinite past
Abrupt end of a Track 2 initiative concerning global norm cooperation.
Unknown
Chinese side US side
Recent past (relative to document)
Conference in Beijing where Chinese scholars showed marked lack of interest in cooperation.
Beijing, China
US Analyst Chinese Scholars

Locations (3)

Location Context
General location of events discussed.
Location of a recent conference and the source of government 'taskers'.
Location of counterpart institutions.

Relationships (1)

US Scholars Professional/Academic Chinese Scholars
Relationship described as regressing into a 'one-way street' of intelligence gathering rather than mutual exchange.

Key Quotes (5)

"moved away from Track 2 because China does not have much to say beyond the Xi Catechism."
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"framed in a way to fit the Chinese narrative, including the speakers, agenda, topics and writing."
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Quote #2
"Collaboration has become much more difficult, more authoritarian, and finding a common definition of a program is more difficult."
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Quote #3
"Americans providing intelligence to Chinese interlocutors, whose main purpose is to take the information back to their government."
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Quote #4
"barely disguised 'shopping lists' of questions, which are presumably set by government 'taskers' in Beijing."
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