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New Delhi: Memes hold the key to understanding the fraught relationship between China and the United States as foreign policy analysts worry about the threat of a new Cold War according to Ivan W Rasmussen, an associate professor of practice in political science at NYU Shanghai..
While analysts are scrutinising every statement coming out from Beijing and Washington; reading into the smiles, frowns and nods from presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, he points to the rise in the term assertive China as a more accurate way to read the mood...
The Belt-Road, US-China Relations and Perceptions of a New Cold War, on 16 November at New Delhis India International Centre, Rasmussen expanded on the traditional dictionary definition of memes as an amusing or interesting item widely spread on social media..
Memes are commonly shared beliefs or perceptions, Rasmussen said before delving into the research by Harvard academic Alastair Iain Johnston and his study on the viral meme plaguing the American media..
Rasmussen used the example of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank (MDB) founded in 2016 as an example of a potential new international institution founded by China...
