China’s foreign policy initiatives claim to be forward-looking. Hipster fashion: the opposite. Beijing-based cross-cultural comedian Jesse Appell and I worked together to try to find where they meet. Welcome to: Is this a Chinese Foreign Policy Initiative or Independent Boutique Shop?
- Belt and Road
- Aggregate Supply
- Friends and Neighbors
- Going Global
- Gravel and Gold
- The Rising States
- Give and Take
- The Silk Road
- The New Silk Road
- Trend of the Times
- Band Together
- Dream Collective
- Community of Shared Destiny
- Timeless Trends
- Neighborly
- Strut
- New Stone Age
- Peaceful Rise
- String of Pearls
- Supply and Advise
- Iron and Resin
- Win-Win
- Modern Cooperative
- March West
- Coolly Observe, Calmly Deal with Things, Hold our Position, Hide our Capabilities, Bide our Time, and Accomplish Things Where Possible
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Answer key:
Independent Boutique Shop: 2 [San Francisco, CA], 3 [Austin, TX], 5 [San Francisco, CA], 6 [New York, NY], 7 [Portland, OR], 8 [Bronxville, NY], 11 [Meridian, ID], 12 [Los Angeles, CA], 14 [Thurmont, MD], 15 [Chicago, IL], 16 [South Austin, TX], 17 [Los Angeles, CA], 20 [Miami, FL], 21 [San Francisco, CA], 23 [Chicago, IL]
Chinese Foreign Policy Initiative: 1, 9, 10, 13, 18, 22, 24, 25
Both: 4 [Toronto, Ontario] and strategy to encourage business investment abroad, 19 [Elmira, Michigan] and description of China’s military activity in the Indian Ocean