The Implications of the Award’s Reasoning on Offshore Archipelagos
An EEZ claimed from the Spratly Islands as a unit could re-invigorate tensions between the two super-powers on the legality of military activities in the EEZ. China should carefully consider the...
View ArticleGet Inspiration from Xi’s Advocacy of Win-Win Cooperation
China’s advocacy of win-win cooperation marks the extension of its development philosophy to the rest of the world. Returning good for good and making concerted efforts to overcome difficulties are the...
View ArticlePhantom of Hegemony Behind Arbitration
China’s sovereignty over the South China Sea and adjacent waters is a reasonable, legitimate historical fact that can’t be denied by any party, any means. It is utterly groundless to accuse China of...
View ArticlePossibility of Quiet Diplomacy Opens with The Hague Ruling
Though The Hague ruling pertains to the Philippines-China dispute, it will bolster similar claims by other states against China’s nine-dash line; it will increase pressure on China to seek a negotiated...
View ArticleTime for Reset and Realism in the South China Sea
After the South China Sea arbitration ruling, uncertainty and friction may increase in the region. However, the economic promise of China’s rise and the Asian century will only materialize with peace...
View ArticleChina Struggles with South China Sea Priorities: Sovereignty, Neighbors &...
China has an overall strategic environment and strategic tasks that are much bigger than the South China Sea issue. China should proceed from the perspective of the strategic situation, make peace with...
View ArticleWhy President Putin Paid a Short Visit to China
Enhancing ties with Beijing gives Russia some breathing room as the country is squeezed politically and economically because of its moves in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Doubts about Russia’s ability to...
View ArticleRational Voices Needed in Building China-U.S. Relations
The untimely passing of Ambassador Wu Jianmin is a reminder that President Xi’s mantra of “no conflict or confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation” is worth repeating by more “doves” in...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Arbitration Shrouded in Legal Fog
Taking advantage of the gap between the common-sense understanding shared by a small group of legal experts and the general public’s misunderstanding of international law, the U.S. is labeling China’s...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Arbitration a Cover for U.S. Meddling
The Philippines is being used by the US merely as a pawn to serve the strategic interests of the US. It is precisely because we have seen through this that we choose to resist the South China Sea...
View ArticleChina’s Policies Make More True Friends
The foreign policy of a sovereign country is closely associated with making friends, but foreign policy is not the only factor. With the ongoing implementation of its policy of reform and opening-up,...
View ArticleOn Tip-toe in the South China Sea
Whereas aircraft carriers have long provided the U.S. naval primacy as floating islands, China is creating its own artificial islands, complete with deep channels, harbors, berthing areas and...
View ArticleDifferent Cultures Breed Different Diplomacies
As we enter a new age of globalization with ever deepening economic interdependence and widening gap between rich and poor, cultural interactions and mutual enrichment among nations become the...
View ArticleSeeing South China Sea Issue as Part of a Regional Security Evolution
Mutual accommodation and respect for each other’s core interests will guarantee security for all. The construction of a new regional security framework has to be based on the principle of “common,...
View ArticleReconsidering the Role of Arbitration in South China Sea
China's failure to appear in court demonstrates its continued position of "non-acceptance and non-participation" in the arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines. This arbitration could set...
View ArticleChina’s Foreign Policy Shift Mirrors New Realities
Global developments have led China to take a more proactive approach in dealing with international issues in 2015 that saw China transition to practicing “major-country” diplomacy. As U.S.-China...
View ArticleThe West Philippine Sea Arbitration in Context of Great Power Competition
Legal fixation on West Philippine Sea islands limits Philippine action and fails to take into account evolving realities and dynamics, notably increasing U.S.-China competition that blurs and shifts...
View ArticleNew Vision for China’s Foreign Policy
Beijing’s global outlook is strategically forward-looking, inclusive and peaceful. It not only serves as the theoretical foundation for the development of China’s foreign affairs, but also helps inject...
View ArticlePlaying the “Great Game” between U.S. and China in Burma
China and the U.S. are waging a bitter but so far nonviolent struggle in Burma. And the U.S. appears to be winning. For Burma, opening to the West was the answer; sanctions were eased, Western leaders...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Arbitration and the Reach and Limits of International Law
Manilla’s arbitration requests in the South China Sea concern the standing of “historic rights”; the status of certain land features in these waters and the maritime entitlements they are capable of...
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