Sino-Indian Ties Enter Stage of “Inclusive Development”
Following Xi Jinping’s first state visit to India, Fu Xiaoqiang examines the Sino-Indian relationship and discusses how China can work with India to improve bilateral relations and ensure peaceful...
View ArticleAnswering Four Key Questions About China’s Rise
"Is China going to compete for world power?" Most people in China, if asked such a question, would show little interest in seeing the country fighting for world power with the U.S., and still less in...
View ArticleWhat Are China’s Core Interests?
Feng Zhaokui discusses the broader points of a 2011 whitepaper on “China’s Peaceful Development” – specifically the need to make address regional “hotspot” issues like the Diaoyu islands conflict with...
View ArticleDiplomacy in new world order
China must forge partnerships with strategic pivots, or nations with which it has stable relations, to extend its influence.
View ArticleChina’s Best Play with the US and Its Asian Neighbors
How can Beijing manage relations with both the United States and its regional neighbors in the Asia-Pacific? Shi Yinhong examines China’s foreign policy and offers insight into both US-China relations...
View ArticleNew Developments in the Asia-Pacific Strategic Landscape
Analyzing the six major players in the Asia-Pacific, Chen Xian yang discusses four aspects of new developments in the region.
View ArticleA Diplomatic Manifesto to Secure the Chinese Dream
Speaking at the recent Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs, Xi Jinping spelled out China’s new foreign-policy vision, which many have characterized as a diplomatic manifesto to...
View ArticleHighlights of Chinese Diplomacy in 2014
Chen Xiangyang presents a comprehensive overview of the successful highlights of Chinese diplomacy in 2014, focusing on: 1) Xi’s refreshing diplomatic strategies; 2) diplomatic progress with major...
View ArticleChinese Diplomacy Towards Southeast Asia in 2014
In 2015, ASEAN will continue to pursue its priority objective of creating an ASEAN community. As China sees it, the creation of a China-ASEAN community with a shared destiny now stands at a new...
View ArticleChina offers rays of hope for Central Asia
From Beijing to Washington, those observing events in Central Asia knew that 2014 serves as a pivotal year. Stemming largely from the drawdown of the International Security Assistance Force troops in...
View ArticleChina’s Branding Problem
Chinese leaders have advocated for the idea of public diplomacy, however implementation and execution of media and materials have been lacking – an essential aspect of China’s branding problems. Sean...
View Article“Up to a point”: The China-Pakistan Relation
Andrew Small’s new book on China-Pakistan relations is a very significant new revelation on a relationship that has been primarily strategic and military-based since its beginnings. The Karakoram...
View ArticleJapan’s Growing Quarrel with South Korea: Is China the Main Beneficiary?
Relations between Tokyo and Seoul have always been somewhat frosty, but recent developments are accentuating the animosity. Obama administration officials continue to press Seoul and Tokyo to resolve...
View ArticleMessages from the NPC on China’s Diplomacy in 2015
The Third Session of the 12th National People’s Congress delivered a “Report on the Work of the Government.” Notable advancement was made in conducting economic diplomacy with the Silk Road Economic...
View Article“One Belt and One Road”, Far-reaching Initiative
The “One Belt and One Road” initiative concerns 65 countries and 4.4 billion people and is China’s most important and strategic initiative. As the Middle East and Europe faces social, political, and...
View ArticleWho Makes Rules On the Chessboard of the South China Sea?
On the chessboard of the South China Sea, spectators have turned into players and the game is expanding, writes Zhai Kun.
View ArticleKeeping the South China Sea in Perspective
China’s rising power and capabilities make PRC actions in the South China Sea more consequential and unsettling than those of others, so they deserve particular attention but need to be evaluated in...
View ArticleXi Creates “New Normal” of Periphery Diplomacy
Analyzing the recent travels of Chinese President Xi Jingping, Chen Xiangyang examines the “new normal” of periphery diplomacy in China’s foreign policy and explains how it will continue to strengthen...
View ArticleBeijing’s New Charm Offensive
Is China disposing of its hard-line policies towards regional neighbors and embracing a more conciliatory approach? Recent diplomatic gestures and the upgrading of relations with Vietnam and South...
View ArticleA South China Sea Game Changer?
Haiyang Shiyou 981 (HYSY 981) is a state-of-the-art, semi-submersible oil platform – the first of its kind for the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Zheng Wang and Andrew Ludwig explore the HYSY...
View ArticleChinese Neighbourhood Diplomacy: Afghanistan, Xinjiang and Central Asia
Neighbourhood diplomacy is becoming a foreign policy priority for official Beijing, and demonstrates that China is willing to undertake the role of mediator in Afghanistan and accelerate regional...
View ArticleAung San Suu Kyi’s Trip to China: Sino-Myanmar Relations as the Countdown to...
National League for Democracy party leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, recently led a delegation to China to discuss increasingly strained tensions. Overall, Sino-Myanmar ties remain fairly strong and Chinese...
View ArticleBreaking Neutrality in the Name of Impartiality
In the South China Sea dispute, the US position has been inconsistent with itself and with norms of international law, breeding misunderstanding and suspicion. The result has raised the political...
View ArticleHow Timber Trade Is Shifting Sino-Myanmar Relations
The recent amnesty that freed 155 Chinese loggers might calm Beijing and Kunming, effectively easing diplomatic tension between China and Myanmar. The move could also signal, however, that when it...
View ArticleChina-ASEAN Hotlines: the Best Fruits in an ‘Early Harvest’
Beyond search-and-rescue cooperation and crisis management, creating hotlines between China and the 10 ASEAN countries would carry a no less important symbolism: the consensus that the South China Sea...
View ArticleBeijing Polders Central Asian Security
China and its Eurasian neighbors likely discussed the future of Central Asian security while attending the Chinese military parade. Chinese leaders may have to assume a more prominent security role in...
View ArticleProper Mutual Assurance of Freedom of Navigation
Washington should talk to Beijing to establish their mutual respect for international law, instead of sending a warship so close to China’s islands, no matter if such rocks are natural or artificial.
View ArticleMethane Hydrates: China’s Real South China Sea Goal?
Could access to methane hydrates be behind China’s territorial aggressiveness in the South China Sea? Instead of saber-rattling, China to deploy its sophisticated technology backed by the deep pockets...
View ArticleCarter Details U.S. Response to China’s Strategic Challenge
Richard Weitz reviews the recent speech of U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who describes China’s potential to challenge the U.S.-built international order through its assertive stance in the...
View ArticleProblems with U.S. Version of Freedom of Navigation
Mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity is the basic norm of international relations. The US is duty-bound to make a careful study of China’s solemn position on this vital issue and...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleThe 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...
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