Beijing 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...
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