Trump visit and China’s diplomatic discourse: a primer
Just a few days before President Trump was to arrive in Beijing as per Trump’s previous itinerary (March 31-April 2), the mood in China—as...
Why will China not take the bullet for Iran?
Largely unknown in the outside world, Iran is generally regarded by China’s foreign policy experts and strategic affairs community as a “twin brother” of...
Explainer: Zhang Xuefeng’s success is system’s failure
Two years ago, Zhang Xuefeng – China’s most famous social media influencer in the field of education, also called “education-guru,” said: “My life goal...
Beijing’s forever wait for a Trump visit: zero enthusiasm, low expectation
The news is just filtering in that the US president will now be visiting China for two days—not three, as planned earlier—May 14-15. As...
Explainer: Why is China’s rare earths ‘model’ not easy to break or replicate
Deng Xiaoping, the second most popular leader after Mao in post-1949 China and known as the “chief architect” of modern China for having launched...
‘Amazing’ handshake fails to amaze markets as Xi unamused by Trump’s G2 offer
It is indeed known that the United States and China have been locked in an economic war. All possibilities of a further “pause” agreement...
China accused of preventing the new LDP leader Takaichi from becoming Japanese PM
When Sanae Takaichi was elected the first woman president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party early this month, she was also expected to be...
Nearly a month after Wang Yi’s assurance, no sign of end to China drought of rare earths to India
On Tuesday, August 19, the entire Indian media citing authoritative sources claimed that following a meeting between the visiting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi...
India Must Define Its Own Position in the Great Power Contest
A Chinese scholar who is a veteran media professional living in Germany for the past decade and focuses on Germany and EU in comparison...
How a faster than expected US decline is a cause for worry in China?
Something rather unusual happened this April. CSIS, a Washington-based leading US think tank on foreign affairs, suggested in an article its website carried on...