US-China Trade Truce: Cautious Optimism or Reasonable Pessimism?
China and the United States have achieved tangible progress in their
recent round of trade talks. This has given rise to cautious optimism about the
possibility...
Russia-India-China: New challenges and opportunities
Russia, India and China will soon be marking the 20th
anniversary of their trilateral dialogue-consultation format (RIC). The idea
was proposed (primarily in a scientific sense)...
How to turn the page on WW II in Asia
In the run-up to the 74th anniversary of
the end of World War II in the Pacific Russia and Japan are recalling the most
overarching problems...
China’s Defense Policy: Questions and answers
The Office of the State Council of the People's
Republic of China has published a paper titled the White Paper “National
Defense in New Era”. The...
Sanctions as a double-edged weapon: Chinese response to U.S arms supplies to Taiwan
The official representative of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Geng Shuang, said that China, in
response to American supplies of $2.2 billion worth of...
China-North Korea summit and the situation on the Korean Peninsula
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to North Korea, which
came against the backcloth of renewed correspondence between US President
Donald Trump and North Korean...
Washington- Pyongyang: A third attempt?
During a recent meeting with his South Korean
counterpart Moon Jae-in at the White House, US President Donald Trump said that
while a step-by-step agreement with...
China-Europe: “Balanced partnership” or “systemic rival”?
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent state visits to Italy, Monaco and
France set off a flurry of comments by European media, which even called Mr....
Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region
The 2019 Security Conference in Munich attracted so
much attention not only due to the top-notch lineup of participants, but also
to the keynote report released...
40 Years of US-China Relations
Forty years after the United States and China established diplomatic relations in January 1979 the anniversary is a good reason to reflect on the...