One China One System? The Geopolitics of Forcing Taiwan’s Hand
On New
Year’s Day1979, The Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress
of the People's Republic of China abruptly stopped shelling Taiwan’s offshore
islands, changed their...
China’s rise and the Napoleonic prophecy
“China is a sleeping giant. Let her lie
and sleep, for when she awakens she will astonish the world.” These were the
some of the last...
Turkish-Chinese spat puts Central Asian leaders on the spot
A Turkish-Chinese spat as a result of Turkish criticism of China’s crackdown on
Turkic Muslims in its strategic but troubled north-western province
of Xinjiang complicates efforts...
The future relations between the U.S. and North Korea after the failure of the Hanoi Summit
It is not
so obvious we can define -sic et simpliciter - the recent Summit held in Hanoi
between the leader of the Democratic People’s Republic...
The forthcoming meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Donald J. Trump
The meeting between the leader of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-Un, and the President of the
United States, Donald J. Trump, will be...
China’s economic transformation under “New Normal”
China’s double digit growth, also termed as “old normal growth” had dominated the country’s economy since 1980s. Despite the rapid economic development over the...
The Slippery Slope of Sino-US Trade War
Change is the only constant. After a struggle for supremacy in geopolitical and geo-economical spheres, now technological realms have also been contested among superpowers....
Harsh Turkish condemnation of Xinjiang cracks Muslim wall of silence
In perhaps the most significant condemnation to date of China’s brutal crackdown on Turkic Muslims in its north-western province of Xinjiang. Turkey’s foreign ministry...
China, Europe and the G-Zero world
What does it mean to live in a world without global leadership? Where is the European Union heading? What impact will Trump’s “America first”...
Challenges and prospects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
In the present globalized world, the economic corridors have become an important tool for regional cooperation and development. The economic corridor highlights the integration...