China’s Deflating Population: The Economic Marvel in Eclipse?
So China’s population shrank last year. I admit my first instinct was … well, isn’t this a good thing? I mean, during the entire...
Nepal-China Relations and Belt and Road Initiative
China appears to be more "functional" in Nepal recently. A new administration led by leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal has acted on the same pitch initially...
Territorial Rise of China: It’s Impact on International Borders
The rise of China has had a significant impact on the international order and the way countries interact with one another. One of the...
Dependency Trap: Chinese Strategy to Mute Global Response to its Multidomain Aggression
China is known to entrap weaker economies through its debt trap, but the bigger threat, not so much talked about, is its strategy to...
Political Scientist: Japan and India will deepen ties because of China Rise
The China factor has steadied the two nations’ strategic partnership, despite their differences of opinion on some world affairs matters.
In Japan, on January 12-26,...
Japan: the end of the era of «winning pacifism»?
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has said that Japan, a country presiding in G7 in 2023, will continue to push for sanctions against...
China’s diplomacy after the 20th CPC Congress
On December 26, 2022, former Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang wrote an opinion piece for The National Interest with the entitle...
From Zero to Hero? The Domestic and International Repercussions of China’s Unprepared Reopening
As an ardent devotee of Chairman Mao, Xi Jinping seems never to fail to snatch opportunities to assert the masculine Mao-style leadership that he...
The alternative Chinese model of globalization
This summit is an attempt to present the Chinese model of globalization as an alternative to Western globalization based on the clash of civilizations.
On...
Supporting Mongolia’s Democracy is Key to a Free and Open Asia-Pacific
In recent weeks, Mongolians participated in the second largest peaceful demonstrations since 1991, with hundreds of Mongolians participating in mass protests in Sukhbaatar Square...