Nov 07, 2014

Asia is holding its breath now, as the icy China-Japan relationship could possibly see signs of thawing in the upcoming informal leaders' meeting of the APE

Nov 07, 2014

Beijing started a six-day public holiday from Friday for the APEC summit. Prior to this, the city had already implemented an odd-even license plate system to ea

Oct 28, 2014

The Cold War ended but there followed the interventions in Southeast Europe, continuing wars in Iraq, campaigns in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Liby

Oct 28, 2014

The student groups of Occupy Central such as the Hong Kong Federation of Students had planned to hold a "referendum" but suddenly canceled it yesterday. Wang

Oct 28, 2014

British academic Martin Jacques wrote in a recent article in the Financial Times that "China's governance system has been remarkably successful for more t

Oct 23, 2014

The ongoing Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will deliberate and pass the decision on major issues con

Oct 23, 2014

All through 2014, the grey hair of US President Barack Obama and his anxious facial expression are showing the world that his ability cannot meet his ambitions.

Apr 11, 2011

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is being investigated over "suspected economic crimes", according to authorities on Thursday. Some Western media outlets immediately qu

Feb 18, 2011

Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou sent a positive signal Monday by suggesting that Taiwan should not address the mainland as "China." Ma was quoted as saying that unde

Feb 17, 2011

The worldwide shift toward democracy is unstoppable. However, with globalization, democracy has become more like a Russian doll: you always see the one on top,