Dec 13, 2014

The occupation of Hong Kong’s Admiralty district ended Thursday as protesters young and old packed up their tents and sat peacefully as police closed in. Some

Dec 11, 2014

The Philippines has consistently stood up to Chinese bullying in the South China Sea, including by filing a maritime-rights case with United Nations arbitrators

Dec 03, 2014

The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, this week and next will lay the groundwork for a more significant gathering in Paris a year from now

Dec 02, 2014

All politics is local, and Saturday’s midterm elections in Taiwan mostly turned on local issues such as food safety, stagnant wages, education and infrastructu

Nov 19, 2014

A week after President Obama and other world leaders enjoyed unusually blue skies over the APEC summit in Beijing, factories have restarted and smog has returne

Nov 18, 2014

President Obama over the weekend made a bizarre decision to attack and damage his closest ally in Asia, and one of the most committed supporters of U.S. foreign

Nov 13, 2014

When the U.S. and China announced their climate agreement Wednesday, I thought of Sen. John Warner. The former five-term Republican used to warn his colleagues

Nov 12, 2014

This week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing shows that Supreme Leader Xi Jinping was serious when he promised in January to become “proact

Nov 05, 2014

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s on-going crusade to clean up the Communist Party appears to be expanding, and unearthing new instances of graft. This past weeke

Oct 30, 2014

The ouster of Hong Kong lawmaker James Tien from the Chinese government’s top advisory body leaves him out of one of China’s most prestigious clubs, where a