Dec 29, 2015

The drone prototype will conduct flight tests over the South China Sea in 2016.

Sep 30, 2015

The joint agreement by China and the U.S. may have created more diplomatic minefields than it sought to eliminate. The United States has been focusing much of its cyber diplomacy around criticism of China’s espionage. This U.S. policy effort might be called the “Fort Meade defense,” after the site of NSA headquarters in Maryland.

Jun 19, 2015

In 1996, Vietnam occupied 24 features in the Spratly Islands (source). At that time, according to the same source, China occupied nine. By 2015, according to th

Jun 19, 2015

After months of debate and public protests (most notably last year’s ‘Umbrella Movement,’ where protestors occupied streets in Hong Kong’s government and sh

Jun 18, 2015

Tensions are rising over maritime disputes in the South China Sea, with claimants (including China, Vietnam, and the Philippines) accusing each other of destabi

Jun 18, 2015

Mao Zedong was the first CCP leader to be praised in a song. Working with the melody of a local folk song in Shaanxi Province where Mao and his colleagues were

Jun 16, 2015

Zhou Yongkang, the first Politburo Standing Committee member to be indicted for corruption in the history of the People’s Republic of China, was tried on May 2

Jun 16, 2015

A series of controversial arrests of social media activists in Hong Kong since last year’s Occupy Central movement has raised concerns that the government is e

Jun 11, 2015

Hungary has become the first European country to sign a memorandum of understanding with China on promoting the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road,

Jun 11, 2015

China’s Environment Minister Chen Jining promised Tuesday that the next five year plan, to cover the period from 2016-2020,will include “more forceful” measu