Feb 21, 2015

Recently I had a visit from a friend of mine who works at a U.S. embassy. I hadn’t heard from him for a while – he said that he had been inspired to catch up

Feb 18, 2015

The celebrated revival of the Silk Road would seem to herald the return of China’s charm offensive, winning over neighbors and other countries in the region th

Feb 18, 2015

Michael Auslin, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, recently wrote a commentary titled “The Twilight of China’s Communist Party,” w

Feb 18, 2015

The days when China’s exports mainly depended on jeans and toys are long gone. China’s export-oriented economy now has a new name card:  high speed railway t

Feb 12, 2015

China said Saturday that a recent gas discovery in the contentious South China Sea could yield more than 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas, highlighting B

Feb 12, 2015

It’s official: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first state visit to the U.S. is scheduled for September. Xinhua reported today that Xi, in a phone conversation

Feb 11, 2015

As The Diplomat reported earlier this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first official state visit (Sunnylands 2013 doesn’t count here) to the U

Feb 11, 2015

On February 9, China’s assistant foreign minister, Liu Jianchao, joined his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts in Kabul for the first round of a new trilateral

Feb 11, 2015

Three years ago, I took part in a tour of the Grand Bazaar in old town Istanbul. Among various spices, embroideries, artifacts, and foods, silk was in short sup

Feb 10, 2015

Dr. Shen Dingli, deputy director of Fudan University’s Institute of International Studies, has publicly and sharply criticized the United States for purposely