Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
May 09, 2017
The new US leader has become more pragmatic about Beijing and established a good rapport with President Xi Jinping, but his approach to Taiwan, the One China policy and North Korea have failed to reassure many Chinese observers.
Quansheng Zhao , Professor, International Relations at American University
May 08, 2017
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, China and the U.S. have entered into a new structure, namely an emerging dual leadership structure, in the Asia-Pacific. This trend represents the future direction of U.S.-China relations.
Fernando Menéndez, Economist and China-Latin America observer
May 05, 2017
The build-up of a large militia in Venezuela, facing no external military aggression, underscores a regime prepared to escalate violence against its own people. China, has provided generous credits, loans, and investments in an amount estimated at upwards of $60 billion, and will likely write off its loses, but more importantly may have to avoid being dragged down into a humanitarian crisis comparable to Syria or a political miasma as cancerous as North Korea, unless the leaders in Caracas change course.
Jonathan Tai, Research assistant, Inle Advisory Group
May 05, 2017
National reconciliation does not just impact Myanmar’s political and economic interests; it is also important to China. As the largest neighbor and sharing the longest border with Myanmar, China has and will continue to play a prominent role in the nation’s stalled peace process..
He Yafei, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
May 04, 2017
Reaching consensus, respecting differences and creating real benefits to real people are key to ensuring the success of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative.
Yang Wenjing, Research Professor, Institute of American Studies, CICIR
May 04, 2017
The new president seeks economic advantages in the Asia-Pacific, though his approach is very different from Obama’s in ends and means. He has reset the goals for US trade, focusing on the more short-term, inward-looking national interest based on more jobs and investments for US. But all in all, there is more continuity than change in what we’ve seen of the administration’s policy in the region.
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Curtis S. Chin, Former U.S. Ambassador to Asian Development Bank
May 04, 2017
This past month, Nepal marked two important occasions – one a tragedy, the other a growing friendship with China that may well bring new challenges of its own as this poor, land-locked nation finds its way forward amidst the geopolitics of the region.
May 02, 2017
The debate about “world order” and “China’s new leadership role” is attracting more attention especially when China has more loudly expressed support to the economic globalization and free-trade at a time when these ideas are under criticism in the Western world. Many in China who are also interested in the debate find the concepts behind these terms are not as clear as they may look.
- Drifting Apart? Prospects for Partnership and Confrontation between the U.S. and China through the L
William Hurst, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
May 02, 2017
Every time there is a change of administration in either the United States or China, the international media is suddenly filled with speculation over how the interpersonal relations between individual leaders might affect relations between the world’s two most important countries. Such myopic gossip, however, ignores the larger structural, historical, and domestic political forces that ultimately play the leading roles in shaping the dynamics of US-China relations.
Sun Chenghao, Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
May 02, 2017
In his first 100 days in office, Trump created more problems than achievements. The challenges and stakes ahead are abundant: Trump needs a breakthrough on his major reforms as soon as possible to gain some traction and rekindle confidence in his supporters and his party.