Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Dec 16, 2015
China has increased is trade, investment, and loans in Central Asia, and although China and the U.S. differ regarding democracy promotion, human rights, and Russian security activities in the region, they can work together on economic integration, countering terrorism, and combating drug trafficking.
He Wenping, Senior Research Fellow, Charhar Institute and West Asia and Africa Studies Institute of the China Academy of Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2015
While Chinese demands for raw materials and bulk stocks such as oil and gas has decreased at the country’s economy evolves, Beijing continues to be vested in Africa’s development and trade with the region. That commitment is not only a boost for world peace, stability and development but supports the smooth implementation of America’s African strategy.
Hugh Stephens, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Dec 15, 2015
As the U.S. moves to recalibrate its own relationships with a rising China on trade, the environment and security issues, its neighbors and allies are forging their own path on building economic, political, and cultural ties.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Dec 15, 2015
Beijing’s global outlook is strategically forward-looking, inclusive and peaceful. It not only serves as the theoretical foundation for the development of China’s foreign affairs, but also helps inject fresh Chinese wisdom in building a new type of international relations.
Tung Chee Hwa, Chairman Emeritus, China-United States Exchange Foundation
Dec 15, 2015
The first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) C.H. Tung argues that the success of the modern day China is not accidental. While globalization certainly contributed to China’s rapid growth and prosperous development, what Tung describes as "China miracle" is a result of the country’s efforts to ensure a smooth leadership transition, enact sound policies, as well as of the expansion of freedom that liberated the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of its citizens.
Dec 10, 2015
While new agreements mean the two countries areas of interest will more often overlap and even clash, there is also new impetus for cooperation, such as in preserving peace and security in Africa, developing the African market and building Washington and Beijing’s respective global leadership roles.
Yin Chengde, Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Dec 03, 2015
Competing visions, one with the UN as its spiritual center and the US counterview with itself at the heart of a unipolar world, are vying to shape the world’s future. The US remains the sole superpower in the world, but its attempt to remain the driving force in global governance is doomed to fail in a changing, multipolar world.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Dec 01, 2015
China and the U.S. are waging a bitter but so far nonviolent struggle in Burma. And the U.S. appears to be winning. For Burma, opening to the West was the answer; sanctions were eased, Western leaders rushed to visit, and business investment flowed in.
Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Nov 24, 2015
Washington’s move to politicize this meeting simply reflects the growing frustration of a US that doesn’t know how to deal with China. This time it has taken a wrong approach to confront China at the wrong occasion. The result was not helpful in improving relations among the countries concerned.
Curtis S. Chin, Former U.S. Ambassador to Asian Development Bank
Nov 13, 2015
Should China finally move to better police both the makers and the distributors of counterfeit and shoddy products, the nation’s leaders could also take a page from California’s experiences and do more to seek to spur innovation, rather than imitation.