Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang published on Tuesday a signed article titled "An Opportunity to Strengthen US-China Ties" in Wall Street Journal ahead of his visit to the United States to attend the fifth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington.

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi published on Tuesday a signed article titled "US, China can forge a more cooperative relationship" in Washington Post ahead of his visit to the United States to attend the fifth China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington.

The fifth round of the S&ED presents opportunity for China and the US to advance strategic and economic cooperation, writes Shen Dingli, Professor and Associate Dean at the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

The recent meeting between South Korean and Chinese officials was welcomed by the United States. However, all parties should remain conscious of the delicate issues at hand, including rising Japanese nationalism, these state of the Chinese economy, the stability of the Korean Peninsula.

Are the U.S. and China headed for a “new great power relationship?” In a rare and exclusive interview with Christiane Amanpour, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai said that it’s “obvious” that the countries need each other.

China-US relations, one of the most prominent bilateral relationships in the world, are set for further development. As a rising power, China still faces many issues internally and externally. What position will China take in the Sino-US relationship? How will China grow to become another "superpower?" And what will the international system look like in the future? Fareed Zakaria (Zakaria), a renowned journalist specializing in international relations and the host of CNN's popular show Fareed Zakaria GPS, shared his ideas in an interview with Global Times (GT) reporter Liu Zhun.

ASEAN has always been careful to balance the status of the major powers rather than allow the forum to indulge power games, writes Zhou Shixin. If ASEAN tries to choose sides in the forum, or seek hegemony in the region by use of the forum, it will lose the very confidence it has worked so hard to build.

How vital is resolution of the Senkaku/Diaoyu territorial dispute to Sino-US relations? As Stephen M. Harner explains, the United States has undertaken high-level exchanges with key influencers in Japan in an attempt to pressure Japan to concede on the issue.

Once neglected by the international community, Central America has increasingly gained importance as a transit hub. As the United States and China search for faster, more cost effective ways to transport goods, the area is seeing an influx in canal development. As Fernando Menéndez explains, the development and expansion in this region will have a large impact on international trade.

The dispute over territory in the South China Sea has become a flashpoint for Asian regional politics. China’s policy has used both big and small-stick diplomacy to assert its claim to the region. In doing so, it has formed a new normality for the region.