Tom Watkins, President and CEO of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, FL
Oct 25, 2012
Americans must be careful that we do not allow China saber rattling, an expansion of their military prowess, evidenced by a testing of their first stealth jet, the construction of their first aircraft carrier and tussles over small islands in the East China Sea to draw us into an extended arms race that we can ill afford.
Shen Dingli, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
Oct 25, 2012
With the final U.S. presidential debate taking place on Monday, President Barack Obama and Republican contender Mitt Romney sparred over foreign policy—with China taking center stage. Despite Mr. Romney’s aggressive rhetoric, would the Republican prove a better choice for improved U.S.-China relations?
David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor and Director of China Policy Program at George Washington University, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Oct 23, 2012
David Shambaugh charts the course for U.S.-China relations and writes that the global importance of US-China relations means that this is a marriage in which divorce is not an option. The stakes are high. Yet the competitive trend is likely to continue into the future—absent a newly emergent global threat that challenges both nations to forge greater cooperation.
Wang Honggang, Deputy Directorof Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Oct 23, 2012
In about two weeks, a winner will be declared in the 2012 U.S. presidential election and the chosen candidate will work to form his administration. Wang Honggang writes that an understanding of how each administration would handle the next four years of the bilateral relationship with China is critically important.
Wu Sike, Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, CPPCC
Oct 22, 2012
When South Sudan succeeded from the North, analysts predicted a prolonged period of confrontation. However, Khartoum and Juba recently agreed to resolve several outstanding disputes, with the promise of talks in the future.
Jia Qingguo, Director and Professor, Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University
Oct 18, 2012
For most of its history, the relationship between China and the US has been defined by the relative asymmetry in power between the two countries. Such imbalance has given rise to complex and often contradictory views of one another between Chinese and Americans. Now however, it is possible to chart a new course forward based on mutual symmetry and respect.
Zhao Weibin, Researcher, PLA Academy of Military Science
Oct 17, 2012
In spite of the fact that China and the US have converging interests in counter-terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation and Palestine-Israel peace in the Middle East, it can be noted that some of their fundamental political and security interests are different, and even conflict with each other.
Pan Zhenqiang, Senior Adviser, China Reform Forum
Oct 16, 2012
The US rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific can hardly be taken as a positive development. China should certainly take due steps to respond to the adverse consequences of the new US strategy, but not overreact.
Oct 15, 2012
Increasingly harsh rhetoric and combative trade actions between China and the US have given rise to the belief both countries are inevitably headed toward a new Cold-War style confrontation. However this outdated Cold-War framework does not take into account the full extent of China-US ties and the shared incentives both countries have in seeing the other succeed.
Chen Xulong, Director, China Institute of Int'l Studies
Oct 15, 2012
China’s mission is for peaceful development towards a harmonious world. This cannot be accomplished without healthy and stable relations between major countries, especially between China and the US.