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 However this outdated Cold-War framework does not take into account the full extent of China-US ties and the shared incentives both countries have in seeing the other succeed.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.
Scott Silverstone, Professor, US Military Academy at West Point
Oct 10, 2012
From a scholarly perspective, the rise of China and the resulting “power shift” that has accompanied this rise has provided a host of teachable moments. Nowhere is this more clearly seen than in the ongoing territorial disputes in the East China Sea.
Oct 06, 2012
As the U.S.-China relationship continues to grow, in size and complexity, what are the implications of this once-in-a-decade leadership transition, especially for bilateral interaction? Dr. Henry A. Kissinger is joined by former Ambassador to China J. Stapleton Roy, former Fellow Dr. Cheng Li, and China scholar Dr. David M. Lampton to discuss the possible implications for U.S.-China relations of this once-in-a-decade power transition.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Oct 06, 2012
The surge of tensions between China and Japan has gained considerable attention worldwide. However, many observers were caught off guard when Taiwan exercised their territorial claims by sending a flotilla of fishing boats to the disputed islands.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Oct 06, 2012
Despite the US’ claims to impartiality in the territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas, it has made its preference very clear - entirely at the expense of China. US involvement in the region stands at the crossroads, with the current US course destined to only bring increased tension.
Shi Yinhong, Professor, Renmin University
Oct 05, 2012
Shi Yinhong considers the role that China should play as a global strategic power and considers the implications of China’s future development for China-US relations.
Paul Smith, Professor, US Naval War College
Oct 04, 2012
The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands have once again become a source of regional tension, with worrying signs that the status quo is no longer tenable. Before the US becomes more involved in the dispute however, it is important that Americans understand their own tangled history with these small islands.
Qi Chu, Research Fellow, China Institute of Int'l Studies
Sep 29, 2012
China has made a strong claim for the sovereignty of Diaoyu Islands, whereas Japan says the islands belong to it. To whom do the islands belong? Let's evalu