Richard Javad Heydarian, Professorial Chairholder in Geopolitics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Sep 30, 2022
As a former U.S. colonial subject, the Philippines has retained close cultural and official ties to Washington. The new Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has shown that he intends to deviate from his predecessor’s distancing from the United States by rebuilding relations with the West while simultaneously drawing closer to Asian nations - including China.
Zhang Yun, Professor, School of International Relations, Nanjing University
Sep 30, 2022
China and Japan have deepened their economic interdependence, but they have a long way to go in building political trust, especially in the security realm. The two countries should get beyond the old concept that starts with military deterrence. It is no longer productive.
Zhu Feng, Director, Institute of International Studies, Nanjing University
Sep 30, 2022
Major-country relations are changing dramatically. Chinese academics and political leaders should conduct an in-depth analysis of what China faces. The United States has already started a new Cold War in regional and global industrial chains.
Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Sep 27, 2022
Washington’s initiatives are being pitched as an “alternative to China,” as they divide developing countries and solidify U.S. control. The IPEF may compete with ASEAN, raising questions about the bloc’s centrality.
Xu Tao, Research Fellow, Development Research Center of the State Council, China
Sep 27, 2022
Held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the summit — a milestone in the 26-year-old Shanghai process — came during turbulent times. The world’s political, economic and security situation is in flux, but it is certain that the summit will open a new stage of development for the Belt and Road Initiative.
Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
Sep 24, 2022
In dealing with China, zero-sum mindset and "political correctness" is misleading and dangerous.
James Hinote, Geopolitical Strategist
Sep 20, 2022
China’s rise to economic hegemony is the story that may define the 21st Century. Yet no tale is complete without a formidable challenge to overcome, and the tumultuous 2020s may derail China’s skyrocketing growth in a major way.
Xiao Bin, Deputy Secretary-general, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, Chinese Association of Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2022
Relations with Central Asian countries have long been a significant part of China’s international diplomacy. And Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently traveled to the region to advance diplomatic relations, participate in the Samarkand Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and promote the development of the SCO.
Sep 20, 2022
Xi and Putin vow to "inject stability into a turbulent world."
Li Yan, Deputy Director of Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Sep 19, 2022
The many tensions that exist already between the U.S. and China already seemed to border unmanageable. And with the Russia-Ukraine conflict continuing to rage on, its long term effects will surely spill over into the relationship between East and West.