To succeed, Asia must tap the full potential of its women.

U.S. embassies and consulates have reportedly received instructions to tighten visa restrictions on Chinese students attending U.S. graduate programs in advanced technical fields. In this piece, Matt Sheehan asks, “Who “loses” when the United States takes in fewer Chinese graduate students?”

With Marx’s guidance, Xi will take China into the new era.

Marx’s vision for the world was global, and so is China’s.

Substantial political controls over Chinese businesses may prove incompatible with a creative, innovative economy.

For Americans, Taiwan’s defense equation is important. The U.S. does not have an “iron-clad” commitment to defend Taiwan. As President Jimmy Carter once observed, however, the Taiwan Relations Act provides a U.S. president with an option to go to war to protect the island. Indeed, America is Taiwan’s only potential security partner in a conflict with the Chinese mainland.

The PRC’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) recently announced the so-called “31 Measures” relating to working relations with Taiwanese entities. But how genuine are these offers, and will winning wallets lead to winning hearts and minds, to paraphrase Lyndon Johnson?

China’s presence in Africa, by the numbers.

In April 2017, President Xi Jinping designated three counties in Hebei Province as the “Xiong’an New Area.” This special development area is crucial for Xi’s “new era” ¬–– and for his legacy. The success or failure of Xiong’an could affect his new vision for China’s development.

China's a lot less scary up close.