Some international media outlets have been sensationalizing the "Asia-minus-one" concept, claiming that an "invisible alliance" is forming among countries neigh

Since the EP-3 Hainan Island Incident in 2001, several rows have broken out between China and the U.S. over the navigational rights of military vessels in China

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One of the main sources of tension in Asia nowadays are the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, where the Philippines, Vietnam, China, and others have confl

The new round of talks between the United States and China on Asia-Pacific region policies and issues in the last week of June are significant to both Sino-U.S.

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In early May, I gave an interview to the Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper arguing that China was probably ‘the loneliest rising great power in world hi

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In his speech at the opening ceremony of the Bo'ao Asia Forum last month, Chinese President Hu Jintao declared that China will try to settle all territorial