Premier Wen Jiabao will be attending the East Asian Summit Meeting in Indonesia in October this year, but he insisted on coming this spring for his official vis

Although it would be good for China and good for the world if the RMB became a fully-fledged international reserve currency, competing with the dollar and the euro, it is not clear that China will take all measures necessary to make that possible.

The recently concluded 10th anniversary Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) was a notable landmark for the colloquium that has witnessed rapid growth in Asia since starti

As the dust settles from Japan’s devastating triple tragedy — the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, plus the ongoing nuclear power crisis — the country w

There is potential for a much needed change in stalemated international relations in the Northeast Asia region in the wake of devastation suffered by Japan from

Military relations between the U.S. and China remain the weakest link in the overall bilateral relationship, and have been for many years. The “positive, cooperative, and comprehensive” relationship presidents Obama and Hu Jintao have committed to demands that the two militaries do better at achieving a stable relationship that can find ways to cooperate when necessary and mitigate the differences that divide them.

Cooperation on security matters is an important dimension of the relationships between China and the United States. From noticeably cooling in the aftermath of

On January 4, the World Bank issued its first round of bonds denominated in China's currency, the yuan or renminbi, worth 500 million yuan ($76 million) wit

Washington's 2011 National Military Strategy, unveiled by the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Navy Admiral Michael Mullen on Feb 8, is aimed at reshap

Washington fears the strategic situation in the Asia-Pacific is subtly changing in China's favor, potentially resulting in  the United States losing soft p