Wu Sike, Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, CPPCC
Dec 11, 2012
The smoke of gunpowder is receding from the Gaza Strip. But people’s concern over the conflicts triggered by the ‘Pillar of Defense’ operation
Wu Sike, Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, CPPCC
Nov 09, 2012
Unless the international community comes up with an extensive consensus, political dialogue and transition will stall in Syria while sanguinary conflicts there will surely get even wilder and fiercer. An effective solution of the Syrian crisis will be a test of the courage of the conflicting parties. It will also be a test of the competence of the UN Security Council to safeguard world peace.
Zhao Weibin, Researcher, PLA Academy of Military Science
Oct 17, 2012
In spite of the fact that China and the US have converging interests in counter-terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation and Palestine-Israel peace in the Middle East, it can be noted that some of their fundamental political and security interests are different, and even conflict with each other.
Wu Sike, Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, CPPCC
Sep 25, 2012
In the wake of the anti-US protests across the Middle East, confrontation and contest will remain a major feature dominating the development of the world for quite some time to come.
Wu Sike, Member on Foreign Affairs Committee, CPPCC
Aug 27, 2012
Elected by his people after the great changes sweeping across West Asia and North Africa, Morsy is the first civilian president in Egypt since it became a republic more than half a century ago. It is precisely at such a time of happiness and joy that Mohamed Morsy will pay a state visit to China, a trip that has aroused extensive attention from various circles for its profound and far-reaching importance.
Edward Djerejian, Former US Ambassador to Syria and Iran
Aug 09, 2012
Speaker: Ambassador Edward Djerejian, former United States Ambassador to Syria and Iran and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Date: July 2
Liu Zhongmin, Director, Shanghai Int'l Studies University
Dec 01, 2011
The strategic competition between China and the United States has intensified in recent years. The Middle East (including Western Asia and North Africa), by contrast, is neither an area of deep contention between Washington and Beijing, nor an area that China exercises its strategic influence adequately.
An Huihou, Research Scholar, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Jun 16, 2011
After five months of turmoil and turbulence in West Asia and North Africa, US President Obama made another speech about US policy in the Middle East, driving ho