The recent meeting between South Korean and Chinese officials was welcomed by the United States. However, all parties should remain conscious of the delicate issues at hand, including rising Japanese nationalism, these state of the Chinese economy, the stability of the Korean Peninsula.

Examining the implications of US intelligence programs following Edward Snowden’s leaking of classified intelligence documents, Chen Jimin posits that this dramatic international incident could be truly historic if major powers come together in cooperation to address the gaps in global cyber security norms.

The time has come for China to rebalance its traditional geostrategic interests with its new role as a global leader – and that means adopting a policy of disciplined engagement toward North Korea. Only then will an internationally coordinated response to the North's nuclear ambitions be possible.

Are the U.S. and China headed for a “new great power relationship?” In a rare and exclusive interview with Christiane Amanpour, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai said that it’s “obvious” that the countries need each other.

China-US relations, one of the most prominent bilateral relationships in the world, are set for further development. As a rising power, China still faces many issues internally and externally. What position will China take in the Sino-US relationship? How will China grow to become another "superpower?" And what will the international system look like in the future? Fareed Zakaria (Zakaria), a renowned journalist specializing in international relations and the host of CNN's popular show Fareed Zakaria GPS, shared his ideas in an interview with Global Times (GT) reporter Liu Zhun.

As financial markets adjust to the end of quantitative easing and the “Bernanke shock,” He Weiwen explains that China must also reform and end its dependence on liquidity supplies. As major economies make revisions, economic adjustments must be made with global markets in mind.

The fifth meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) is approaching quickly. While the first four S&ED meetings were relatively unproductive, there is hope that this meeting may be different, as the economic situation along with other aspects of the strategic bilateral relationship between the two nations have changed in recent months.

ASEAN has always been careful to balance the status of the major powers rather than allow the forum to indulge power games, writes Zhou Shixin. If ASEAN tries to choose sides in the forum, or seek hegemony in the region by use of the forum, it will lose the very confidence it has worked so hard to build.

How vital is resolution of the Senkaku/Diaoyu territorial dispute to Sino-US relations? As Stephen M. Harner explains, the United States has undertaken high-level exchanges with key influencers in Japan in an attempt to pressure Japan to concede on the issue.

Once neglected by the international community, Central America has increasingly gained importance as a transit hub. As the United States and China search for faster, more cost effective ways to transport goods, the area is seeing an influx in canal development. As Fernando Menéndez explains, the development and expansion in this region will have a large impact on international trade.