Shao Yuqun, Director, Institute for Taiwan, HK and Macau Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
Feb 24, 2014
Shao analyzes the US’ “New Silk Road Initiative” and China’s “Silk Road Economic Belt,”and concludes that though having differences, they go in the same direction: acceleration of regional economic cooperation.
Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Feb 11, 2014
To debunk the “String of Pearls” theory, Zhou Bo writes that China has only two purposes in the Indian Ocean: economic gains and the security of Sea lines of Communication.
Zhai Kun, Professor at School of International Studies; Deputy Director of Institute of Area Studies, Peking University
Jan 21, 2014
Xi-Li diplomacy worked well in 2013, writes Zhai Kun. A successful 2014 will rely more on the coordination of its twin engines of development and security promotion.
Su Xiaohui, Deputy Director of Int'l & Strategic Studies, CIIS
Sep 14, 2013
There is inevitable concern that the Chinese Silk Road plan will not be compatible with the US one, and there will be increasing competition between China and the US in Central Asia, writes Su Xiaohui.