Since the early 1990s when China drew up its policies dealing with countries within the South China Sea, it has adopted a conciliatory approach to economic and

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

There is much speculation about China’s future, particularly about how it might leverage its economic growth to expand influence abroad and change the status q

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

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

It has been “normal” for  China-US relations to  suffer from turbulence over the past few decades. The two countries have often collaborated on  common int

The United States did not have an overall strategy toward the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a long time. In its bilateral relations with AS

Alfred T. Mahan’s theory of Sea Power has a long historic impact on Chinese Maritime Strategic Thinking. When modern China struggled for its survival from fore