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Taiwan's 'peace initiative'

While the world’s attention has been focused on the rivalry between China and Japan over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, Taiwan, which has the same territorial claims as China, has come up with what it calls a “peace initiative’’ involving all three parties.

2012-10-30 16:36

HK leader caught in the middle

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who marked his first 100 days in office on Oct. 8, finds himself caught in the middle as conflicts between the former British colony and mainland China intensifies.

2012-10-16 17:08

America’s dilemma in Asia

During anti-Japanese protests in Beijing, a group of about 50 demonstrators surrounded the car of the American ambassador, Gary Locke, chanted slogans about disputed islands, and prevented the vehicle from entering the embassy compound until Chinese security personnel intervened.

2012-10-02 17:59

US-China ties: cooperation and competition

In the mid-1960s, when the world was dominated by the two superpowers ― the United States and the Soviet Union ― China routinely described their relationship as one of “colluding and contending” for power and influence.

2012-09-12 16:48

US at a loss over Korea-Japan conflict

When Hillary Clinton spoke about America’s “pivot” to Asia last year, she described alliances with Japan, South Korea and other countries as the “fulcrum” for Washington’s strategic turn to the Asia-Pacific.

2012-08-29 17:21

US-China rivalry over Africa

Africa has become a major theater in the global rivalry between China and the United States. This was evident during Hillary Clinton’s visit to the continent, during which she spread the message of democracy and warned Africans against unnamed “outsiders” coming to “extract the wealth of Africa for themselves, leaving nothing or very little behind.”

2012-08-21 17:07

China’s ‘negative news?’

Only four years ago, Beijing played host to the summer Olympics and amazed the world with its modernity and sophistication. The event was widely seen as China’s coming out party and signaled its readiness to become a major world power.

2012-08-07 17:18

Vatican’s conflict with China

Once again, the Roman Catholic Church is in conflict with the Communist Party of China, with the newly ordained auxiliary bishop of Shanghai having publicly repudiated the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, which was established by the Chinese government to exercise supervision over the nation’s Catholics.

2012-07-18 16:54

New Hong Kong leader and credibility

The installation of Leung Chun-ying Sunday morning as Hong Kong’s third leader since the 1997 handover was followed that afternoon by tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets calling on him to step down.

2012-07-08 15:40

Maintaining stability

“Stability is of overriding importance” was a phrase used by Deng Xiaoping many times in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square military crackdown in 1989. The then paramount leader felt that China’s top priority was economic development, and that nothing should be allowed to get in the way.

2012-06-26 17:04

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