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Opinion > Columnists > Frank Ching >

Jeopardized peace in Northeast Asia

Almost seven decades after the end of the Pacific War, the main protagonists seem to be tussling again, albeit so far only rhetorically. Chinese and Japanese voices have been raised in anger; now the Americans are also involved.

2014-03-02 16:54

Tokyo's peace overture to Seoul, Beijing

Business leaders, it seems, are increasingly worried about the continuing hostility between China and Japan. The New York Times reported that at the World Economic Forum in Davos, despite general optimism about the global economy, there was growing concern that the Sino-Japanese dispute "may be close to boiling over."

2014-02-16 16:45

China's slower but sustainable growth

At the beginning of every year, countries around the world issue figures for economic growth, trade, immigration and so forth for the previous year.

2014-02-02 15:59

China's bid to join gov't procurement pact

China has made a revised bid to join the Government Procurement Agreement of the World Trade Organization, less than three weeks after promising the United States that it would do so some time this year.

2014-01-24 16:49

TPP talks and China's entry

For the first time since it came into existence in 1995, the World Trade Organization last month finally achieved a breakthrough, reaching a series of agreements to streamline trade that is expected to boost the world economy by up to $1 trillion a year.

2014-01-05 15:55

Seoul's air defense zone reaction and security

The world's trade structure has changed dramatically over the last decade, with China having replaced the United States last year as the biggest trading nation.

2013-12-22 16:07

Airlines taken hostage by China's air defense zone

China's announcement of an East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) has effectively taken the world's multibillion-dollar airline industry hostage.

2013-12-08 17:07

America's broken political system and China

Ever since World War II, the United States has played an indispensable role, ensuring peace and order in the world and creating conditions that allowed the revitalization of the war-torn countries of Europe and Asia. During the cold war, of course, the U.S. also expected beneficiaries of its public goods to line up on its side against the Soviet bloc.

2013-10-27 16:50

China's 'Silk Road' dream

In calling for the rejuvenation of the nation through realization of the "Chinese Dream," President Xi Jinping is also invoking another aspect of history - the ancient trading route known as the Silk Road, which led from China through Central Asia to Europe.

2013-10-13 17:10

Will China assume more int'l responsibilities?

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Washington for talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, spoke about a new model of Sino-American relations featuring “no conflict or confrontation?and “mutual respect?which is to be achieved through “win-win cooperation.”

2013-10-01 16:55

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