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G2's common interest in Middle East

The new Chinese leader Xi Jinping had his first overseas trip as president, visiting Russia as well as three countries in Africa - Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo.

2013-03-31 16:45

Almost 24 years after the Chinese military cracked down on protesters in Tiananmen Square and across the country, the American public’s view of China is still largely unfavorable, according to the latest Gallup World Affairs survey. The results of the survey, conducted in early February, show that 52 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of China versus 43 percent with a favorable view.

2013-03-17 16:51

Park's mission in Northeast Asia

When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Washington last week for a summit meeting with President Barack Obama, he was asked about Japan’s relations with South Korea, in view of the common threat from North Korea.

2013-03-01 17:04

China-North Korea relations

In 1961, China and North Korea signed a treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance that provided for either country to go to the assistance of the other if attacked by a third country. It was a military alliance with a difference ― it had no termination date, an alliance that was meant to last forever.

2013-02-15 17:13

China not welcome abroad

China, with $3 trillion in foreign reserves, is looking for investment opportunities around the world. Surprisingly, perhaps, it is discovering that its money is not welcome in certain countries.

2013-02-01 17:07

Rule of law in China

China’s new leader Xi Jinping gave a major address recently in which he pledged to curtail power and investigate violations of the law so as to protect the rights of Chinese citizens.

2013-01-20 17:21

Survival of China's Communist Party

Gordon Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” famously predicted in 2001 that the Communist Party would fall from power in a decade.

2013-01-02 17:06

China's high-risk plan

China’s dispatch of a marine surveillance plane into the airspace of islands administered by Japan appears to be part of a high-risk plan to create a situation whereby Japan’s claim to effectively control the Senkaku Islands is put in doubt.

2012-12-23 16:32

Fear about assertive China

China’s new leader Xi Jinping has issued a call for action to realize “the cause of national rejuvenation, which he called “the greatest dream for the Chinese nation in modern history.”

2012-12-11 16:42

China's leadership change

When Hu Jintao became China’s leader a decade ago, many hoped that the quiet, taciturn 59-year-old would turn out to be a closet liberal who would launch political reforms. They were disappointed.

2012-11-26 16:42

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