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Tue, October 24, 2017 | 09:37

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Trump to make US second to China

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump confirmed his intention to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership “from day one” of his administration.

Frank Ching | 2016-12-04 16:56

Trump challenges Asia's old order anew

The surprise election of Donald Trump has left many people uncertain what he will be like as the 45thpresident of the United States. His victory speech was a pleasant contrast from his tone on the campaign trail. He actually called his opponent “Secretary Clinton” instead of “crooked Hillary” and said, “We owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.”

Frank Ching | 2016-11-18 15:37

Revolution not to remember

Fifty years ago this week, China embarked on what would turn out to be 10 years of turmoil known as the Cultural Revolution. It was not a revolution in the usual sense, in that it was initiated from above, by Chairman Mao Zedong himself, as he set out to destroy the party he himself created and to overthrow party leaders whom he felt had deviated from the socialist path.

Frank Ching | 2016-05-20 15:29

China's long reach goes beyond borders

The case of the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers, who all turned up in China, has rocked Hong Kong society to its core, shaking confidence in the mainland’s promises of “one country, two systems.” At the same time, it has placed China under a microscope with governments around the world accusing Beijing of rampant violation of human rights and international norms by abducting individuals and taking them to the mainland.

Frank Ching | 2016-03-11 17:11

For Taiwan independence

During the campaign leading up to Taiwan’s Jan. 16 elections, Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, took part in singing the national anthem at public events, but her lips visibly stopped moving when it came to the words “our party,” since they referred to the Kuomintang, which had been in power in Taiwan since the 1940s, save for eight years.

Frank Ching | 2016-01-28 16:33

Abe's China conundrum

Since early this year, Beijing has been capitalizing on the fact that 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and has repeatedly sought to embarrass Japan by reminding the world of its aggression against China in the 1930s and 1940s. China is also making use of the anniversary to show off its newfound status as a world power by staging a military parade on September 3.

Frank Ching | 2015-07-17 16:08

Time for China to live in the present

In November 2012, two weeks after becoming leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping visited the National Museum in Tiananmen Square. There, after viewing a grand exhibition called “The Road to Revival,” which recalls China’s century of humiliation beginning with the Opium War of 1840, Xi issued a call for achieving the Chinese Dream, or “the great revival of the Chinese nation.”

Frank Ching | 2015-04-14 17:43

AIIB should be open to more countries

The United States is opposed to the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ostensibly out of concern that it would adopt poor governance standards. But Washington’s far greater fear is that China could undermine and ultimately replace the American-dominated global financial architecture put in place at the end of World War II and usurp America’s place as the pre-eminent global leader.

Frank Ching | 2015-03-27 16:15

China should heed calls to save elephants

“China’s development will generate huge opportunities and benefits and hold lasting and infinite promise,” President Xi Jinping told business executives gathered in Beijing for the Apec meeting. "As China's overall national strength grows, China will be both capable and willing to provide more public goods for the Asia Pacific and the world."

Frank Ching | 2015-03-03 16:40

US, China vie for trade group leadership

When Barack Obama was in Beijing in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) annual meeting, the U.S. president met with the leaders of 11 other countries - Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Peru, Chile and Brunei - and called for the early conclusion of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a trade grouping that is intended to set high standards for the 21st century.

Frank Ching | 2015-02-15 16:04

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