South China Sea Arbitration: Philippines v. China
Photo: USS Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea July 5, 2016. US Navy, CC BY 2.0 The South China Sea case (Philippines v. China) has...
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Chinese Nationalism - Constructive or Destructive?
When societies urbanize and industrialize rapidly, it is common for feelings of nationalism to surge among the citizenry in general, and...
FPInsights: AIIB Banks on Experience and Innovation
Photo: http://www.aiib.org/ There is no mistaking which country is the driving force behind the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank...
The UAE and Asia’s Middle Class
This post was originally posted in The New Silk Road Monitor here. This is an important piece on the CNN site penned by an influential...
Xi's January of Discontents
Photo: EDGARD GARRIDO/REUTERS It’s only a few weeks into 2016, but Chinese president Xi Jinping must already feel nostalgia for the year...
China struggles to deal with its own inconsistencies
More than at any time in the history of modern China, 2016 will be a pivotal year for the economy. Indeed, the odds are not small that...
The United Arab Emirates, China, and the new “Triple-South”
As South-South trade and investment ties expand rapidly, altering the geo-commercial and geo-political map of the world, one relationship...
China’s New Commitments in Africa
Appealing to hearts and minds in Africa on his recent visit (May 2014), Chinese premier Li Keqiang pledged that his country would boost...
Russia-China Gas Deal a Sign of Russian Weakness, Not New Alliance
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s May 20-21 visit to China, which culminated in the signing of a 30-year, $400 billion gas deal, offered...
Secretary Kerry in Asia –Looking for Love in the Wrong Places
John Kerry brings home some successes from his just-concluded fifth visit to East Asia as Secretary of State—this time around to Seoul,...
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