Preventing Islamic risk on ‘Belt and Road’
When promoting OBOR, China should fully consider risk returns, and try to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
Brexit marks rise of anti-establishment populism
The UK decision to leave the EU has brought added turbulence and uncertainty globally. Martin Jacques (Jacques), a senior fellow at the Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge University, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, shared his thoughts over the major issue with Global Times (GT) London correspondent Sun Wei recently.
Manila can’t set arbitration award as precondition for new talks
If there must be a precondition, it should be “putting aside disputes and seeking joint development.”
THAAD will trigger instability in S.Korea
THAAD deployment will trigger political instability in South Korea, affect the country’s economic development, and forcing the nation to reshuffle its foreign policy. By then the Blue House will have to eat its own bitter fruit. Hence, the wisest choice is to give up THAAD.
With proper help, Chinese have learnt to obey rules
It is still too early to allocate blame before a full investigation result comes out. Instead of criticizing the severely-injured woman for breaking the rules, onlookers should show more sympathy to the poor family. After all, the woman has already paid a heavy price for getting out of the car. She needs more help than criticism for her loss.
China faces risks of US presidential vote
While China-US relations is subject to constant changes and periodic crises associated with the succession of US leaders, both countries need to focus more on long-term opportunities rather than short-term expectations. Therefore, instead of trying to predict which pattern a Trump or Clinton presidency will most likely fit into, China should devote more attention and effort to work with the US to institutionalize effective mechanisms and positive accomplishments in the relationship. President Xi Jinping and Obama’s meeting at this year’s G20 Summit in Hangzhou will serve as a positive step in this direction.
US would suffer more in war with China
If a war is triggered, we will have greater determination than the US to fight it to the end.
S.Korean media should understand reciprocal relationship
South Korea is a major stakeholder in Northeast Asia, but it cannot afford to play the game aggressively, especially with powerhouses around. In order to secure its interests, South Korea must look at the big picture.
A step too far
THAAD deployment harms China-South Korean relations.
Working with ASEAN to build community of common destiny is Beijing’s priority
To build the China-ASEAN community of common destiny, China has to strengthen its security cooperation with ASEAN while intensifying economic cooperation and people-to-people exchanges with the bloc so as to provide and maintain regional security in the end. This means a huge challenge for China, which is learning to be a major power. As the South China Sea disputes have become the biggest regional security concern for ASEAN members, China needs to figure out an inclusive set of solutions that can maintain its major interests and meanwhile respond to the reasonable concerns of both claimant and non-claimant countries of ASEAN.
Huge profits drive THAAD deployment
Policymakers in the Pentagon are perhaps pleased for making Seoul obedient this time. However, once deployed, how other major powers will respond to the threat of THAAD is not up to Seoul or Washington.
Mixed weddings in China bring trouble, joy
Come the day, everything ran smoothly enough. But bringing a Scottish wedding to Tianjin, and relying on someone to deliver parts of that, was perhaps more than someone should expect. Perhaps I should have just accepted that in China, weddings will be Chinese. But since all the guests loved the whisky and the dancing, the kilts and the music, I can still feel proud that there’s a part of Tianjin that’s forever Scotland.
US may boost interference as sea tension cools
As to the involvement of Japan and Australia in the disputes, it’s not an exaggeration to describe it as the biggest mistake of the US, adding unnecessary risk to its Asia-Pacific strategy while gaining no effective support from them. Considering the trilateral statement, it’s more like a fulfillment of the ambitions of Japan to project its power out of East Asia, which would only cause trouble for the US-led alliance.
DPRK condemns THAAD deployment on Korean Peninsula
After Seoul and Washington decided in early July to introduce the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense, or THAAD, onto the Korean Peninsula, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) immediately voiced strong condemnation and even threatened to take "physical countermeasures" to deal with the missile system.