Preventing Islamic risk on ‘Belt and Road’
When promoting OBOR, China should fully consider risk returns, and try to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
China-Japan-South Korea trilateral summits aim at East Asian FTA
If China wants to transform from a trader of quantity to a trader of quality, it must seal the deals of the FTA with its two neighbors.
THAAD deployment decision will only bring trouble to Seoul
No one believes that Park makes the deployment decision in a hasty manner. But what can a decision that benefits no one bring to South Korea?
Washington can’t steer Manila’s path
Washington’s intention to play an active role in Southeast Asia’s security and economy is understandable, but it cannot make decisions for Manila.
Clinton’s careless email could provide ammunition for Trump’s rhetoric
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who heads the Justice Department, was appointed by Hillary’s husband, former president Bill Clinton in 1999 to be the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Japan’s meddling brings little gain in South China Sea arbitration
We cannot count on the US or Japan to settle this political farce. A concerted effort by China and the Philippines will be key to the intractable issue as well as for a soft landing of their bilateral relations.
Tribunal award could impair UNCLOS
The Philippines is the initiator of the Arbitration. It’s very important to see how its new government will deal with the negative legacy of the previous government. Facing with a multiple of choices, the best approach for the new government is to withdraw the case and return to the diplomatic approach to settle disputes with China through negotiations. This will be in the long-term interest of both countries and peoples.
South China Sea arbitration to have negative impact on international rule of law: experts
Some 30 international law experts gathered at Hague on Sunday for a seminar in which many have voiced their doubts and concerns over the negative impact that the South China Sea arbitration will bring to the rule of law at the international level.
Venezuelan analysts say Communist Party of China's leadership remarkable
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has demonstrated remarkable leadership which has successfully led the country through various profound transformations, Venezuelan analysts say.
Diplomatic tit for tat
US, Russia expel each other's diplomats
Arbitration no condition for maritime cooperation
China will by no means agree to cooperation based on arbitration. If Manila sticks to it, China can exercise its right to safeguard sovereignty within its territorial waters at any time. The Philippines will have to face more serious consequences.
West willfully provokes over rights lawyers
Beijing Fengrui law firm had long transcended its own profession by hyping sensitive cases and challenging judicial order.
THAAD points to difficulties facing nation’s rise
This time, the deployment of THAAD has further cornered China – a rising power that naturally needs more space but truly finds itself being cornered. Maybe it is too pessimistic to claim that the world is still in a state of binary opposition in which the rules of zero-sum game still prevail, but at least China may need to understand that its rise is and will continue to be far more arduous and tortuous than that of any former emerging great powers – and it will be a “protracted war” in realpolitik, in which “good intentions” won’t necessarily count for too much.
Missile defense deployment a setback for China’s diplomacy
North Korea is no longer a buffer zone for China, but a source of troubles. It’s time to consider whether North Korea is an asset to China or a liability.