Preventing Islamic risk on ‘Belt and Road’
When promoting OBOR, China should fully consider risk returns, and try to maximize returns while minimizing risk.
US electoral candidates should heed China
No matter who is elected into the White House, he or she has to take seriously the relationship with China.
Obama shows mean side by meeting Dalai
What the Dalai Lama’s meeting with Obama has bearing on is mostly ideological rather than on international relations.
Tokyo scandal highlights culture of corruption in Japan’s politics
Scandals only come to light after investigative journalists expose the corruption in their pages, often at risk to themselves and the publishers they work for.
Shooting tragedy rips open old American wounds and divisions
Facing such frequent shootings, Americans may have to accept the idea that mass shootings are “the new normal” in the country, since years of gun-control debate has not generated any pragmatic result so far.
Deluded Western media see slap in the face for Beijing
The Special China-ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday in the southern Chinese city of Yuxi, Yunnan Province. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of China-ASEAN dialogue relationship and both sides are preparing for commemorative summit. Meanwhile, the South China Sea issue remains a heated topic while the final ruling of the arbitration case over part of the waters will soon be unveiled. This has placed the meeting under spotlight.
Criticisms of Philippines arbitral tribunal not limited to Chinese scholars
Will the Arbitration, at the end of the day, contribute to the peace and stability of the South China Sea or only create new sources of contentions and conflicts? These are questions faced by the Arbitrator when balancing values between public conscience and self-interest, between law and politics, and between justice and peace.
Cyber-progress
China and the US work together to crack down on cyber crime.
Asia needs stronger security architecture
If the rivalry between existing and emerging powers is inevitable, we should make wide-ranging efforts to encourage a healthy rivalry and to establish a better regional security architecture.
Nightclub killing emphasizes need for security cooperation
The lesson from Orlando is that international cooperation in counter-terrorism is essential in the globalized world in which we live.
US domestic freedoms becoming target of terror attack
Enhancing international anti-terror cooperation is a top priority. Western countries must amend their policies.
West traps itself by politicizing lone wolf
A bigger danger lies in whether defining a society as liberal or not indicates double-standards in identifying terrorists.
Local dog meat festival shouldn’t be canceled forcefully
Eating dog meat will be a long-standing controversy, and opposition from Westerners will continue increasing the heat of the debate. This question will only be resolved gradually by itself. Any instigation should not be encouraged.
US politics remains divided as elites-outsiders fight goes to convention
Who will eventually occupy the Oval Office may hinge on whether the rival party is more divided. But the fight between the elites and the outsiders offers no solution to the anger and frustration in US society.