Beijing should let anti-mask case go through HK judiciary

Hong Kong government dragging its feet?

Hongkongers take action while the government dithers

China and the US: Deep-seated differences remain

Hong Kong: Time for vision and reform in official ranks

China and Japan make progress on cordiality track

China's open moves to tap overseas Chinese influence

Idealism needs to be grounded in reality

China's 70th birthday: A nurtured narrative

China moves to regain control of HK narrative

Xi's talk of 'Asia for Asians' might well be materialising

China casts itself as a responsible power in a new era

HK unrest: Could China have offered choice of nationality to Hong Kongers?

Are China's relations with Japan entering a new era?

Reality bites in new US-China trade talks

People power at work behind Sino-Japan warming of ties

Trump's bromances with Xi and Abe

Why China millionaires are keen to emigrate

Commemorating the May 4 Movement with a critical eye

China's Belt and Road: A Japanese role

Taiwan faces historic decision in coming election

Will Europe continue to sleep even as China awakens?

IN north-western Beijing, amid universities, parks and museums, sits a striking structure that resembles a sundial - the China Millennium...

'One country, two systems' inappropriate for Taiwan

IN ASIA, the political atmosphere is heating up in the Taiwan Strait because of the convergence of developments in China, Taiwan and the United...

Chinese premier holds a revealing press conference

PRESS conferences generate news because of what a prominent person has to say, particularly in response to journalists' questions. In China, the...

Lack of archival law ensnares Hong Kong's government

FOR almost a year, Hong Kong's MTR Corporation has been mired in scandal. Reports of shoddy work in the US$12.4 billion Shatin-to-Central Link...

Has China replaced the kowtow with a red carpet?

DURING the heyday of the Chinese empire, representatives of vassal states had to go through elaborate rituals including the infamous kowtow...

A balancing act: Japan's relations with China, Taiwan

ON the second day of the new year, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech in which he called for the fulfilment of the "historic...

In HK, China insists, the chief executive is more equal

EVER since Carrie Lam became chief executive of Hong Kong on July 1, 2017, she has had virtually absolute support from the Chinese government,...

Desire for limelight may lead Trump to settle for less

AS CHINA celebrates the arrival of the Year of the Pig, trade negotiators on both sides of the Pacific pause briefly before resuming talks, this...

US-China ties at 40: Competition likely in all spheres

IN January 1979, the then 74-year-old Deng Xiaoping, survivor of repeated political purges to become China's leader after the death of Mao...

China Watchers are moving with the times

The Soviet Union's status as a superpower is no more, though Russia still has weapons capable of destroying the world many times over. That...

China's efforts to win trust remain Sisyphean

IN his New Year address, President Xi Jinping spoke proudly of China's achievements in 2018, including the launch of the Chang'e-4 lunar probe,...

A legal quagmire for Hong Kong's leadership

TWENTY-SOME years ago, the main topic of conversation for people in Hong Kong was what lay in the future, when the British colony was handed...

China: Using history as a mirror to navigate world affairs

FOR more than a thousand years, Chinese have used history as a mirror so as to learn lessons and not to repeat mistakes and have urged other...

China's language reflects its values and culture

IT is often said that the United States and the United Kingdom are two allies with a special relationship largely because they speak a common...

Canada-China impasse: Following the law vs power display

HENRY Kissinger, in his book On China, wrote that Chinese strategists think differently than their western counterparts because they are used to...

The 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up

FORTY years ago this month, the Communist Party of China, led by Deng Xiaoping, issued a clarion call for reform. Deng, who had emerged as the...

The US-China summit: a 90-day grace period

THE agreement reached in Buenos Aires by United States President Donald Trump and President of China Xi Jinping bought China a 90-day grace...

Stormy days ahead in US-China relations

THE decision by China and the United States to have negotiators meet in Buenos Aires ahead of a Dec 1 meeting between President Xi Jinping and...

Abe's visit to China: Two cheers for Japan-China relations

THE visit last month by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to China to mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of a treaty of peace and...

In China's 'new era', diplomats go on the offensive

THE US government has recently emphasised that they view the relationship between the US and China as primarily competitive, albeit with...

Timing and opportunity: China's challenge to the US

FORTY years ago when China began its reform and opening up, Deng Xiaoping, then the country's paramount leader, delivered a speech calling on...

Picking the right China nationals for the world stage

LAST month, the president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, made a trip back to China - and promptly vanished. His wife hasn't heard from him since...

HK's outlook bleak as China calls the tune

HONG Kong was struck by the worst storm in recorded history last month, with Typhoon Mangkhut felling more than 40,000 trees and generally...

US-China conflict: Human rights to move to the forefront

TEN years ago when I authored a short book on human rights to coincide with the Beijing Olympics, I wrote that the human-rights situation was...

Beijing-Vatican deal: A grim future for the church in China

THOUGH not a churchgoer, I have over the years maintained a lively interest in religion, particularly Christianity, no doubt because of a...

Facing the test of history in the Taiwan Strait

RECENT Chinese actions, such as heightening Taiwan's diplomatic isolation by luring away allies such as Panama, the Dominican Republic and El...

China strengthens Africa ties with US$60b financing aid

LAST week, China played host to 53 African countries and unveiled its latest triennial aid plan for the continent: US$60 billion, the same as in...