China’s Fateful Year

China's new plan to counter the US economy

Beijing has suddenly embraced a wholly different set of goals compared to the year before

China’s Pro-Monopoly Antitrust Crusade

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – The Chinese government’s newly launched antitrust probe into Alibaba is probably warranted. The e-commerce giant...

China’s fateful year, from Wuhan to Hong Kong

Claremont, California – When historians look back at 2020, many may regard it as a pivotal year, like 1949 and 1979, which transformed China’s...

China’s green gambit and climate change

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Can U.S. President-elect Joe Biden walk and chew gum at the same time? If walking is managing domestic pressures, and...

China’s Green Gambit

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Can US President-elect Joe Biden walk and chew gum at the same time? If walking is managing domestic pressures, and chewing...

A roadmap for stabilizing Sino-American relations

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Devising an effective strategy to compete, cooperate, and co-exist with China will be one of U.S. President-elect Joe...

Why China's hard-line position on human rights is a strategic folly

Beijing will pay dearly for its uncompromising stance

A Roadmap for Stabilizing Sino-American Relations

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Devising an effective strategy to compete, cooperate, and co-exist with China will be one of US President-elect Joe...

Trump’s election gift to China

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – For China, at least, U.S. President Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. His calamitous response to the COVID-19...

Trump’s Election Gift to China?

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – For China, at least, US President Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. His calamitous response to the COVID-19...

China and the US risk accidental war over Taiwan

Need for both sides to show resolve could lead to a conflict nobody really wants

The four albatrosses weighing down Xi Jinping

Political miscalculation and strategic overreach have united West against Beijing

Japan’s geopolitical balancing act just got harder

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s unexpected resignation last month for health reasons has raised many questions about...

Japan’s Geopolitical Balancing Act Just Got Harder

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s unexpected resignation last month for health reasons has raised many questions about...

China is losing the battle for Europe's hearts and minds

China Foreign Minister's Wang Yi eight-day European charm offensive was a failure

Cultural Decoupling from China Will Hurt the US

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – “Decoupling” is central to the geopolitical duel between the United States and China. Conceived and promoted by hawks in...

China needs an exit strategy from Xinjiang

Xi should release all Uighur Muslims, and pay compensation of up to $14,000 each

China’s deepening geopolitical hole

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China’s Deepening Geopolitical Hole

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – The United Kingdom’s decision to ban Huawei from its 5G networks has dealt a painful blow to China. Until recently, China...

The political logic of China’s strategic mistakes

Claremont, California – Some of the Chinese government’s recent policies seem to make little practical sense, with its decision to impose a...

China's economic bullying will never work

Beijing has threatened Australia, Japan and others with tariffs and tourism cuts

The Political Logic of China’s Strategic Mistakes

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Some of the Chinese government’s recent policies seem to make little practical sense, with its decision to impose a...

The End of Hong Kong?

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Chinese diplomats behaving badly

Claremont, California – Chinese diplomats have long had a reputation as well-trained, colorless and cautious professionals who pursue their missions...

Chinese Diplomats Behaving Badly

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Chinese diplomats have long had a reputation as well-trained, colorless, and cautious professionals who pursue their...

China must avoid provoking US with threats to Taiwan

Beijing's talk of aggressive 'reunification' with island risks military confrontation

How the Hong Kong calamity will play out

Claremont, California – China’s decision to crack down on Hong Kong with a new security law has shocked the world. But to those who read the...

How the Hong Kong Calamity Will Play Out

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – China’s decision to crack down on Hong Kong with a new security law has shocked the world. But to those who read the...

China's National People's Congress meeting needs substance, not slogans

Gloating over pandemic containment will not please business or public

COVID-19 is finishing off the Sino-American relationship

Claremont, California – Having already claimed nearly 217,000 lives and sending the global economy toward its deepest slump since the Great...

China's expensive bet on Africa has failed

Coronavirus crash in commodity prices has wasted $200 billion in investment and loans

COVID-19 Is Finishing Off the Sino-American Relationship

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Having already claimed nearly 217,000 lives and sent the global economy toward its deepest slump since the Great Depression,...

How the U.S. and China can learn to live with each other

Claremont, California – The most dangerous casualty of the new coronavirus pandemic may well be the U.S.-China relationship. Faced with the largest...