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Biden’s Democracy Summit Raises a Number of Questions
Washington must drop the idea that US democracy summits and various ad hoc coalitions can replace the United Nations as the core institution of the present international system.
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“TikTok Refugees” Flock to RedNote: An Unexpected People-to-People Exchange
In this rapidly changing internet age, we constantly witness phenomena that are both comical and yet profoundly meaningful....
Xi-Biden Meeting Reveals Precarious State of China-US Relations
The fact that President Xi and President Biden were forced to discuss ways of avoiding conflict underscores the perilous state of China-US relations.
Evaluating the Xi-Biden Summit
Since the awful Anchorage meeting earlier this year after the new administration took power, Biden’s approach to China—which I’ve described as a ‘three-headed monster,’ i.e., compete, cooperate, and contain—has appeared tragically clear and doomed to fail.
The Dangerous Undersea Game Exposed in the US Submarine Collision
The dangers of miscalculation in this already tense region are multiplied when spy missions are apparently undertaken inside national territorial waters.
China-U.S. Pairs at Table Tennis Championships Mark a Grand Gesture
The renewal of China-U.S. ping-pong diplomacy comes much to the delight of table tennis fans, the sports community at large, and people supporting China-U.S. friendship on both sides.
A Diplomatic Boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics Is a Silly Idea
Despite many ups and downs since the early 1970s, the U.S. and China have benefited immensely from the political, economic and cultural interactions between the two nations.
Can Biden-Xi Virtual Summit Mark the Beginning of a New Start?
Realistically, trust building will take a very long time and much concrete action given the present morass in relations. But it is wise and prudent to begin such a path and the Xi-Biden virtual summit can certainly be a starting point for renewed effort.
Identifying the Underlying Causes of Sino-U.S. Frictions
To treat China as a partner will do the U.S. and its people much more good than to look at China as a competitor.
America Is Suffering and China Is Soaring
The orgy of gun violence is a tragic consequence of this broken system.
Competitors or Enemies?
These are the sorts of things the world would like to see the U.S. and China take on together, because they want them to not just focus on zero-sum competition, but also work together on managing global challenges.
Xi-Biden Meeting Is a Gesture of Mutual Goodwill, but What Comes Next?
The meeting between the two leaders, rationally speaking, is more a gesture of mutual goodwill to improve their relations rather than anything else.
Preventing a New Cold War: The Media’s Role
In a manner disturbingly similar to the weeks and months before the invasion of Iraq, Western media are again parroting official narratives and questionable claims. This time the target is China.