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Nov 4, 2018 Yang Shengyun

China and ASEAN Conduct Joint Military Exercises to Safeguard Peace in the South China Sea

On October 22-28, 2018, more than 1,200 China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) military personnel held joint maritime exercises in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China — the headquarters of China’s South China Sea Fleet. These exercises marked the first time that ASEAN has conducted a joint military drill with a single country and also the first time that China has held maritime exercises with ASEAN. Δ Observers of participating countries and participating officers attend the opening ceremony of the China-ASEAN “Maritime Exercises 2018” which was held in Zhanjiang’s military harbor on the morning of October 22. China and ASEAN decided to establish a strategic partnership heading for peace and prosperity as early as 15 years ago, and they have made practical progress. China has been ASEAN’s largest trading partner for nine consecutive years, and was the first to establish a free trade area with ASEAN. However, the China-ASEAN relationship in areas of military and security is not as good as the relationship that exists in trade and economy. More Frequent Military Communication As early as in 2015, China officially proposed joint military drills with the 10 members of ASEAN, but ASEAN responded ambiguously at first. With improvements in China-Philippines relations and the alleviation of the South China Sea issue, in particular in regards to the substantial progress of the Code of […]

Yang Shengyun

Nov 4, 2018 Benard Ayieko

Key Growth Frontier

The China International Import Expo presents a golden opportunity to promote African exports.

Benard Ayieko

Oct 31, 2018 Sun Chenghao

US-Russian Relations Face Another Major Setback

On October 20, 2018，Trump also stated that the United States will withdraw from the US-Soviet Treaty on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles signed with the Soviet Union 30 years ago.

Sun Chenghao

Oct 30, 2018 Zhang Hui

Enhancing the Openness of the World

An import expo is extremely important because it helps exporters from all over the world to get to know better China.

Zhang Hui

Oct 30, 2018 Wei Jianguo

Shinzo Abe’s First Visit to China Brings New Opportunities for China-Japan Trade and Economic Ties

Most of all, many Japanese companies will attend the upcoming China International Import Expo in Shanghai, China’s first ever import expo. Japan attaches great importance to China’s future development.

Wei Jianguo

Oct 29, 2018 Ito Yasho

Japanese Scholars: Japan and China Should Explore More Institutionalized Cooperation Framework

The year 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of the ratification of the Japan-China Peace and Friendship Treaty and the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to China in late October is of great significance.

Ito Yasho

Oct 29, 2018 Zhou Mi

Import Expo Supports an Open World Economy

CIIE 2018 marks a critical move of China’s government in its efforts to support trade liberalization, economic globalization and the opening up of the Chinese market to the world.

Zhou Mi

Oct 28, 2018 Zhou Yongsheng

China and Japan Promote Third-Party Market Cooperation

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an official visit to China from October 25-27，as China and Japan jointly announced on October 12. China and Japan have expressed their joint intention to vigorously promote cooperation in third-party markets. Why? What is the meaning and role of this cooperation? Δ President Xi Jinping meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Beijing on Oct. 26th. Li Tao / Xinhua Firstly, both China and Japan are countries with relative excess in endowment of production factors such as capital and production capacity. After the domestic economy develops to a certain stage, it is no longer able to rely on continuous large-scale domestic investment to obtain endogenous development, as is seen in periods of rapid economic growth. Motivation must rely on improving management and technology, especially through the core technologies of major industrial sectors to gain new development momentum, relying on technological innovation as a new impetus for economic development. Secondly, most of the countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative are developing countries, and some are emerging industrial countries in the process of catching up. They are emerging from poverty, with their economies just preparing to take off or just beginning to take off. In this stage, there is an urgent need for capital and technology. In particular, it is more necessary to build […]

Zhou Yongsheng

Oct 26, 2018 Xue Li

Understanding China-US Relations: Cold Wrestle Rather Than a New Cold War

China-US relations are not in a new cold war but in a situation of intertwined competition in which their interests are tangled. This cold wrestle is aimed at finding a new equilibrium of interest between China-US through each issue.

Xue Li

Oct 24, 2018 Timothy Lobban

Hong Kong and the Big Deal That is the Greater Bay Area

From the onset of major market reform in China under Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong has acted as a guiding light and entrepôt for the rest of mainland China. Now, the financial centre finds itself at a critical juncture as the rest of the nation begins to converge with the city in respect to trade, commerce and overall economic development. With that said, how does Hong Kong manage integration with the rest of China while still upholding the principle of ‘One Country, Two Systems’? A system which has helped it to continue to thrive as an economic centre for Asia for all these years. How Hong Kong deals with this could serve as a case study for all of China on economic transition, as, upon closer inspection, the issues that threaten to compromise the city’s development, are not actually all that different from the Mainland. Hong Kong: A City of Extremes The picture of Hong Kong is very much not unlike that of China, or most of the developed world for that matter. An aging population (with a median age of 44.4 years, Hong Kong currently plays host to the ninth oldest population in the world) is contributing to a shortage of labour and innovation, while sky high house prices and staggering levels of income inequality hold the potential to unravel […]

Timothy Lobban

Oct 24, 2018 Zhong Yan

Will the Sino-US Trade War Turn into a Currency War?

China does not need and will not seek a release of pressure on commodity exports by guiding the RMB to unilaterally depreciate sharply. In fact, this is also unfavorable to China in its efforts to attract foreign investment and enhance its import capacity.

Zhong Yan