U.S. Set to Step on China’s Red Line

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 was signed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The act includes several Taiwan-related clauses which aim to strengthen the so-called “Taiwan’s security”, promote Taiwan-U.S. exchanges.

Aug 20, 2018

Jointly Building the Future

The Belt and Road Initiative is a new international public good provided by China to the whole world and an important conduit for China to promote building a community with a shared future for mankind in the new era, demonstrating China’s key contributions to global peace, development, and win-win cooperation.

Aug 17, 2018

Did China Get Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port?

“China got Sri Lanka to cough up a port,” said the New York Times in a widely quoted article published on June 25, 2018.The article claimed, “Every time Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa turned to his Chinese allies for loans and assistance with an ambitious port project, the answer was yes.

Jul 30, 2018

WWII and China : The Untold Story

Seventy years ago, as the main eastern battlefield during World War II, China fought heroically against Japanese aggressors for 14 years. In 1942, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt commented that if China had not been involved in the war, or had lost to the Japanese, one could only imagine how many Japanese army corps would have been deployed not only in China but also in other nations such as Australia and India.

Jul 25, 2018

Revisiting Trump’s Unusual Diplomacy

U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of trade tariffs on China has gone further than ever to establish his approach to diplomacy by means of shock effects. It is not that he is suddenly launching new ideas which had not previously been mentioned in the U.S. political debate.

Jul 20, 2018