A Milestone for Suppression
The disappearance of five book publishers and sellers from a Hong Kong bookstore late last year has…
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COP 21: A Triumph of French Diplomacy
The 21st Conference of Parties (COP) summit held in December was, by most measures, a landmark success in climate…
Mixed Signals from Beijing: Taking the Recent Xi-Ma Meeting with Plenty of Salt
After 66 years of ups and downs in tensions between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China…
Relaxing the One-Child Policy
Over 35 years after its introduction, China has relaxed the one-child policy. By means of a vague statement issued…
South China Sea Crisis and Intensifying US-Chinese Relations
The most recent talks at the 14th annual Shangri-La Dialogue, a security forum attended by governments from…
The Challenge of Enforcement: New Laws in New Lands
If you’ve read my last posts on the TPP, you will have noted that one of the things that I’ve outlined that the…
From Washington State to Washington DC: Xi Jin Ping’s State Visit
Xi Jinping began his seven-day US visit in Seattle on Tuesday. Historically, no state visit by a Chinese president…
“Black Monday”: What China’s Economic Slowdown Means for Africa
On August 24th, or what is now being referred to as China’s “Black Monday”, the Shanghai Composite Exchange…
Workers of the World Unite…But don’t disturb social stability: The Rise of…
The opening words of the current version of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, adopted in 1982 at…
Power Over Weakness: A Pipe Dream of East Asian Union
Last Saturday in Seoul, three East Asian nations’ (Korea, China, Japan) foreign ministers agreed to hold summit…