The U.S., China, and the ‘Thucydides Trap’
In his book “Destined for War: Can American and China Escape the Thucydides’s...
Jun 23, 2017
In his book “Destined for War: Can American and China Escape the Thucydides’s...
Sep 5, 2016
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Mar 21, 2016
As Southeast Asian countries continue to face a severe drought amid an extreme El Niño event,...
Jul 24, 2015
At The New York Times, Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher look at how China’s global...
Mar 31, 2015
March 31st marked the deadline to become a founding member of the soon-to-be-established Asian...
Dec 2, 2014
On Saturday, November 29, President Xi Jinping followed up on China’s hosting of the APEC...
Jul 5, 2014
As the country’s new official map indicates, China’s assertion over its maritime...
Jan 7, 2014
After popular votes late last year, Washington and Colorado are now the first two U.S. states to...
Dec 10, 2013
The AFP reports on the “China’s Global Image and International Influence in...
Nov 22, 2013
Following an update to China’s unofficial rejuvenation index, Josh Chin examines the formula...
Oct 29, 2013
A little more than a year after China’s first aircraft carrier joined the PLA’s naval...
May 23, 2013
Al Jazeera has produced a four-part series looking at various aspects of China’s rise. Three of four episodes have been broadcast; the fourth will be shown later this month. From their introduction: In just 30 years, China...
Mar 18, 2013
For the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson reviews three recent books, Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China’s Economic Dominance, by Arvind Subramanian; The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy, by Edward N. Luttwak and...
Mar 15, 2013
Much attention is given to the annual announcement of China’s defense budget, which last week’s budget report indicated would grow about 11% to about US$115 billion this year, and the RAND corporation’s Scott...
Feb 15, 2013
In the latest installment of China File’s Conversations series, Elizabeth Economy, Andrew J. Nathan and Orville Schell respond to Nina Hachigian’s recommendations to new U.S. secretary of state John Kerry. In a...
Oct 8, 2012
For The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report, Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson discuss the implications of the recent launch of China’s new destroyer, called the Type 052D Luyang III-class, which may signal a...
Oct 4, 2012
At The Washington Post, U.C. Berkeley’s Center for Digital TV and The World presents a series of interviews with passers-by on America, Sino-U.S. relations, and how China’s rise will affect them. “In my...
Jul 29, 2012
Since the opening of the Beijing Olympics four years ago—a declaration of national arrival which awed some and terrified others—the question has lingered of how London would follow it. Comparisons were inevitable, and perhaps...