Muted Prospects for Strategic & Economic Dialogue
The eighth annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) commenced on Monday in...
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China’s Fracking Boom and the Fate of the Planet
Two in-depth reports in U.S. magazines this week look at the environmental consequences of...
Tibetan Writer Woeser’s House Arrest Ends (Updated)
Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser reports that she and her husband Wang Lixiong have once again been...
Blogger Dismissed from Tencent After Meeting Kerry
At China Change, 26-year-old blogger and former editor at qq.com Zhang Jialong explains why he...
Little Fallout Expected from Dalai Lama-Obama Meeting
The White House has issued a statement on Friday’s low-key meeting between President Obama...
John Kerry Discusses North Korea, Internet Freedom in China
On Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry completed a two-day visit to China, where North Korea...
U.S. Committed to Defending Japan, Kerry Says (Updated)
Reuters reports that the United States has emphasized its intention to defend both Japan and...
China: US Has No Right to Comment on Activists’ Fate
With the fifth anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s most recent arrest, his wife Liu Xia suffering...
China Reaffirms “Absolute Fight” Against Dalai Lama
An article by a Central Party School scholar and reports of experimental concessions in some Tibetan areas have recently given rise to hopes that China might adopt a softer line towards the Dalai Lama. But after police allegedly...
Can the U.S. Fight Climate Change without China?
President Obama’s new climate change plan unveiled this Tuesday calls for global action to reduce emissions and address global warming. Jordan Weissmann at The Atlantic looks at why the US needs China’s cooperation...
Chen Guangfu: “They Didn’t Appear to Be Farmers”
The harassment campaign against the family of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng continues to mount, as Reuters reports that his eldest brother said that two government-hired thugs beat him on Thursday: Chen Guangfu, 56,...
Cybersecurity and the New Cold War
The effects of an Internet attack could rival those of a nuclear bomb, according to a Chinese general at a briefing with the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in Beijing on Monday. From Bloomberg News: With the Internet...
Kerry’s Visit to China Yields Little Progress on North Korea
John Kerry concluded his first visit to China since being sworn in as Secretary of State. The Chinese official media offered a skeptical welcome to Kerry, while openly criticizing his predecessor, Hillary Clinton, for her strong...
China Welcomes Kerry’s Unease Over Pivot
At his Senate confirmation hearing last month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed caution over the Obama administration’s ‘pivot’ to East Asia, warning that it risked unnecessarily antagonizing a wary...
U.S.-China Tensions: What Must Kerry Do?
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...
John Kerry Calls for Stronger Partnership with China
At his Senate confirmation hearings, John Kerry, who is expected to be confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State, outlined his expectations for the U.S.-China relationship, acknowledging that while problems persist, he hopes to see...
Kerry ‘accuses Beijing of blocking HK’s democratic aspirations’
Although China has rarely been mentioned in the US presidential campaign, candidate John Kerry gave an interview to Hong Kong’s Singtao Daily, in which he condemned China’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, and promised to raise the issue with Chinese leaders if elected on Tuesday: “Beijing hasn’t completely fulfilled the autonomy and political rights […]
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