1. How Beijing Sees Abe’s Return

    An Xinhua editorial that also appeared in the U.S. edition of the China Daily asserts that the impending premiership of Japan’s Shinzo Abe would [...]

  2. Hainan’s New Maritime Regulations: A Preliminary Analysis

    Hainan’s People’s Congress recently approved new regulations for the management of public order for coastal and border defense.  Part of [...]

  3. Even Without TPP, China’s Trade Future with Asia is Bright

    There hasn’t been much to cheer about in global trade these last few years. The Doha Round of multilateral trade [...]

  4. China and America’s Dueling South China Sea Statements

    The ever-exciting South China Sea took on a new twist this weekend with the U.S. and China trading strongly worded [...]

  5. What Happens Now in the South China Sea?

    Although the meltdown of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Phnom Penh last week seemed like an unmitigated disaster, and [...]

  6. For China, It’s All About America

    After a while, an undertone creeps into discussions with Chinese counterparts on regional and global issues.  Whether meeting with Ministry [...]

  7. China in Southeast Asia

    David Cohen and Peter Martin speak with Tang Qifang, Southeast Asia specialist at the Foreign Ministry-affiliated China Institute of International [...]

  8. China and Southeast Asia

    Next Tuesday, my colleague Pete Martin and I will be interviewing a Chinese expert on Southeast Asia, Tang Qifang, for [...]

  9. Positive Steps in South China Sea

    Last month in Bali, China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries agreed on a set of guidelines for implementing [...]

  10. China and the Philippines

    As noted in our feature from Vietnam this week, for now at least, Hanoi appears keen to move to tamp [...]