East Asia

China’s growing success in internationalizing the RMB has both political and economic implications.

China, Japan and the U.S. are ramping up their ability to deploy to disputed islands in the East China Sea.

China’s economic slowdown will have an adverse impact on human rights. In fact, it already is.

Five hundred years ago Portugal began the quasi-colonization of China. With Lisbon deeply in debt, the tables have turned.

Expectations are that the Communist Party plenum will see major policy announcements. Does the Party still have its reforming prowess?

Rumors of the pivot’s death are exaggerated. A flexible strategy could give the U.S. a sustained presence.

Trustpolitik may be a start, but all parties need to return to the table at some point.

The IMF and World Bank should take a leaf from China’s focus on developing world infrastructure.

Asia’s taste for shark fin soup endangers a number of species. But attitudes are changing.

Some signs bode well, but profound shifts must be completed before the optimism is truly warranted.

Both the U.S. and China have been linked to cyber snooping. How different are their activities?

Air-Sea Battle and the pivot seem an overreaction to China’s rise, given the number of challenges Beijing already faces.