Region
East Asia
![China’s Renewable Energy Opportunity China’s Renewable Energy Opportunity](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-03_05-04-59.jpg)
China’s Renewable Energy Opportunity
By Arthur Guschin
Renewable energy could improve the quality of China’s air, and its international image.
![U.S.-Japan Relations: Not So Sweet Caroline U.S.-Japan Relations: Not So Sweet Caroline](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-02_14-22-26.jpg)
U.S.-Japan Relations: Not So Sweet Caroline
By Yo-jung Chen
After a rapturous welcome, Japanese enthusiasm for Ambassador Caroline Kennedy has cooled noticeably.
![Expressing the Chinese Dream Expressing the Chinese Dream](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-28_12-44-00.jpg)
Expressing the Chinese Dream
By Joyce Lee
Imagery and ideograms in the “Chinese Dream” campaign posters send a message to an increasingly pluralized society.
![Taiwan and the Future of the Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement Taiwan and the Future of the Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-27_12-49-56.jpg)
Taiwan and the Future of the Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement
By Jonathan Spangler
The protests over the past week leave Taiwan in an awkward position.
![Confucius Institutes: Hardly a Threat to Academic Freedoms Confucius Institutes: Hardly a Threat to Academic Freedoms](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-27_02-27-45.jpg)
Confucius Institutes: Hardly a Threat to Academic Freedoms
By Edward A. McCord
There is little evidence to suggest Confucius Institutes on U.S. campuses restrain academic freedoms.
![North Korea & Human Rights: Tolerating the Intolerable North Korea & Human Rights: Tolerating the Intolerable](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-26_10-02-14.jpg)
North Korea & Human Rights: Tolerating the Intolerable
By Clint Work
With all its provocations and abuses, there is still only one realistic option for dealing with North Korea.
![Can Abenomics Survive Tax Hike? Can Abenomics Survive Tax Hike?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-21_06-33-13.jpg)
Can Abenomics Survive Tax Hike?
By Anthony Fensom
Japanese consumers face higher sales taxes from April 1. Will this derail the recovery?
![Could China and Japan Work Together in East Africa? Could China and Japan Work Together in East Africa?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-20_12-33-44.jpg)
Could China and Japan Work Together in East Africa?
By Clint Richards
Despite troubled relations at home, the two countries have a shared interest in Africa.
![Xi Jinping and Social Media: Harnessing the People’s Voice Xi Jinping and Social Media: Harnessing the People’s Voice](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-20_04-48-53.jpg)
Xi Jinping and Social Media: Harnessing the People’s Voice
By Su-Mei Ooi and Brittanie Redd
China’s president uses social media to attract public support, while cracking down on social media users.
![Is Taiwan’s Military Becoming Too Small to Fight? Is Taiwan’s Military Becoming Too Small to Fight?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-19_13-57-12.jpg)
Is Taiwan’s Military Becoming Too Small to Fight?
By J. Michael Cole
With conscription ending and budgets limited, Taiwan may have to make do with a smaller defense force.
![Japan’s Strategic Push with Turkey Japan’s Strategic Push with Turkey](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-18_10-48-16.jpg)
Japan’s Strategic Push with Turkey
By J. Berkshire Miller
With few diplomatic openings in East Asia, Tokyo has been busy forging ties with Ankara.
![Chinese Foreign Policy: A New Era Dawns Chinese Foreign Policy: A New Era Dawns](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-17_12-42-17.jpg)
Chinese Foreign Policy: A New Era Dawns
By Anne-Marie Brady
As its economic clout grows, Beijing is forging its own path in international relations.