East Asia

The Diplomat's inaugural student essay contest winner Calvin Wong writes about Chinese economic growth - and wins a trip to Japan to help us cover the APEC summit.

Dmitry Medvedev’s decision to visit a disputed island chain piles the pressure on a Japanese government already wrestling with China.

The Chinese decision to build and dispatch a hospital ship is a leaf right out of the US Navy’s soft power playbook.

The Diplomat speaks with Korea analyst Scott Snyder about the North Korean leadership succession and what to expect under a Kim Jong Un regime.

China’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, says former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind.

The Diplomat speaks with Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, about the ongoing COP10 conference.

In this first in a series on the region’s navies, The Diplomat looks at how to measure naval power—including the US and China’s.

Seoul’s move to fully join the Proliferation Security Initiative is welcome. But it’s China that really needs to be on board.

China could yet become a superpower. But a surging economy can’t mask social strains that only political reform can address.

The prize for China is ejecting the US from Asia, says Madhav Nalapat. Its best chance to claim it? NATO’s defeat in Afghanistan.

This week’s Asia-Europe Meeting would be an excellent place for the two to launch a new initiative—tackling chemical weapons.

Japan wasn’t blameless in the recent spat. But Beijing must understand that great powers sometimes need to show restraint.