China's Relations

Those that believe the status quo with Taiwan can go on indefinitely are being far too complacent, argues Daniel Lynch.

There's more to democracy than a choice between the 'Beijing Consensus' and the West. China should look at Indonesia.

China's excessive territorial claims in the South China Sea are pushing Vietnam toward the United States.

The rise of China in Africa is arguably the most important development for the continent since the end of the Cold War, and the related dynamics have helped reinvent Africa as a priority investment destination.

Friends of the Burmese junta are few, but chief among them is China.

‘Economically hot, politically cold,’ was a phrase long used to describe ties between Asia’s two leading powers, China and Japan. However, the description could now equally apply to Australia’s ties with the Middle Kingdom as the two enter a new period of realpolitik.

China's goals in Central Asia appear largely economic, devoted to securing the region’s vast oil and natural gas wealth to fuel its booming economy.

Beijing has a long-standing enmity with Hanoi and has never boasted a great friendship with Bangkok.

The key to China's relationship with India is actually India's relationship with the United States, argues Madhav Nalapat.

It's time for China to stop enabling North Korea's bad behaviour. It's current approach threatens regional stability.

The relationship between Beijing and Moscow is perhaps the best its ever been. That said, this situation is due less to common values and shared interests than to the fact that their security concerns are currently directed elsewhere.