Hu Jintao

Hu’s state visit to Washington went as well as could have been expected. So now what about Xi Jinping?

Hu Jintao and Barack Obama have announced a new joint nuclear centre. Is this a major breakthrough?

The Chinese media has said Hu Jintao’s trip to Washington was a diplomatic masterstroke. Was it?

Hu Jintao’s remarks on the dollar as a major reserve currency made headlines. Will the yuan overtake the dollar?

Will the Obama White House manage to avoid the embarrassing gaffes of his predecessor’s hosting of Hu Jintao?

China’s leadership seems divided, United States Institute of Peace President Richard Solomon tells The Diplomat. If it’s to rise peacefully it will have to rethink its recent assertiveness.

Forty years on, the bet Nixon and Kissinger placed on China’s future direction looks increasingly misplaced, argues Stephen Yates.

Currency revaluation, trade surpluses and globalization—there’s plenty to talk about during Hu’s upcoming trip to the US, says the former country director for the World Bank in China.

Gates’ Beijing visit was disappointing. The PLA appears more interested in sending a message than engaging.

Does the test flight of a stealth fighter during Gates’ China visit show the PLA is undermining the civilian leadership?

Hu Jintao will be in Washington next week. But improved ties with the US won’t change Chinese discomfort with Washington’s hedging in Asia.

The Russia-China oil pipeline has been headline news. But is the match of biggest oil producer and largest energy consumer one made in heaven?