Sino-US Ties

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.

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.

Without the openness that comes with democracy, China’s relations with the US and its neighbours are destined to be tense at best.

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.

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

A rising China has pushed the US and Vietnam together. The 123 nuclear agreement could just be the start of warmer ties.

The launch of the X-37 marks a hike in the space stakes, says David Axe. Will Asian countries see it as a military threat?

China’s more assertive foreign policy has challenged the Obama administration’s worldview. Expect a new US grand strategy.

China says arms sales to Taiwan are the cause of Sino-US defence tensions. But even if they stopped now, ties would be chilly.

China will one day surpass the US in global power. But its reign will be both more and less secure than its predecessor.