Topic
Diplomacy
May 19, 2020
Decoding Xi Jinping’s Speech at the World Health Assembly
By Valérie Niquet
China is on the defensive amid a global backlash, trying to move the narrative toward Xi’s “shared future for mankind.”
May 19, 2020
Investigating China: COVID-19 and the CCP
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Xun Zhou.
May 18, 2020
How COVID-19 Challenges Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy
By Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang
The pandemic will inevitably affect Tsai’s signature foreign policy -- but not necessarily for the worse.
May 18, 2020
Australian World Health Assembly Effort to Promote Inquiry on COVID-19 Origins Wins Wide Support
By Ankit Panda
More than 100 countries have supported the Australian draft resolution calling for an impartial, international inquiry.
May 17, 2020
Taiwan and the WHO: Ambassador Stanley Kao
By Shannon Tiezzi
As the WHA opens, Taiwan's top representative in the United States talks about his country's representation in the global health body.
May 15, 2020
Interpreting China’s ‘Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy‘
By Zhiqun Zhu
What explains the sharper tone to China’s overseas conduct recently?
May 15, 2020
The Precarious Triangle: China, Taiwan, and United States
By Zoe Leung
Taiwan has become the most dangerous flashpoint in U.S.-China relations.
May 15, 2020
The Forgotten History of South Korean Massacres in Vietnam
By Hoang Do
In April, Nguyen Thi Thanh became the first Vietnamese to sue South Korea over atrocities that have been largely forgotten.
May 14, 2020
Calgary Zoo Returning Pandas to China Due to Bamboo Acquisition Barriers
By Associated Press
Fresh bamboo is difficult to get in Calgary amid the pandemic, so the loaned pandas will be returned to China.
May 14, 2020
Behind Vietnam’s COVID-19 Response, Deep Distrust of China
By Bac Pham and Bennett Murray
Despite public health cooperation, analysts say the Vietnamese Communist Party has little trust in the word of its Chinese counterparts.
May 13, 2020
Why the US Campaign Against Huawei Backfired
By Thomas D. Lairson, David Skidmore, and Wu Xinbo
Why is it that even a government as powerful as the United States is unable to impose its will on a single technology firm?
May 13, 2020
Friends and Enemies: Making Sense of the CCP’s Overseas Political Interference
By Ankit Panda
What are the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party seeks to protect its interests outside China’s borders?