1. Japan, China’s Maritime Step

    Many of the most salient disputes between China and its neighbors involve maritime issues. Moreover, as demonstrated by the current [...]

  2. China’s Diplomacy Anxiety

    Chinese have recently been paying more attention to diplomatic issues, with discussion on politics and diplomacy proliferating in social media. [...]

  3. ‘Time for China to Strike Back’

    Southeast Asian nations are like ‘mosquitoes’ that need to be taught a lesson, according to the Global Times, which is [...]

  4. South China Sea Peace Zone?

    The Philippines pushed ASEAN to form a united front over the disputed South China Sea Thursday, presenting a plan for [...]

  5. Positive Steps in South China Sea

    Last month in Bali, China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries agreed on a set of guidelines for implementing [...]

  6. China and the Philippines

    As noted in our feature from Vietnam this week, for now at least, Hanoi appears keen to move to tamp [...]

  7. China to US: Keep Out

    Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai warned the United States to keep out of the ongoing dispute in the South [...]

  8. Slave Labour in Hong Kong?

    When Frai Bartolomé de las Casas, a 16th century Spanish chronicler, saw the abuses suffered by native American slaves, he is [...]

  9. Enough with the Hypocrisy

    I asked a couple of days ago what the official Chinese response for domestic consumption was likely to be to [...]