Xi Jingping told his military the same thing China has been telling its people for decades: The world needs us, our military, our might, and our expansion, otherwise there can be no peace. This proves a static ethic. From this… Read More ›
Month: July 2017
Britain will send warship to challenge China in the South China Sea
Britain plans to send a warship to the disputed South China Sea next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises, Defence Minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, a move likely to anger Beijing. Other major countries that have performed freedom… Read More ›
WSJ video shows Chinese students abroad don’t return home with western democracy
It has long been a puzzle why so many mainland Chinese students, after a number of years of living and studying in the Western countries, do not push for democratization after they have returned home. Some scholars even suggested that… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, July 24, 2017
Conflict in China has become a tech problem. In the Koreas, it’s become an ideological time bomb. They are all connected—technology, economy, communication, and ideology. These become a vicious cycle with no happy ending, at least none in sight. Tech… Read More ›
China supports two-state solution to settle the Palestinian issue
Standing next to the visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing, Xi Jinping states clearly that China supports the two-state solution which is in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334. It is the loudest rebuttal to certain… Read More ›
Cadence of Conflict: Asia, July 17, 2017
South Korea proposed to talk to North Korea this week. Much of the timing relates to anniversaries and upcoming holidays. Pyongyang is still angry about twelve waitresses who moved South and wants them back first. Seoul says the waitresses moved… Read More ›
Hainan Airlines’ cabin crew uniforms show how Particularism works
At the Paris Couture Week in early July, China’s Hainan Airlines presented their new cabin crew uniforms which were designed by Laurence Xu. They “combine elements of classical, time-honored Oriental aesthetics and the silhouette of a modern Western suit, infusing… Read More ›
China, Germany step up as U.S. retires from world leadership
The U.S. traditionally takes point in the search for common approaches to the big global issues of the day at G-20 summits. Not this time. When world leaders meet in Hamburg on Friday, China and Germany will move in to… Read More ›
Trump acting as a spokesman for China’s non-interference policy
U.S. President Donald Trump seems acting as a spokesman for China’s long-term non-interference foreign policy that even in the case of North Korea, Beijing refrains from exercising its power and influence to alter another sovereign state’s foreign policy forcefully. Who… Read More ›
Cadence Column: Asia, July 3, 2017
China views Hong Kong as a doorstep between the world and largely otherwise closed China. This week, investment highways opened, allowing easier offshore investments in China’s bond market. At the same time, the world gets a glimpse into Chinese dealing… Read More ›
China says Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong no longer has meaning
China said on Friday the joint declaration with Britain over Hong Kong, which laid the blueprint over how the city would be ruled after its return to China in 1997, was a historical document that no longer had any practical… Read More ›
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