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The sanctions have no real bite and the bill does little other than show commitment to a ‘hard’ policy on China ahead of House elections in November. No amount of sanctions, threats or editorials will stand in the way of Beijing protecting its sovereignty.
The sanctions have no real bite and the bill does little other than show commitment to a ‘hard’ policy on China ahead of House elections in November. No amount of sanctions, threats or editorials will stand in the way of Beijing protecting its sovereignty.
The assertive approach to international relations Xi Jinping has advocated since coming into power has not won Beijing any friends. Instead, the roadblocks and resistance it has encountered signal the need for a rethink.
The assertive approach to international relations Xi Jinping has advocated since coming into power has not won Beijing any friends. Instead, the roadblocks and resistance it has encountered signal the need for a rethink.
The outrage of the US has never made Xi Jinping change his behaviour. If anything, it has only emboldened him. The national security law resolution is part of a broader strategy to reassert China’s territorial integrity.
The outrage of the US has never made Xi Jinping change his behaviour. If anything, it has only emboldened him. The national security law resolution is part of a broader strategy to reassert China’s territorial integrity.
From the Burlingame treaty to the Cairo conference, the US respected Chinese rights, and bilateral ties have been at their best when diplomacy was conducted by professionals. The disgraceful trading of barbs between non-diplomats and on social media is a new low.
From the Burlingame treaty to the Cairo conference, the US respected Chinese rights, and bilateral ties have been at their best when diplomacy was conducted by professionals. The disgraceful trading of barbs between non-diplomats and on social media is a new low.
Beijing failed to go public with the true scale of the pandemic, hampering other nations’ ability to respond in time. China’s rise on the global stage was made possible by the goodwill of the rest of the world, and trust that had been hard earned should not be so easily squandered.
Beijing failed to go public with the true scale of the pandemic, hampering other nations’ ability to respond in time. China’s rise on the global stage was made possible by the goodwill of the rest of the world, and trust that had been hard earned should not be so easily squandered.
The Cold War created a void filled by propaganda and cultural misunderstanding for an entire generation in the US and China. The best way to prevent misunderstanding is to improve education on both sides rather than kick out reporters.
The Cold War created a void filled by propaganda and cultural misunderstanding for an entire generation in the US and China. The best way to prevent misunderstanding is to improve education on both sides rather than kick out reporters.
Trump has stirred up the toxic pot of partisanship politics even as Xi’s leadership style exacerbated the coronavirus crisis. But there is strength in America’s political system: it gives voters the right to criticise and select their leaders.
Trump has stirred up the toxic pot of partisanship politics even as Xi’s leadership style exacerbated the coronavirus crisis. But there is strength in America’s political system: it gives voters the right to criticise and select their leaders.
The US reported its first coronavirus case soon after Beijing broke its silence on the disease, indicating how many Americans travel to China. The disease has also highlighted the need to overcome the mistrust of and racism towards Chinese in the US.
The US reported its first coronavirus case soon after Beijing broke its silence on the disease, indicating how many Americans travel to China. The disease has also highlighted the need to overcome the mistrust of and racism towards Chinese in the US.
After six months of protests in Hong Kong, the new year has brought more chaos, with Tsai Ing-wen winning an election in Taiwan and disease spreading in Wuhan. Perhaps President Xi Jinping should recognise China needs new leadership.
After six months of protests in Hong Kong, the new year has brought more chaos, with Tsai Ing-wen winning an election in Taiwan and disease spreading in Wuhan. Perhaps President Xi Jinping should recognise China needs new leadership.
Things may seem dark but Hong Kong has seen worse. And when the protests end, the city will need its best and brightest to rebuild Hong Kong into a free and peaceful hub of ideas and commerce, and a special gateway between East and West.
Things may seem dark but Hong Kong has seen worse. And when the protests end, the city will need its best and brightest to rebuild Hong Kong into a free and peaceful hub of ideas and commerce, and a special gateway between East and West.
The US is mired in a 18-year war with Afghanistan, possibly because it has failed to recognise it can’t construct peace and democracy without considering a region’s culture and history. US leaders must not make the same mistake with China.
The US is mired in a 18-year war with Afghanistan, possibly because it has failed to recognise it can’t construct peace and democracy without considering a region’s culture and history. US leaders must not make the same mistake with China.
Russia has little to offer China, other than a means to antagonise the US. Xi’s courtship of Moscow makes no sense because it ignores the animosity that has defined Sino-Russian relations since the Treaty of Nerchinsk in the 17th century.
Russia has little to offer China, other than a means to antagonise the US. Xi’s courtship of Moscow makes no sense because it ignores the animosity that has defined Sino-Russian relations since the Treaty of Nerchinsk in the 17th century.
What Beijing has failed to grasp is that the West doesn’t need to interfere in Hong Kong for its cultural influence to be felt. While Hong Kong’s importance to China may have waned, it will always have a special place in the world.
What Beijing has failed to grasp is that the West doesn’t need to interfere in Hong Kong for its cultural influence to be felt. While Hong Kong’s importance to China may have waned, it will always have a special place in the world.
For decades, US presidents have sought to maintain stable bilateral relations through their personal ties with Chinese leaders. However, Chinese ambassadors today are neither close to their US counterparts nor to Beijing.
For decades, US presidents have sought to maintain stable bilateral relations through their personal ties with Chinese leaders. However, Chinese ambassadors today are neither close to their US counterparts nor to Beijing.
The blood and strife of history belie the orderly narrative of the founding of the People’s Republic, with a civil war that was neither glorious nor heroic. Today’s leaders were all born after 1949 while yesterday’s leaders understood the struggle, dedication and sacrifice of becoming New China.
The blood and strife of history belie the orderly narrative of the founding of the People’s Republic, with a civil war that was neither glorious nor heroic. Today’s leaders were all born after 1949 while yesterday’s leaders understood the struggle, dedication and sacrifice of becoming New China.
Relationships with Taiwan, the US and Hong Kong threaten not only the stability of China, but its very survival. It remains to be seen whether President Xi can resolve these inherited problems and make China strong again.
Relationships with Taiwan, the US and Hong Kong threaten not only the stability of China, but its very survival. It remains to be seen whether President Xi can resolve these inherited problems and make China strong again.
The Hong Kong protests have been used as political leverage by pro-independence forces in Taiwan, and the US media. But the young people of Hong Kong can gain little from the continued chaos and media glorification.
The Hong Kong protests have been used as political leverage by pro-independence forces in Taiwan, and the US media. But the young people of Hong Kong can gain little from the continued chaos and media glorification.
While China policy is one of the few areas where Democrats and Republicans converge, the trade war divides the field of US presidential candidates into the moderates who are friendly to free trade and the critics of China’s practices.
While China policy is one of the few areas where Democrats and Republicans converge, the trade war divides the field of US presidential candidates into the moderates who are friendly to free trade and the critics of China’s practices.
Beijing may have won over Taipei’s former diplomatic partners, but on the 40th anniversary of official US-China ties it has clearly been out-lobbied and outmanoeuvred in the US capital.
Beijing may have won over Taipei’s former diplomatic partners, but on the 40th anniversary of official US-China ties it has clearly been out-lobbied and outmanoeuvred in the US capital.
In the US, the Chinese Exclusion Act and the rise of McCarthyism contributed to a policy bias against China in the 1950s and 60s. Today, hawkish views proliferate and there is a serious lack of Chinese-Americans in diplomacy with China.
In the US, the Chinese Exclusion Act and the rise of McCarthyism contributed to a policy bias against China in the 1950s and 60s. Today, hawkish views proliferate and there is a serious lack of Chinese-Americans in diplomacy with China.
A State Department official who has been criticised for highlighting these factors in calling China an unprecedented threat to the US has in fact put her finger on the root of the problem – America does not understand China, and its policy is the poorer for it.
A State Department official who has been criticised for highlighting these factors in calling China an unprecedented threat to the US has in fact put her finger on the root of the problem – America does not understand China, and its policy is the poorer for it.
The Asian-American demographic is one of the fastest growing in the US, but its news media is failing to reflect this, which is to the detriment not only of the industry but also society in general.
The Asian-American demographic is one of the fastest growing in the US, but its news media is failing to reflect this, which is to the detriment not only of the industry but also society in general.
Chi Wang, whose Nationalist general father instilled in him a deep appreciation for the art form, explains how the true value of Chinese art is much more than the auction price.
Chi Wang, whose Nationalist general father instilled in him a deep appreciation for the art form, explains how the true value of Chinese art is much more than the auction price.
In a deteriorating political environment, real or imagined threats posed by China have become a welcome distraction for the US media, people and government. And recent Chinese espionage cases have provided the fearmongers with ammunition.
In a deteriorating political environment, real or imagined threats posed by China have become a welcome distraction for the US media, people and government. And recent Chinese espionage cases have provided the fearmongers with ammunition.
Swayed by the financial incentives, some universities are less rigorous in accepting Chinese students who can pay their way. This practice is unfair to all students, including those who were accepted, some of whom resort to cheating.
Swayed by the financial incentives, some universities are less rigorous in accepting Chinese students who can pay their way. This practice is unfair to all students, including those who were accepted, some of whom resort to cheating.
By subverting conventions to a degree no recent president came close to matching, Trump has forced Americans to reassess their policy priorities and reaffirm their values and freedoms, in the process strengthening democracy in the US.
By subverting conventions to a degree no recent president came close to matching, Trump has forced Americans to reassess their policy priorities and reaffirm their values and freedoms, in the process strengthening democracy in the US.
China has no ideological basis for the development of a system that prizes personal freedom, nor any history with the rule of law. The reality is, for the People’s Republic, strong leadership makes betters sense.
China has no ideological basis for the development of a system that prizes personal freedom, nor any history with the rule of law. The reality is, for the People’s Republic, strong leadership makes betters sense.
Government workers are going to food banks and the country’s reputation is plummeting globally while Republicans and Democrats play politics and ignore opportunities for compromise.
Government workers are going to food banks and the country’s reputation is plummeting globally while Republicans and Democrats play politics and ignore opportunities for compromise.
The normalisation of US-China ties, under Carter and Deng, was an undertaking made possible by a shared vision. How can the current leaders, with their conflicting goals, find a way to move the bilateral relationship forward?
The normalisation of US-China ties, under Carter and Deng, was an undertaking made possible by a shared vision. How can the current leaders, with their conflicting goals, find a way to move the bilateral relationship forward?
China, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, is diminishing the roles that Deng Xiaoping and foreign countries played in its reform and rise. In reality, it relied on the fair market access that it now denies other countries.
China, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, is diminishing the roles that Deng Xiaoping and foreign countries played in its reform and rise. In reality, it relied on the fair market access that it now denies other countries.