https://www.scmp.com/rss/325869/feed Michael Kovrig is senior adviser for North East Asia for International Crisis Group, an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Clouds of anxiety in East Asia over Donald Trump’s hawkish policy shifts showed a silver lining this past week with the first official visit by a Chinese leader to Japan in eight years. Premier Li Keqiang’s constructive meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were a welcome indication of progress after a year of intense bilateral diplomacy.  While some of this warming is rhetorical and reversible, there was at least one durable deliverable worth applauding: an agreement to set up within 30 days... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145811/how-long-awaited-hotline-could-pave-way-calmer-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145811/how-long-awaited-hotline-could-pave-way-calmer-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 May 2018 08:00:18 +0000 Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a roll. In October, the Communist Party he dominates used its national congress to accord him even more authority for his second term, embedding his core position and “thought” in its constitution. The party’s Politburo is now stacked with Xi loyalists, and two important players on foreign policy, State Councillor “Tiger” Yang Jiechi and party doctrine-shaper Wang Huning, have been elevated to support their leader’s ambitious global agenda. This month Xi... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2121510/opinion-future-now-chinas-challenges-and-xi-jinpings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2121510/opinion-future-now-chinas-challenges-and-xi-jinpings?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Nov 2017 03:00:57 +0000