
China’s non-interference policy: PRC leaders and the realist perspective
Written by Edward Friedman. How would a realist IR theorist describe the purposes and actual behavior in a CCP claim […]
The online journal of the China Policy Institute
Written by Edward Friedman. How would a realist IR theorist describe the purposes and actual behavior in a CCP claim […]
For decades, the principle of non-interference has been an unchanging pillar of China’s foreign policy–in rhetorical terms if not always in […]
Written by Erik Tollefson. The current protests in Taiwan can plausibly be seen as the concatenation of several issues: 1) […]
Written by Steve Tsang. One does not need to agree with the students who occupy the Legislative Yuan in Taipei […]
Written by J. Michael Cole. Much mystery and disinformation continues to surround the events of the night of March 23 […]
Written by Ben Goren. During the last six years President Ma has signed over eighteen agreements with the PRC. During […]
Written by Philippa Brant. China is now one of the top 10 largest foreign aid donors in the world. Yet, […]
Written by Harry J. Kazianis. Recently China issued its latest defense budget numbers revealing a 12.2% increase in funding for […]
Written by Gary Rawnsley. A state’s soft power capacity is determined by how it behaves, at home and abroad. It […]
Written by Dafydd Fell. One of the challenges of studying Taiwan politics is that we often have too much information […]
Written by Misato Matsuoka. While Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not met the leaders of neighbouring South Korea or […]
Written by Michal Thim. It seems that Taiwan has grown accustomed to frequent protests targeting a broad range of issues, […]
Written by J. Michael Cole. As the occupation of Taiwan’s legislature by thousands of protesters enters its third day, the […]
Written by Gary Rawnsley. You know something important is happening in Taiwan when the island is in the BBC news. […]
Written by Kerry Brown. Just after I had left the British Foreign Office in 2005, to work independently on raising […]
Written by Yutao Sun and Cong Cao. Funding for applied and basic research in China remains low despite huge amounts […]
Written by Jackie Sheehan. Premier Li Keqiang stressed in his speech at the just-closed National People’s Congress that corruption under […]
Written by Andrew Hall Wedeman. The Communist Party of China has been grappling with corruption almost from its birth. It […]
Written by Ramses Amer. Vietnam’s relationship with China is of paramount importance for its development and security. Although much outside […]
Written by Neil Munro. In a televised interview with Russian journalists this week, Vladimir Putin made the claim that a […]
Written by Adam Fforde. Vietnamese domestic politics have long been highly theatrical. This, naturally enough, has had both positive and […]
Written by Carlyle A. Thayer. Military-to-military relations between Vietnam and the U.S. developed slowly after the normalization of diplomatic relations in […]
Written by Zachary Keck. In the face of the growing threat it faces from China, Vietnam is pursuing a shrewd […]
Vietnam finds itself at a crossroads facing multiple challenges. It is challenged internally as voices calling for economic and political […]
Written by Adam Cathcart. When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked about “a red line” at a press conference at the National […]
Written by Jackie Sheehan. In the run-up to this year’s “two meetings” in Beijing, a member of the Chinese People’s […]
Written by J. Michael Cole By now we’ve all heard about Saturday night’s bloodbath at the Kunming Railway Station, where […]
Written by Alessandro Rippa. “Welcome to Yiwu International Trade City”. The mechanical voice of the taximeter greets me as soon as my […]
Written by Samantha Hoffman. On 25 February, the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) Central Committee and the State Council introduced […]