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 […]
Special Issue on China’s Non-interference Policy
For decades, the principle of non-interference has been an unchanging pillar of China’s foreign policy–in rhetorical terms if not always in […]
Taiwan’s Unresolved Vision of Globalization
Written by Erik Tollefson. The current protests in Taiwan can plausibly be seen as the concatenation of several issues: 1) […]
Time for President Ma to meet the students at the Legislative Yuan
Written by Steve Tsang. One does not need to agree with the students who occupy the Legislative Yuan in Taipei […]
324: Police Brutality or Commensurate Response?
Written by J. Michael Cole. Much mystery and disinformation continues to surround the events of the night of March 23 […]
The Hidden Agenda of President Ma’s ‘Economics First, Politics Later’ Cross-Strait Policy
Written by Ben Goren. During the last six years President Ma has signed over eighteen agreements with the PRC. During […]
What does China’s new White Paper on Aid need to say?
Written by Philippa Brant. China is now one of the top 10 largest foreign aid donors in the world. Yet, […]
China’s Defense Budget is Going Up? Who Cares?
Written by Harry J. Kazianis. Recently China issued its latest defense budget numbers revealing a 12.2% increase in funding for […]
Student protests and Taiwan’s soft power
Written by Gary Rawnsley. A state’s soft power capacity is determined by how it behaves, at home and abroad. It […]
Occupy Taiwan and the Red Shirts Movement
Written by Dafydd Fell. One of the challenges of studying Taiwan politics is that we often have too much information […]
Japan’s relations with Russia in the Midst of the Ukraine Crisis
Written by Misato Matsuoka. While Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not met the leaders of neighbouring South Korea or […]
Taiwan’s Youth: Blamed if you don’t, blamed if you do
Written by Michal Thim. It seems that Taiwan has grown accustomed to frequent protests targeting a broad range of issues, […]
Smear Tactics and Taiwan’s Compliant Media
Written by J. Michael Cole. As the occupation of Taiwan’s legislature by thousands of protesters enters its third day, the […]
Occupy the Legislature: Is it the only way?
Written by Gary Rawnsley. You know something important is happening in Taiwan when the island is in the BBC news. […]
Sir Percy Cradock, the Handover and UK-China relations
Written by Kerry Brown. Just after I had left the British Foreign Office in 2005, to work independently on raising […]
Chinese Research and Development: More D than R
Written by Yutao Sun and Cong Cao. Funding for applied and basic research in China remains low despite huge amounts […]
Zero tolerance of corruption, but who’s first for investigation?
Written by Jackie Sheehan. Premier Li Keqiang stressed in his speech at the just-closed National People’s Congress that corruption under […]
Xi Jinping’s Tiger Hunt
Written by Andrew Hall Wedeman. The Communist Party of China has been grappling with corruption almost from its birth. It […]
Vietnam’s Relations with China – A Multifaceted Partnership
Written by Ramses Amer. Vietnam’s relationship with China is of paramount importance for its development and security. Although much outside […]
Who lost Ukraine?
Written by Neil Munro. In a televised interview with Russian journalists this week, Vladimir Putin made the claim that a […]
The uninspiring state of politics in Vietnam
Written by Adam Fforde. Vietnamese domestic politics have long been highly theatrical. This, naturally enough, has had both positive and […]
U.S.-Vietnam Defence Relations: Convergence Not Congruence
Written by Carlyle A. Thayer. Military-to-military relations between Vietnam and the U.S. developed slowly after the normalization of diplomatic relations in […]
Vietnam’s Balancing Strategy
Written by Zachary Keck. In the face of the growing threat it faces from China, Vietnam is pursuing a shrewd […]
Vietnam at a Crossroads
Vietnam finds itself at a crossroads facing multiple challenges. It is challenged internally as voices calling for economic and political […]
Red Lines and Correct Roads: Recent Chinese Policy Discourse on North Korea
Written by Adam Cathcart. When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talked about “a red line” at a press conference at the National […]
China’s ethnic policies: are we on the same page yet?
Written by Jackie Sheehan. In the run-up to this year’s “two meetings” in Beijing, a member of the Chinese People’s […]
Kunming massacre sparks media war
Written by J. Michael Cole By now we’ve all heard about Saturday night’s bloodbath at the Kunming Railway Station, where […]
Alternative modernities and international trade in China
Written by Alessandro Rippa. “Welcome to Yiwu International Trade City”. The mechanical voice of the taximeter greets me as soon as my […]
China’s new petitioning guidelines and social governance policy
Written by Samantha Hoffman. On 25 February, the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) Central Committee and the State Council introduced […]
