China
  • VOLATILE MARKETS IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
    2016-01-07 Den Steinbock
    Recent market volatility is neither entirely warranted nor unexpected. In China, it reflects a confluence of forces; but in the US and internationally, it is fueled by international worries.On Monday, January 4, Chinas A-shares plunged by a... [FULL TEXT]
  • Guangdong: The Epicenter of China’s Rebalancing
    2016-01-14 Den Steinbock
    China’s southern province, Guangdong, is emerging as a globally important innovation zone and consumer market. It moves into the future as it builds a post-industrial society.The forces that once boosted Guangdong’s dramatic eco... [FULL TEXT]
  • Making Maritime Silk Road a New Promoter of Cooperative Inte...
    2015-11-23 Yang Jiemian
    Jiemian YANG, President Emeritus of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Keynote Speech at The Political Economy of China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative and South Asia, co-sponsored by the School of Advanced International an... [FULL TEXT]
  • Syria’s Nightmare: Diverging US and Chinese Policies, and Gl...
    2015-11-09 Den Steinbock
    As the pulsating beat overwhelmed the terrace of Cocos Prive, an exclusive nightclub and sushi bar in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, the two men were negotiating a deal. After 20 meetings, the arms struggler made his pitch: “Look, you... [FULL TEXT]
  • The dynamics of China-Europe rapprochement
    2015-11-04 Jin Liangxiang
    China-EU relations have become much warmer in recent weeks. Shortly after President Xi Jinpings visit to U.K., King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande respectively cam... [FULL TEXT]
  • “Four comprehensives” vital to progress
    2015-11-02 Den Steinbock
    At the recently concluded Fifth Plenum of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee, the “Four Comprehensives” became the grand blueprint for the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20). Each of the four tasks requires broad measures and pr... [FULL TEXT]
  • New Delhi looks to African opportunities
    2015-10-30 Liu Zongyi
    The third India-Africa Forum Summit recently held in New Delhi was the largest one since India launched the summit in 2008. It was reportedly attended by representatives of 54 African countries, including over 40 heads of state and governme... [FULL TEXT]
  • A New Model of Major-country Relations between China and the...
    2015-10-26 Chen Dongxiao
    China and the United States must seize the opportunity and show the world their willingness and ability to cooperate and move forward together.Since China and the United States reached consensus in building a new model of major-country rela... [FULL TEXT]
  • A Consequential State Visit at a Crucial Moment
    2015-09-28 Wu Chunsi
    Recently there have been an increasingly pessimistic view of China-US relations. Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to pay his first state visit to the United States at this important moment. China and the United States should take the o... [FULL TEXT]
  • President Xi and His Reform Agenda – Really
    2015-09-24 Den Steinbock
    In their Animal Spirits, George A Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller, two Nobel Prize winners, show how human psychology drives the economy and why it matters for global capitalism. In particular, they show how stories move markets and are thems... [FULL TEXT]