The first China-ASEAN Cyberspace Forum, with the theme of "Development and cooperation" was held in Nanning on Sept. 18, 2014, during the 11th ASEAN Expo.Nearly 200 representatives from the Chinese government, business and academia and 10 A... [FULL TEXT]

Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off his week-long regional tour to Tajikistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and India on Friday. A visit to Pakistan was originally included in the tour, but was put off due to political turmoil in Islamabad.Amid ... [FULL TEXT]

Chinas President Xi Jinping is set to visit India as the two nations seek to sign deals in railway development, boost trade and resolve a border dispute analyst Liu Zongyi views as the biggest obstacle bilateral ties. Xi is set to visit Ind... [FULL TEXT]

During last few weeks, Chinas economic performance has been grim. Paradoxically, it reflects the shift to new kind of growth.July was not a good economic month in China, except for exports. More bad signs ofsluggishness came with the prelim... [FULL TEXT]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a state tour to Japan. Just prior to the visit, Modi decided to extend his stay in Japan by one day. The extension was interpreted by some Indian media outlets as "a bold signal to China."... [FULL TEXT]

With the rise of the recent tensions in the Middle East, in particular the emergence of ISIS in Iraq, China’s role in the region was again brought into focus. On August 8, 2014, in an interview with New York Times columnist Thomas Fri... [FULL TEXT]

China is not known for its resilient small- and medium-sized enterprises - yet. Still,for July, the SMEs PMI figure, which serves as an important indicator of themanufacturing sector, suggests that Chinas internal economic growth is gaining... [FULL TEXT]

As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the ASEAN Regional Forum in Naypyitaw, he wanted the “people of Myanmar to know that they have the support and the friendship of the U.S.”Yet, Kerry’s visit was overshadowed by concerns... [FULL TEXT]

On July 9,2014, the His Excellency Mr. Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia pays a visit to SIIS and delivers a speech. Here is the minute of the speech: It is now thirty years since I first came to live in China.As I was d... [FULL TEXT]

President Xi Jinping’s recently concluded trip to Latin America signals a new wave of China’s multilateral diplomacy. Building on previous leaders’ regional initiatives such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) a... [FULL TEXT]