Address by Hon. Michael FrendoSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Maltaat the Shanghai Institutes for International StudiesShanghai, China,September 2012 Excellencies, Distinguished guests,1. My visit to you today as Pr... [FULL TEXT]

According to IMF data, central banks in emerging economies cut their euro holdings by 8 per cent, or €45 billion (HK$450 billion) in 2012. The world economy is moving towards a multipolar currency regime.In the past three years, the eu... [FULL TEXT]

BRUSSELS - After leadership transition, China will move toward liberal reforms, but in the uncertain world such changes require tough hands. How will the new Beijing approach Europe?As the Eurozone slipped into its second recession since 20... [FULL TEXT]

Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis is a Euro crisis indeed. Greece is noIceland. Not only is it a EU member, but is also a member state of the Euro zone. Although Greece share only a small portion of the economy of the Euro zone, its melt... [FULL TEXT]

Remarks by Vice Foreign Minister Song TaoAt Seminar on Situation in Europe and China-Europe RelationsSponsored by the Department of European Affairs at the Minister of Foreign Affairsand Co-hosted by the Shanghai Institutes for Internationa... [FULL TEXT]

I. European Debt Crisis and the EconomicsThe so-called European debt crisis, in the strict sense, is neither debt crisis of Europe nor that of EU but sovereignty debt crisis of the Euro zone countries. We might still remember Robert A. Mund... [FULL TEXT]

After Finland’s April 17 election, a small euro-skeptical party holds the key to the eurozone “grand bargain.” Dan Steinbock argues that this outcome indicates the global economic crisis is generating a political backlash — even... [FULL TEXT]

In his State of the Union address in February, President Obama announced he would initiate formal negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). That same day, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and Eu... [FULL TEXT]

May 6, as the British election drew to a close, a “Hung Parliament” appeared for the first time since 1974. After several days of dramatic and on-and-off negotiations among the Conservative, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats, the result of ... [FULL TEXT]

In the past sixty years of the PRC diplomatic history, the Chinese thinking, policies and practices have always been in the process of changes and readjustments along with the developments both at home and abroad. In the first decade of the... [FULL TEXT]