Former Nixon interpreter says that with vision and diplomacy, US and China could have ties ‘grounded in equality and mutual benefit’.
As concerns grow about the junta’s military capability, Beijing is trying to influence the trajectory of the conflict and keep its strategic interests out of the crossfire.
The country may be counting on support from the Global South but concern about Beijing’s behaviour is not just confined to the West.
Xi seeks to reinforce ‘high-level and strategic’ ties with Lam on his first overseas trip as Vietnamese leader.
The trip by Wang Yi follows the collapse of a Chinese-brokered ceasefire and a major setback for the military near the border with Yunnan.
Beijing shows signs of frustration as megaprojects in Pakistan, including Gwadar port and CPEC, face growing security risks, observers say.
Beijing is trying to cast itself as an alternative peacemaker but is clear-eyed about the limits of its influence, observers say.
Nearly eight decades have passed since the US bombing of Hiroshima and momentum for nuclear disarmament appears to be waning.
It’s not just about rocks, reefs and resources – vital shipping lanes, deep-sea exploration, Taiwan and the global order are at stake, analysts say.
Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi hammers home message at foreign ministers’ forum in Laos, as bloc gets caught up in deepening US-China rivalry.
After the death of Nguyen Phu Trong, Hanoi is expected to continue his pragmatic policy of ‘bamboo diplomacy’, with China ties to remain ‘stable’, according to observers.
The Communist Party’s elite are battling to find a way to shore up international confidence and cope with risks.
Language used to announce Qin’s departure from Central Committee suggests he is not facing criminal charges.
A route to the Sea of Japan is a ‘dream’ for China but its neighbours fear they could lose out by opening up the waterway.
Despite warm greetings and ‘no limits’ partnerships, leaders of the three powerful countries must navigate constant friction in their triangular dynamic.
Xi Jinping visits Kazakhstan and Tajikistan as the region is increasingly looking to Beijing for security and investment guarantees, analyst says.
Beijing’s Korean peninsula headache could worsen if a Pyongyang-Moscow October surprise affects the US election, experts warn.
Beijing’s high-handed assertion of maritime claims has drawn international censure, putting its preferred approach of bilateral solutions at risk.
China will never seek hegemony on basis of strength, President Xi Jinping says in marking 70th anniversary of ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence’.
With Manila willing to return to talks despite clashes, Beijing should respond positively and avoid ‘nightmarish scenario’ of another arbitration.
More than 90 countries attended Summit for Peace for Ukraine designed to rally support for Kyiv’s own peace proposals over the weekend.
Beijing has sent a new envoy to New Delhi, but the Chinese leader still hasn’t congratulated Narendra Modi on his election win.
Vietnam’s ‘blazing furnace’ anti-corruption campaign has claimed a number of senior figures, turmoil that one analyst says is unprecedented.
Compared to the pragmatic tone from Taiwan’s new leader, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un presents a far more potent security threat for Beijing.
Following summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the two sides vow to take on Washington’s ‘dual containment’ policy aimed at Russia and China. But a quasi-alliance with Moscow is hardly the recipe for Beijing to make more friends.
North Korea and Russia have exploited the US-China schism to take actions that undermined the global order, Jia Qingguo of Peking University says at Hong Kong University.
Russian leader’s trip is expected to be a show of the neighbours’ growing geostrategic alignment – but it could also reveal the limits of the relationship.
The Chinese president’s visit to Serbia coincides with the anniversary of the deaths of three Chinese journalists, say analysts, but not visiting the site ‘shows Xi does not want to overly irritate the US, or put his Serbian hosts in a difficult position’.
The Chinese leader’s attendance at 25th anniversary commemorations is a ‘subtle signal’ to the US and its Western allies, observers said.
Beijing’s latest confrontations with Tokyo and Manila over contested islands come as they strengthen maritime coalition with Washington.
