CHINA US Focus - Perspectives shaping the world's most important bilateral relationship

China’s national defense white paper has caused a stir amongst China watchers. However, Chen Zhou explains that the white paper is not reason for concern, and instead provides a path for China’s continued peaceful development.

  I am greatly honored to be invited to speak on this auspicious occasion of the inaugural of the Asia Global Dialogue hosted by the Fung Global Institute. My discussion today is entitled "China-US relations in an emerging East Asia".   To talk about this topic, we need to go back into history. What was [...]

The fourth round of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) has successfully concluded with 67 key points. These agreements cover a wide range of issues, bilateral, regional and global, which eloquently shows that China and the United States share overlapping interests and responsibilities in meeting regional and global challenges. Some of the agreements have enriched [...]

China’s highest ranked diplomatic official reiterates China’s commitment to a peaceful rise by arguing that instead of pursuing the “tit for tat” approach to disputes with other countries, Beijing will continue to uphold the principle of dialogue based upon China’s long-term interests and benefits.