Given the important transition of leadership that looms on the political horizon next year, perhaps Beijing’s elite believes it can leave nothing in the political sphere to chance. After all, historically, visible divisions in the leadership can lead to tests of tolerance of dissent in the streets.

China’s deployment of the Jiangkai-II class missile frigate Xuzhou to the coast of Libya on a special escort mission to protect ships carrying Chinese citizens

The Joint Statement released during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s January 2011 visit to the United States affirmed that “a healthy, stable, and reliable milit

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.

US support for China’s new nuclear centre, formalized in a recent bilateral agreement, highlights how, even in the absence of an official China-US nuclear arms

Let me make a few comments on the North Korean artillery shelling of a South Korean island, the Yeonpyeong Island, which happened on November 23rd, just 17 days

N. Korea drastically upped the ante on 23 November 2010 by using artillery to attack the Yeongpyeong Islands, killing 2 civilians and 2 S. Korean marines and wo

The United States did not have an overall strategy toward the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a long time. In its bilateral relations with AS

Alfred T. Mahan’s theory of Sea Power has a long historic impact on Chinese Maritime Strategic Thinking. When modern China struggled for its survival from fore

The recent two months have witnessed a series of nuclear-related events pushed by the United States, including the issuing of the Nuclear Posture Review, the si