Three weeks ago, our country’s leaders came within an hour of shutting down the federal government, fighting over relatively small cuts in this year’s budget.

The US defaulting on its financial obligations is a clear and present danger that is increasing daily because Americans are in the early stages of a political a

For three decades, wealthy nations have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in China, helping drive one of the most remarkable economic booms in history. N

Republicans in the U.S. Congress reached an 11th hour compromise with President Obama about the fiscal year 2011 budget, narrowly avoiding the machinery of gove

Various observers have noted this week that China's economy will be bigger than that of the United States in 2016. This comes from the International Monetar

Winning market economy status depends on whether China makes strategic concessions to suit US interests. The China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) meeting soon to be held in the US is the ideal high-level forum to pursue a favorable outcome on this issue.

Rather than seeking national interests through sovereign means, China and the U.S. ought to more constructively pursue their interests through the S&ED. The next round of talks should aim to address strategic and economic issues to truly help resolve their problems.

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s visit to China generated many stories in the press. His trip did not appear to be centered on “business”, but was v

Although it would be good for China and good for the world if the RMB became a fully-fledged international reserve currency, competing with the dollar and the euro, it is not clear that China will take all measures necessary to make that possible.

While World Bank President Robert Zoellick warns that the world is "one shock away from a full-blown crisis," China has broken ground and taken over the economi