Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia
Nov 10, 2014
The significance of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Beijing consists not so much in what is on APEC’s agenda as in what transpires on the sidelines. Meetings between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama; as well as Xi’s meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe loom especially large.
Zhang Tuosheng, Academic Committee Member at Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, Peking University
Nov 07, 2014
Two years after the zenith of tension on Diaoyu Islands, the APEC conference in Beijing presents an opportunity for China-Japan bilateral relations to move forward if a common understanding of history and sovereignty is reached.
Wu Jianmin, Former President, China Foreign Affairs University
Nov 06, 2014
During the upcoming APEC Summit in Beijing, President Xi Jinping and President Obama will touch upon a wide range of issues, global and bilateral. Here, Wu Jianmin lays out suggestions for what the two Presidents should cover.
Chen Xiangyang, Director and Research Professor, CICIR
Nov 05, 2014
Analyzing the six major players in the Asia-Pacific, Chen Xian yang discusses four aspects of new developments in the region.
Shen Dingli, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
Nov 03, 2014
Mirroring the Annenberg meeting between Xi Jinping and Barack Obama, this month’s meeting of APEC leaders in Beijing has the potential to reshape US-China relations.
Shi Yinhong, Professor, Renmin University
Oct 30, 2014
How can Beijing manage relations with both the United States and its regional neighbors in the Asia-Pacific? Shi Yinhong examines China’s foreign policy and offers insight into both US-China relations and China’s relationship with other Asian nations.
George Koo, Retired International Business Consultant and Contributor to Asia Times
Oct 28, 2014
Next month President Obama will be going to Beijing and he has the opportunity to make history and finally make good on the Nobel Peace Prize given to him rather prematurely at the beginning of his first term.
Stephen Harner, Former US State Department Official
Oct 24, 2014
In his “Getting Real About China” op-ed from the New York Times, General Wesley Clark describes China’s rise as a threat to the international system and U.S. hegemony. In contrast, Stephen Harner examines the assertions and explains why he hopes future administrations will not follow Gen. Clark’s advice.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Oct 24, 2014
China’s small naval exercise with Iran last month was unremarkable in its military importance but helps illustrate the larger strategic calculations facing Beijing as China tries to manage its trilateral relationship with Tehran and Washington.
Feng Zhaokui, Honorary Academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2014
Feng Zhaokui discusses the broader points of a 2011 whitepaper on “China’s Peaceful Development” – specifically the need to make address regional “hotspot” issues like the Diaoyu islands conflict with Japan. By solving the issues outlined, Feng argues regional stability alongside economic prosperity is possible.