Rogier Creemers, Research Officer, Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy
Jun 29, 2015
Despite no public statements made by the U.S. government, China has been implicated in a recent hack of the U.S. Office for Personnel Management. It has spurred a debate on information security, differences between economic espionage and cold war espionage, and the overall bilateral relationship.
Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Jun 26, 2015
It is no surprise that China’s recent military white paper emphasizes “enhancing joint operational capabilities”. The first step of cooperation could be in military operations other than war.
Wu Shicun, President, China Institute of South China Sea Studies
Jun 25, 2015
China-U.S. competition and rivalry in the South China Sea is structural, strategic, and irreconcilable. Preventing conflicts there from damaging bilateral ties is a practical imperative for decision-makers in both countries.
Fernando Menéndez, Economist and China-Latin America observer
Jun 24, 2015
China and Cuba are longtime economic, military and political allies and last week’s arrival of Chinese General Fan Changlong in Havana caused speculation about their relationship. More serious is Cuba’s public insistence during the negotiations that the United States return the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.
Andi Zhou, Program Assistant, EastWest Institute
Jun 24, 2015
Tensions are rising in the South China Sea — so why is the East China Sea so calm?
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Jun 19, 2015
There is increasing commentary among the chattering classes about the importance of making China “pay a price” for its aggressive behavior, but the possibility of miscalculation and misjudgment makes it even more important that all participants step back from confrontation.
Stewart Taggart, Founder & Principal, Grenatec
Jun 15, 2015
Could China’s export infrastructure drive be at risk from its actions in the South China Sea? To win overseas infrastructure contracts, China may have to choose between a trouble free ‘going out’ strategy, and an aggressive ‘island-building’ South China Sea policy.
Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies, National University of Australia
Jun 11, 2015
What exactly is America's gripe with China in the South China Sea? The question becomes more and more important as the future of the world's most vital bilateral relationship becomes more and more dependent on what happens in this much-contested waterway. And the answer is not very clear.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Jun 11, 2015
Despite tensions in the South China Sea, Chinese General Fan Changlong is in the United States, being hosted by the Pentagon. Mil-to-mil exchanges been taking place since the mid-1990’s, despite opposition from U.S. congressional war hawks and Chinese hardliners. To build political support for productive U.S.-China mil-to-mil exchanges, such programs will have to produce real results, and soon.
Yin Chengde, Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Jun 11, 2015
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s speech at the just concluded Shangri-La Dialogue had a theme of attacking China. He irresponsibly dumped blame on China for its construction activities on its own isles and reefs in the South China Sea, accusing China of sabotaging security in the Asia Pacific.