Beijing’s Brand Ambassador: A Conversation With Cui Tiankai
Cui Tiankai, 60, arrived in Washington, D.C., on April 2 to take up his new post as China’s ambassador to the United States. A fluent English speaker with a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins’ School...
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A Debt Dilemma: Reform or Crisis
The greatest risk in the present-day global economy is the continuous exacerbation of sovereign debt risks, which are haunting both developed countries and rising economies. China is no exception. Its...
View ArticlePark, Obama and Xi Summits
The visit of South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye to the United States in early May was an unqualified success. She got along famously with President Obama and accomplished what he has been unable to...
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Preparing for the US-China Summit
On June 7-8, international media and analysts of world affairs will train their attention on the remote desert near Palm Springs, California—where American president Barack Obama and Chinese president...
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Opening A New Window at Sunnylands
In early June, President Xi Jinping is going to visit the US and meet with President Obama in California. This bodes well for China-US relations for a decade in which China is likely to catch up with...
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A New Chapter on China-Latin American Cooperation
President Xi Jinping is having state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from 31 May to 6 June and a stopover in the US. This will be Xi’s first visit to Latin America as President of...
View ArticleThe US and China in the 21st Century: The World Dream of Sunnylands
The U.S. and China are still in a position to master their national destiny, the transnational financial markets, the fluctuations of oil, gas or food prices, the constraints of a multipolar...
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A Frank Dialogue across the Pacific
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Friday to start state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico, after which he will fly to California for a meeting with US President Barack...
View ArticleHow To Play Well With China
Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping will meet in California for two days starting this Friday. It’s about time. New sources of friction are constantly appearing in the relationship between the...
View ArticleWhat Type of Great Power Relationship Do Obama and Xi Want?
When Barack Obama and Xi Jinping meet this week for an unusual two-day summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the two presidents will lay the ground for their joint stewardship of a bilateral...
View ArticleHow We Should Measure Success from the Obama-Xi Summit
Over the past two years—from the Obama administration’s announcement of its provocatively militaristic “pivot” to Asia, to armed territorial disputes in the South China Sea, to Japan’s provocative...
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North Korea High on the Agenda of Xi-Obama Summit
The much anticipated Xi-Obama Summit is scheduled to be held in Sunnylands, California from June 7-8, and North Korea has been listed as one of the five major issues on the agenda. Ren Xiao There are...
View ArticleGlobal Competition For Energy Resources on Leaders’ Agenda
Cyber-security, North Korea and Asia-Pacific military matters are the big issues on the Xi-Obama agenda, but the competition for global energy resources will also figure in the two leaders’...
View ArticleA Chance to Defuse North Korea
The talks that begin on Friday in California between President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, offer a unique opportunity for the two leaders to forge a personal relationship and frankly...
View ArticleThe Sunnylands Summit Won’t Stop Sino-American Rivalry
According to the New York Times, President Obama is hoping to establish a genuine personal rapport with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s visit to the United States this week. Hence the...
View ArticlePresident Xi and the Americas
When Presidents Xi and Obama meet in California on June 7-8, 2013, they will discuss the traditional topics occupying the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, as well as security-related...
View ArticleCould North Korea Become the Breakthrough in US-China Relations?
The informal summit between the leaders of China and the US concluded pretty much according to most expectations, namely no breakthroughs or unpleasant surprises. According to some reports, Presidents...
View ArticleEnergy and “Strategic Trust” at the Xi-Obama Summit
The US “shale gas revolution,” as it has been termed, has offered Washington new leverage in Sino-US relations. This comes both in the ability to export LNG but also in the form of exporting know-how...
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China-Russia Ties on the Rise
After several years of steady growth, the close ties between China and Russia is becoming a major factor in world politics. At their meeting earlier this year in Moscow, Chinese President Xi Jinping...
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Time to Update the Major Power Relations Between China and the US
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barak Obama held “ranch talks” on Saturday in California. The meeting lasted more than eight hours, in which the two heads of state thoroughly exchanged...
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