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WSJ: China’s Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech

WSJ: China’s Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech

March 6, 2023  by: Chun Han Wong, Keith Zhai and James T. AreddyShare this ArticleChinese leader Xi Jinping issued an unusually blunt rebuke of U.S. policy on Monday, blaming what he termed a Washington-led campaign to suppress China for recent challenges facing his...

Nikkei: Kim Jong Un has started his succession planning

Nikkei: Kim Jong Un has started his succession planning

January 25, 2023 by: Seong-Hyon LeeShare this ArticleUntil now, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has kept his private life very private. But unexpectedly, his daughter Kim Ju Ae has made three public appearances over the past two months. South Korean intelligence...

Taipei Times: Taiwan, India need to keep talking

Taipei Times: Taiwan, India need to keep talking

January 18, 2023 by: Sana HashmiShare this ArticleThere is a constant debate regarding countries’ responses to a potential “Taiwan contingency,” but relatively little discussion on how to deter China from invading Taiwan. What must be reinforced is that the...

Wall Street Journal: We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China

Wall Street Journal: We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China

July 6, 2022 by: Maurice R. GreenbergShare this ArticleThe deteriorating state of affairs between the U.S. and China has destabilized the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Many Chinese companies do business in the U.S., as do American companies in...

The Arab Weekly: ‘Track II diplomacy’ could be key to peace

The Arab Weekly: ‘Track II diplomacy’ could be key to peace

June 20, 2022 by: Lin GaoShare this ArticleOne of the key tools of international peacekeeping of recent decades has been an unofficial but concerted effort called “Track 2 diplomacy”.  So named because it takes place outside of official, so-called Track 1 channels,...

Editorial: Zeroing out on zero-COVID

Editorial: Zeroing out on zero-COVID

June 2, 2022 by: William C. KirbyShare this ArticleThere is no such thing as “ zero-COVID.” As the Omicron variant spreads to China’s capital city, Beijing, the question is not if, but when and how, China will begin to “live with COVID-19” rather than continue to...

The Cipher Brief: Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next

The Cipher Brief: Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next

February 23, 2022 by:Kenneth DeklevaShare this ArticleFollowing a masterful combination of long-term strategy, gray zone tactics, hybrid warfare, and management of the information space, Russia’s President Putin has at last slipped up, and invaded sovereign Ukrainian...

David Firestein speaks on CGTN’s “The Point”

David Firestein speaks on CGTN’s “The Point”

February 21, 2022Share this ArticleBush China Foundation President and CEO David Firestein spoke on CGTN’s “The Point” with Liu Xin, reflecting on President Nixon’s historic visit to China 50 years ago this week. The discussion focused on what the global community can...