Q&A: China expert Susan Shirk updates her view of Sino-US relations

Asia Times top writer George Koo recently interviewed Susan L. Shirk, the author of 2007’s acclaimed “China, Fragile Superpower.” Professor Shirk is an influential expert on Chinese politics who served as deputy assistant secretary of state during the Clinton administration. She was a guest speaker at a Feb. 18 forum in Palo Alto, Calif. hosted […]

PH insists on ‘rule of law’ in S. China Sea

“DISREGARD the rule of law and you fall in conflict prevention,” the Philippine ambassador to the United Nations has said, stressing the importance of the arbitration case the country has brought to invalidate China’s excessive claims in the South China Sea. In remarks during a recent panel discussion on disarmament and collective security in Geneva, […]

US presses Xi on South China Sea non-militarization

The White House has pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping to expand his non-militarization pledge to cover the entire South China Sea, despite Beijing’s recent military activity in the area. http://news.yahoo.com/us-presses-xi-south-china-sea-non-militarization-030222709.html

Analyst: Harassment of fishermen may increase in South China Sea

A protester displays a placard during a rally near the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to denounce the alleged deployment of surface-to-air-missiles by China on the disputed islands off South China Sea, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters are calling on China to halt its island-building on […]

ASEAN says seriously concerned about rising South China Sea tensions

The artificial island at the southern end of Mischief Reef showing a newly-built seawall on its north side and a completed dock are shown in this Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative January 8, 2016 satellite image released to Reuters on January 15, 2016. REUTERS/CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/Digital Globe/Handout […]

Gov’t stresses need for rule of law, peaceful resolution of sea disputes

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Sunday stressed the need to respect whatever decision will be made by the United Nations (UN) tribunal on the Philippines’s complaint against China following an assessment by an American think tank that Manila would likely get a favorable ruling on the case. Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said […]

DFA chief: China not above international law

Protesters flash thumbs-down signs as they shout slogans during a rally near the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city, Philippines, to denounce the alleged deployment of surface-to-air-missiles by China on the disputed islands off South China Sea, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. The protesters are calling on China to halt its island-building on […]

‘China will change policy if India patrols South China Sea’

The USS Lassen guided missile destroyer that recently patrolled the South China Patrolling the South China Sea with the US will betray India’s hostility towards China, a powerful neighbour that can change its India policy and potentially create a lot of trouble for New Delhi, a top Chinese expert has warned. India should focus more […]

China’s Defense Posturing Shields Its Economic Distress

China is facing an uphill battle on two fronts. At home, government prestige is waning as the economy falters with Chinese people sending their money abroad as the stock market stumbles amid a slowing economy and a deteriorating currency. And as the bad economic news continues to drip out of China so do the dispatches […]