In the month since the death of Liu Xiaobo, China’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, world attention has shifted to focus on the fate of his widow, Liu Xia, who had been kept under illegal house arrest eve ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
From the land that brought you poisonous toothpaste, toxic pet food and milk powder that sickens and kills children now comes a new perilous product: fabricated papers in medical journals with fake pe ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-07
At a time when the US-China relationship seems to be drifting, with the very clear potential of a steep downward slide, possibly sparked by events in North Korea, it is encouraging to learn that exper ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-03
The disputed Sino-Indian border, long a source of intermittent clashes, is once again the focus of a confrontation that sees Chinese and Indian troops facing off, this time in an area claimed by Bhuta ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-25
China’s leader Xi Jinping, in a July 1 speech to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover, brought up the Opium War, under which a victorious Britain wrested Hong Kong Island from “a weak Chi ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-17
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has been busy traveling the world to deliver the message that China is a responsible power, ready for world leadership. The official Xinhua news agency said of his visit to ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-10
President Xi Jinping displayed a velvet glove at the beginning of his three-day visit to Hong Kong, saying upon arrival last Thursday that he offered good wishes on the 20th anniversary of the former ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-06
The United States and China held the first round of the newly established diplomatic and security dialogue last week with North Korea as the principal topic. The Americans emphasized the need for Chin ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-26
The establishment of diplomatic relations by China and Panama marks the further international isolation of Taiwan. Panama’s defection from Taiwan leaves barely 20 countries that still maintain relatio ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-19
Twenty years ago, on July 1, 1997, Britain turned Hong Kong over to China under the Sino-British Joint Declaration which provided that the territory would be largely autonomous under the “one country, ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-15
The annual summit meeting of China and the European Union in Brussels last Friday was overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s announcement of the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris agreem ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-05
The release by China's Ministry of Commerce of a research report on economic and trade relations with the United States is an opportunity for the two countries to narrow differences over trade. In par ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-01
Last week, China hosted a large-scale international conference to discuss the vision of its leader, President Xi Jinping, of connecting Asia, Europe and Africa through a network of roads, ports, bridg ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-22
The election of Moon Jae-in as South Korea’s president marks the re-emergence of a major player that had been silenced for five crucial months because of the country’s political paralysis, which ended ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-15
With only weeks to go before Carrie Lam is sworn in as the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, attention naturally is focused on how she is going to govern and the role the Chinese government will play. The ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-08
What a difference a year makes. Last year, at the 29th ASEAN summit in Laos, a Chairman’s Statement, without mentioning China, “took note of concerns expressed by some leaders on the land reclamations ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-02
In a few weeks, Tsai Ing-wen will mark her first anniversary as president of Taiwan. However, her celebration is likely to be subdued since she is facing intractable problems with the world’s two most ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
Pyongyang's failed missile test on Sunday provides an opportunity for the United States to press for more stringent sanctions and for China to demonstrate its willingness to curb Pyongyang's nuclear a ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s two-day summit meeting with Donald Trump, overshadowed by the US attack on Syria, gave each president the chance to take the measure of the other and, apparently, each like ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-10
The meeting between Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, was announced barely a week before it was to be held, suggesting difficult problems ahead. Almost simultaneously, Trump tweete ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-03
