Editor's Note: The year 2023 witnessed many changes in the international landscape and also saw more voices from the Global South on the global stage. It was also a year in which the US continued to forcefully impose its ideology on other countries, Japan's nuclear-contaminated wastewater dumping was...More

An eventful 2023 is drawing to an end. The Palestine-Israel conflict has again drawn the US into another Middle East crisis, whilst chaotic US domestic politics exacerbated by the country's domestic polarization, continues to create uncertainty and cast a dark shadow across the world. The protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict...More

I had an interesting conversation with a senior government official in China when I was writing my first book, Powerful, Different, Equal: Overcoming the Misconceptions and Differences between China and the US. I made the observation that most people think of China as not being a democracy, whereas...More

The 2023 Understanding China Conference (Guangzhou), which concluded on Sunday, has become a major platform to address a significant "understanding deficit" between different countries and civilizations and to help fostering mutual trust. As the key to understanding China is understanding Chinese modernization, which is different from Western modernization,...More

It seems that US scrutiny of imports from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is still haunting global industry chains. The development adds to the urgency for China to consolidate and expand Xinjiang's manufacturing presence in global production chains. Electronic products from Malaysia and Vietnam are facing closer...More

As a Chinese say, "A gift may be small, but its symbolic value is significant," exquisite gifts from around the world not only represent the culture and craftsmanship of their countries of origin, but also bear witness to the historical friendship between China and these nations. The Central...More

Editor's Note: The China-US summit meeting and the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco attract widespread attention, which will help stabilize China-US relations and inject new impetus into the economic recovery in the broader Asia-Pacific region. What does the high-profile China-US summit mean to bilateral economic...More

San Francisco is garnering growing attention this November as Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel there from November 14 to 17 for a China-US summit and the 30th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting at the invitation of the US. Expectations around the globe toward this meeting have been high,...More

Editor's Note: With the APEC leaders' meeting just around the corner, increasing high-level interactions between China and the US signal that the US wants its relations with China to stabilize and even improve. Even if there's a new balloon incident, bilateral ties will not be blown off course...More

Shaky but determined, 98-year-old Flying Tigers veteran Melvin McMullen saluted as he stood in front of the statue of Major General Claire Lee Chennault. On Monday morning, McMullen, together with Harry Moyer and Flying Tigers family members, attended the ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of US 14th...More

The 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum kicked off on Sunday. As one of the most representative security forums in the world, it was held face-to-face again after four years and was highly anticipated by all parties. This is evident by the record number and level of representatives. In particular,...More

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday began his four-day trip to Russia to attend the 18th round of China-Russia strategic security consultation, with a range of bilateral and multilateral issues related to security expected to be discussed, following his two-day meeting with US National Security Adviser Jake...More

Editor's Note: As the dialogue between China and the US at the governmental level resumes, an enhanced Track II diplomacy, including the conversation between Chinese and US scholars, shows its particular role in easing the bilateral ties. In a recent webinar, Wang Wen (Wang), professor and executive dean...More

Editor's Note: Henry Kissinger, the eminent diplomat and strategist, played a pivotal role in shaping China-US relations as he spearheaded the historic normalization process between the two countries, fostering dialogue and paving the way for diplomatic engagement that continues to shape the global landscape today. To this day...More

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will visit China later this week and is scheduled to talk about a series of macroeconomic and financial issues between the two countries, which is seen as a positive sign of stabilizing China-US relations following the recent visit by US Secretary of State...More