We learnt two things from the China-US high-level dialogue held in Alaska last week. The first was from the session at the beginning when the media were present. This would normally be conducted in a polite and somewhat anodyne fashion dressed up in diplomatic nicety. It could not...More

It is evident that US Democratic President Joe Biden and his team will pay more attention to the human rights agenda in foreign policy than their Republican predecessors did. It is also clear that Washington will actively use this agenda in dealing with its main geopolitical adversaries -...More

US President Joe Biden said his administration was ready for an "extreme competition" with China in a CBS interview clip published on Sunday. "I'm not going to do it the way Trump did. We are going to focus on the international rules of the road," Biden said. Biden's...More

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the New York Post in a recent interview that China's New York consulate general is being used as a major hub for the nation's US espionage efforts, and more Chinese diplomats and agents will likely be arrested. This is the latest...More

Over the last year or so, US political debates have experienced a "sea change" in thinking with regard to China. Some attribute this to the election of Donald Trump, a political "outsider" who beat the odds and was elected president of the US. And, indeed, Trump wanted to...More

On Saturday morning, lines of container lorries were waiting to discharge cargo at the Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG), while there were also many empty trucks and ships ready to load goods. Transport vehicles were moving around frequently, and about three or four cargo ships of super-large...More

People often ask me, if a military clash breaks out between China and the US, which side will be the winner? In terms of overall military strength, who is more powerful, China or the US? It must be the US. However, when it comes to China's coastal waters,...More