President Hu Jintao on Monday praised China-US relations, highlighted recent progress in ties and called for both sides to “abandon the zero-sum Cold War mentality” for a better future. “We both stand to gain from…
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China and the United States on Monday agreed to jointly reduce the risk of “miscalculation” between the two powerful armed forces, as they restore military ties frayed by a massive US arms deal to Taiwan…
Beijing on Thursday reiterated its support for talks between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) after Seoul signaled a desire to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. “Talks…
Recent events in East Asia within the last few weeks now gradually confirm widespread speculations from ‘dissident’ writers and several alternative media outlets that a plot to destabilize China and the Asia Pacific region as a…
Alfred-Charles Co (许有泉) BEIJING—(October 25, 2010,–M4relay)– Just recently, two of my cousins fell out of favor with my uncle and are on the verge of being disowned. One fought for a career outside the family…
*The Sordid Story Behind the Peace Prize Scandal BEIJING—Until Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize, most outsiders probably thought that Norway is a small, peaceful and happy country with fjords and salmon. Some still…
By Anna Varfolomeeva BEIJING— (October 15, 2010 —M4relay) — Turkey is making a turn in its politics. The country is staking on China, but not NATO and its allies. The Turkish and Chinese air forces…
Awarding the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize to a person who is guilty of inciting subversion for constituted authority is nothing less than a deliberate attempt to destabilize the same authority to which Liu Xiaobo is guilty of working against.
Overview – first installment in a series on regional security BEIJING – Twice now, the U.S. Seventh Fleet has tried to dispatch the super-carrier USS George Washington, based in Yokosuka, into the Yellow Sea for…
“We have about 50% of the world’s wealth but only 6.3% of its population… In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our attention will