A Balancing Power: Indonesia Needs to Focus First on Ensuring G20 Run Smoothly Amid...
By Mireille Marcia Karman
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has threatened the success of this November’s G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
The Indonesian government is under the impression...
India, China Face Trade Choices
By Dan Steinbock
In the coming years, China and India must decide whether their bilateral ties will be based on economic cooperation, political facilitation and...
Is China Building Africa?
By Zhengli Huang and Xiangming Chen
In this article, the authors address the question “Is China Building Africa?” by examining the true nature of China’s...
Flawed human information processing, magic pipers and our conscience
By Bernard Yeung
Fierce competition between dominant countries leads to accusatory narratives, creating intense but dysfunctional crowd emotions. Flawed human behaviour allows a big gap...
US-China Tensions: How Africa Can Avoid Being Caught in a New Cold War
By John J Stremlau
China’s foreign ministry published a 4,000-word analysis entitled US Hegemony and its Perils on 20 February. It’s an indictment of alleged US foreign...
China, the Future and it’s Challengers
By Miguel A. Ariño & Mª Luisa Blazquez
Although the economic and social evolution of China in the last three decades has been remarkable, there...
China’s leaders are strong and emboldened. It’s wrong to see them as weak and...
By Saul Eslake
There’s an emerging view that China’s belligerent approach and “torching” of diplomatic relationships with the wider world is a sign of “insecurity...
The Trump-Xi Summit Paves the Way to New Realism in US-Chinese Trade
By Dan Steinbock
Despite preliminary pessimism, the Trump-Xi Summit showed greater trade pragmatism than initially expected, even though it was overshadowed by a raw...
PH 2022 Getting Ugly: Deep Divides, Xenophobia, US-China Tensions
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Overshadowed by US-Sino friction and xenophobic rhetoric, the 2022 election campaigns are getting ugly. Old elites hope to derail leading candidates...
Trump Protectionism, Trade Chief Peter Navarro and – The Quest To Demonise China
By Dan Steinbock
While most Americans view China as friendly though not as an ally, those who favour demonising China seek to change both perceptions...
