China can Act as ‘Constructive Mediator’ in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
By Chang Kung and He Jun
While conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues raging on, the pace of what Kremlin calls a "special military operation"...
The Unwarranted War
By Dr Dan Steinbock
To Russia and Ukraine, the crisis is an existential issue. To the US and NATO, it's a regime-change game. To Europe,...
Ukraine Conflict: The Pros and Cons of China as Global Peace Mediator
By Dr Zeno Leoni
Some early indications suggest that China may want to negotiate on behalf of the rest of the world with Russia on...
Peace: An Unneglectable Hard Power
By Chan Kung
Ukraine’s peace efforts have just ended up in failure.
Many countries, including China, have demanded peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, and Chinese...
Beijing Olympics May Get Points for Boosting China’s International reputation, But Games are Definitely...
The 2022 Winter Games in Beijing provide many benefits for China, and really don’t have any downsides for the country.
For China’s leader, Xi Jinping,...
Russia and China’s Growing ‘Friendship’ is More a Public Relations Exercise Than a New...
By Marcin Kaczmarski and Natasha Kuhrt
Against the backdrop of a western diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China and Russia have marked the...
The Costly RCEP Ratification Debacle of the Philippine Senate
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
President Duterte initiated the RCEP deal in early September. Without Senate ratification, the country is about to lose hundreds of millions...
‘One China’ Principle: What This Interesting Aspect of Diplomacy Means for China and Taiwan
By Colin Alexander
The tense triangular relationship between the US, China and Taiwan has emerged once again amid escalating military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The status...
China: Don’t Mistake Xi Jinping’s Crackdowns for a Second Cultural Revolution
Mao Zedong, when he was close to death in the mid-1970s, told those around him that he regarded his two greatest achievements as establishing...
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...
