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Post #140: The Diplomacy of Donald J. Trump

27 Dec 201627 Feb 2017
Oblivious to Tradition and Good Sense Those of us who appreciate the unconventional have to have second thoughts after watching Donald J. Trump in action.  All the more so when…
American Politics and the World…

Post #126: How Trump Deals

16 Aug 201627 Feb 2017
The revelation from a New York Times investigation that Donald Trump’s chief campaign adviser, Paul Manafort, was on the take with the former pro-Russian Ukraine president should come as no…
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Post #122: China’s Bad Day in Court

13 Jul 201627 Feb 2017
As had been widely expected, the Permanent Court of Arbitration under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ruled on July 12 in favor of the Philippines’…
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Post #119 – Too Close for Comfort: The Dangerous US-China Maritime Dispute

11 Jun 201627 Feb 2017
The Background              Two recent close encounters between US spy planes and Chinese jets spell trouble for relations between Washington and Beijing.  The first occurred over the South China Sea…
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Post #111: China–Broken Rice Bowls, Stifled Voices

23 Mar 201627 Feb 2017
Amidst the economic downturn in China, two developments that are not “in the human interest” stand out: rising unemployment among workers in state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and repression of criticism of…
American Politics and the World…

Post #110: Trump and China

15 Mar 201627 Feb 2017
Donald Trump says he “knows” China. He “likes” China, in fact “loves” China.  And so long as the Chinese do exactly as he wants, he’ll continue loving China.  And that’s…
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Post #100: China in Paris

7 Dec 201527 Feb 2017
Xi Jinping is a lucky man: He got to spend a few days in Paris, at the UN Conference on Climate Change, while his fellow Beijingers suffered under some of…
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Post #98: Reality Check on China

13 Nov 201527 Feb 2017
Will the real China please stand up?  In the US media, most stories about China raise questions that amount to threat-mongering.  How can China’s “aggressiveness” in the South China Sea…
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Post #80: The Looming US-China Crisis in the South China Sea

10 Jun 201527 Feb 2017
The long-running, multi-party dispute over control of islets in the South China Sea (SCS) is worsening both in rhetoric and provocative activity.  (For background, see my posts #23 and 41.)…
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Post #69 – Crime and Punishment in China: The Underside of Reforms

8 Mar 201527 Feb 2017
China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, is vigorously carrying out a campaign against corruption.  The targets have been high-ranking party and military officials, past and present; province and other local officials;…
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Post #60 – China’s Triangle Diplomacy

26 Dec 201427 Feb 2017
Back in the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, the “strategic triangle” with the Soviet Union and China was the great game.  The idea was to play off the…
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Post #58 – The Abe-Xi Mini-Summit: A Positive Moment

14 Dec 201427 Feb 2017
The Chinese have a diplomatic tradition of “drawing from strength to offset weakness” (qu chang bu duan). The tradition was on display recently when China’s President Xi Jinping met with…
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Post #48 – Hong Kong on the Brink

5 Oct 201427 Feb 2017
The tense situation in Hong Kong is at a critical juncture.  The protesters have made plain that they are there to stay, though their numbers are dwindling.  They are demanding…
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Post #41 – The US-China Tangle Over the South China Sea

21 Aug 201427 Feb 2017
The best way to describe the latest round of U.S.-China dispute over the South China Sea (SCS) is “déjà vu all over again.”  (See post #23 for background.)  The setting…
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Post #35 – Mr. Xi Goes to Seoul

17 Jul 201427 Feb 2017
China and Korea watchers jumped to attention when it was announced that Xi Jinping would visit South Korea from July 3-4, rather than visit North Korea first.  Although the trip…
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Post #23 – Trouble at Sea: China Confronts Its Neighbors Over Sovereignty and Resources

26 May 201427 Feb 2017
Trouble is again brewing in the South China Sea (SCS), where six nations compete for control over tiny atolls—the Paracel and Spratly Islands—that probably sit atop important gas and oil…
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Post #19 – China on the Mind: Obama’s Asia Trip

5 May 201427 Feb 2017
In post #17 I analyzed the Japan portion of President Obama's Asia trip.  Following is a fuller assessment of the entire trip. Obama arrived in an Asia torn by grief. …
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Post #17 – Obama in Japan: A Missed Opportunity for Conflict Prevention

25 Apr 201427 Feb 2017
Most impartial observers of the China-Japan imbroglio over tiny islands claimed by both in the East China Sea—known in Japan as Senkaku and in China as Diaoyu—believe it has reached…
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Post #6 China Threat? The Military Side of US-China Relations

11 Mar 201427 Feb 2017
Looking back over the history of the US-USSR Cold War competition, two aspects stand out: first, the USSR’s inability to catch up with the US in strategic weapons capability; second,…

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