China and the Asia-Pacific
Transformations in China’s Soft Power toward ASEAN
November 24, 2008
Among U.S.-led like-minded alliances, a nascent China policy position has been formulated based on the idea of “international socialization” [1]. The idea is to enmesh states in a compound network structured by international...
PLAs Mechanization and Informationization Come of Age: Sharpening and Vanguard-2008
November 24, 2008
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is developing a force that resembles the efforts of the Soviet Army in East Germany in 1986, which was creating an Operational ‘Shock Division’ of three regiments with each regiment containing...
Arms Sales and the Future of U.S.-Taiwan-China Relations
November 24, 2008
The outgoing Bush Administration made an 11th hour decision to notify the U.S. Congress on October 3—a day before Congress went into recess ahead of the groundbreaking November presidential election in the United States—that a...
Beijing's Stimulus Plan: Preemptive Crisis Management
November 24, 2008
China’s $586 billion (4 trillion yuan) stimulus package, which was announced before last weekend’s G20 Summit in Washington, has been hailed as indicative of Beijing’s commitment to stave off further bleeding from the global...
China's Strategic Engagement with Latin America
November 24, 2008
Ten days before Chinese President Hu Jintao left Beijing to attend the G20 Summit hosted by President George W. Bush in Washington on November 15 (China Brief, November 7), Zhongnanhai released its first policy white paper on...
China’s Policy Toward Iran: Arms for Oil?
November 18, 2008Major powers deliberated on September 19 in Washington over a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran to curb its nuclear program, but deliberations ended with no firm commitments amid Chinese and Russian opposition to stronger...
Beijing’s Glorification of the “China Model” Could Blunt Its Enthusiasm for Reforms
November 18, 2008While Beijing has reiterated its willingness to help combat the international financial crisis, the Hu Jintao-Wen Jiabao administration has stopped short of making substantial commitments to the global rescue effort. This is...
China Cautious Toward G-20 Summit
November 18, 2008According to Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang, Chinese President Hu Jintao will attend the G20 Economic Summit to be held in Washington DC on November 15. At a press conference on November 4, Spokesperson Qin...
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