How to Deal With Chinese Assertiveness: It’s Time to Impose Costs. “China’s reemergence as a wealthy and powerful nation is a fact. In recent decades its rise has been unprecedented, moving from the tenth-largest economy in 1990, to the sixth-largest economy in 2001, to the second-largest economy in...
The False Promise of Chinese Integration Into the Liberal International Order. “Three weeks ago, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit concluded with a diplomatic bang. On November 12, President Obama and President Xi announced a “historic” climate-change pledge, as well as deals on mi...
Hong Kong Protests: Occupy Central Founders to Surrender to Police. “Three founders of the pro-democracy protest group Occupy Central with Love and Peace called on Tuesday for students to end their occupation of city streets, even as student leaders vowed to continue protests. The middle-aged leader...
