China China’s interference in Taiwan’s elections: Responses from Taiwan and the US December 10, 2019 1 Image Credit: Photo by 總統府/Flickr, license CC BY 2.0. Written by Yu-Hua Chen. In January 2020 Taiwan will elect its president for the next four…
ASEAN A fraught and frightening future? Southeast Asia under the shadow of Trump’s America and Xi’s China January 14, 2019 0 Written by Ja Ian Chong. If the tumult from last November’s APEC Summit in Papua New Guinea is any indication, then Southeast Asia seems set…
Taiwan The ‘Taiwan card’ and its role in U.S.-China relations October 1, 2018 1 Written by Joseph Bosco. When two U.S. Navy destroyers passed through the international waters of the Taiwan Strait in early July, the head of China’s…
China Managing #MAGA in Sino-US trade relations May 23, 2018 0 Written by Winnie King. The concept of “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) is at the foundation of Trump’s electoral success and his economic policy. Under…
China Recent U.S. Congressional Committee Hearings on China’s Military May 14, 2018 0 Written by Bert Chapman. U.S. congressional committees play an important role in U.S. government policymaking due to their legislative, oversight, war declaration, and funding authorities…
China US-China tariffs in an interconnected world May 11, 2018 0 Written by Greg C. Wright. On March 22, the Trump administration lobbed its second volley in a planned escalation of punitive trade measures against America’s…
China Trade war, ‘Made in China’ and the battle for supremacy May 10, 2018 1 Written by Qing Shan Ding. Despite the Chinese government repeatedly commenting that they do not want a trade war with the US, the situation seems…
China U.S.–China trade: Jockeying for influence May 9, 2018 0 Written by Charles Hankla. As the United States and China clash over trade, we are witnessing the volatile interaction of two great powers, each in…
China China-U.S. turmoil: Bigger than Trump, more than a trade dispute May 8, 2018 2 Written by Charles Burton. The unprecedented high-level delegation to Beijing led by the US Treasury Secretary and the U.S.’s hardest liners on China trade including…
China “Trade War” in the Offing? May 7, 2018 0 Written by John Weeks. Of all the sub-fields of mainstream economics, the analysis of international trade stands out as the most ideological and myth-laden. Most…