Time to rebuild China-US trust [Straits Times] #SinoAmerica #RisingChina
A time to set a new example for the status quo? - – - Time to rebuild China-US trust Editorial Source – Straits Times, published May 27, 2013 SUSPICION has overtaken trust in Sino-American ties in...
View ArticleOpinion: Coming to terms with China’s rise [Straits Times] #RisingChina...
An Australian + Singapore perspective on the concert of nations in the contemporary multipolar status quo. Asad Latif with a book review of Australia National University Professor Hugh Whites’s The...
View ArticleOnce China catches up – what then? [Straits Times] #RisingChina
Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew on China’s economic prowess, cultural handicaps and the balance of power in the Pacific. ‘I believe that during the next 30 years, the Chinese will have no desire to enter into...
View ArticleChina officials slam themselves – on TV [Straits Times] #RisingChina...
China: reflexive days ahead? Also, see Sweating and on the verge of tears: Chinese officials carry out self-criticism on TV by Zhang Hong (South China Morning Post) - – - China officials slam...
View ArticleBY INVITATION: The slow boat in China is good for the region [Straits Times]...
East Asia Institute professional fellow John Wong with an overview on China’s rejigging of its growth rhetoric and how ASEAN stands to benefit. China has sustained hyper growth for more than 30 years....
View ArticleGreater US-China ties can cut both ways [Straits Times]
A greater engagement between the two countries is helpful, but it is a double-edged sword. Certainly, better understanding between leaders reduces the risk of greater distrust. But it could also expect...
View ArticleBeing Chinese in South-east Asia [Straits Times] #RisingChina #OverseasChinese
Once overshadowed by ethnic branding and stereotypes… This book disproves the lie that the Chinese cannot be integrated because of their racial exclusivity, their loyalty by default to China, and the...
View ArticleHow Mao created China’s capitalist revolution [Straits Times] #RisingChina...
Reform made of sterner stuff… crossing China’s ideological chasm from the old to new. One of the most interesting and paradoxical explanations originates with Mao, the very person who had such a...
View ArticleChinese ship takes shorter Arctic Route [Straits Times] #RisingChina...
To complement its string of pearls: China eyes the Bering Strait and Russian coastline to solidify access to the European market worth US$550 billion in two-way trade last year. Made navigable by...
View ArticleBeijing’s Haidian district Rooftop Villa floors residents [Straits Times]...
Faux mountain on an apartment block: Another reminder why China needs a sterner hand to govern, perhaps. For more see also: Beijing professor builds illegal mountain villa on rooftop of apartment block...
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