Volume 13 Issue 18

Articles from Volume 13 Issue 18

Charting Course for 2014 Elections, Taiwanese Opposition Debates China Policy

09.12.2013 Jessica Drun

The leaders of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have spent the summer in discussion and negotiation over the Party's China policy, trying to establish a...

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Russo-China Naval Exercises: Dragging Moscow into China’s Territorial Disputes?

09.12.2013 Stephen Blank

From July 5 to 12 the Chinese and Russian navies participated in a joint exercise called “Joint Sea 2013.” This was the first of two...

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China’s Energy Development in the East China Sea

09.12.2013 James Manicom

China is doubling down on its hydrocarbon resource development in the East China Sea. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) wants to double overall...

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Legal Reform in China: An Empty Ritual

09.12.2013

The sensational trial of former Chongqing party secretary and Politburo member Bo Xilai—and growing speculation that former member of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) member...

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China criticizes American action on Syria, but shows little interest in the result

09.12.2013 David Cohen

In the telling of China’s official media, the proposed U.S. strike on Syria is a war in search of a pretext, yet another instance in...

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