They are never reported in the official New China News Agency. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or government spokesmen would not even confirm that the so-called Beidaihe conferences exist. Yet every summer since the 1980s, senior leaders from Beijing and the regions have gathered at a... MORE

By David G. Wiencek The South China Sea is a potential international security flashpoint stemming primarily from several significant territorial disputes between the countries of the region. But recent attention in this area has focused on a different set of concerns. On April 1, 2001,... MORE

By Arthur Waldron As the Jamestown Foundation inaugurates its coverage of China it may be worth considering the parallels-and the differences-between the Soviet Union of a dozen years ago and the People's Republic of China today. In particular, let us ask whether China's future may... MORE

By Willy Wo-Lap Lam One of the favorite sayings in Beijing's political circles compares the achievements of the three "leadership cores." "Mao Zedong, the core of the first generation leadership, created heaven and earth," so goes the bon mot. "Deng Xiaoping, the core of the... MORE

By Richard D. Fisher, Jr. President George W. Bush's decision to seek a European conventional submarine design to sell to Taiwan, and the brusque refusal of two European countries to do so, highlights Europe's increasing conflicts about arms sales to China and Taiwan. As a... MORE

By David G. Wiencek Maritime piracy is a security threat well known in Asia, where pirates have been active throughout history along the coast of China and in the seas of Southeast Asia. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, international attention was drawn to... MORE