By Vijai K. Nair   For just over three years, from June 1998 to September 2001, Western governments overstated Pakistan's nuclear weapons capabilities and discredited India's. The result of this: the idea, whether more fiction or more fact, of a South Asian nuclear flashpoint. Pakistan,... MORE

By David G. Wiencek The interests of China, India and the United States are increasingly intersecting in the underreported war on terrorism in Nepal. Occupying a sensitive landlocked position, Nepal has traditionally sought to steer an independent course between its powerful neighbors. But today democracy... MORE

By Willy Wo-Lap Lam Vice President Hu Jintao and his entourage have put a most positive spin on his just-completed U.S. tour, but scanty coverage in the Chinese media seems to indicate that not much was accomplished. Shortly before he left the United States, Hu... MORE

Hu Jintao, heralded by both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal as the next "reformer" in the People's Republic of China, had the most muted high-level visit to Washington in memory. However, Hu took care to woo the business community. It is... MORE

By Jonathan Mirsky Last week President Bush welcomed to the White House China's prospective president, Vice President Hu Jintao, a man whose career and character are usually noted as virtually unknown. The New York Times recently described him as "blandly modern--never seen with a hair... MORE

By John Tkacik Taiwan Army Colonel Liu Kuan-chun is, by all accounts, a sleaze ball. Colonel Liu was a finance officer in the National Security Bureau (NSB), Taiwan's spy agency, and disappeared in September 2000 with several million U.S. dollars of espionage cash, sparking an... MORE

By Willy Wo-Lap Lam Vice President Hu Jintao has encountered some problems in factional infighting within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)--and this could affect his pivotal trip to the United States. It is important to note that while Hu is regarded as the heir-apparent of... MORE

By Baopu Liu The performance of Chinese Vice President Hu Jintao during his coming visit to the United States is largely predictable, because the boundaries that restrict his public showcase of personality and views are predefined and impossible to ignore. The foremost limitation is that... MORE

By Gordon G. Chang Forget the hype and follow the money. If you want to know the truth about China's growing equity markets, watch where the green is coming from. During the preceding three calendar years, Chinese companies raised an average of US$7.9 billion in... MORE

By Yihong Chang It has been fashionable for many Western analysts to discount the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) ability to mount an amphibious invasion of Taiwan, calling it a potential "million-man swim." But in the face of such doubts, the PLA is modernizing and strengthening... MORE