China
A Chinese Marshall Plan for Europe—Don’t bank on it
November 01, 2011By Joe Quinlan/ GMF/ Washington, DC -- The past three years have been very good for China. No country has emerged from the ashes of the 2008 U.S.-led financial crisis stronger and more influential than China. Beijing’s international reserves are...
Russia’s Putin Proposes a “Eurasian Union” — But it’s all about Gas
October 07, 2011By Alina Inayeh/ BUCHAREST -- In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy goal: the creation of a “Eurasian Union...
Global economic downturn: A crisis of political economy
August 09, 2011By George Friedman* Classical political economists like Adam Smith or David Ricardo never used the term “economy” by itself. They always used the term “political economy.” For classical economists, it was impossible to understand...
Barack Obama meets with the Tibetan separatist, Dalai Lama XIV, in spite of China's anger
July 17, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Despite all the requests, appeals, protests and outrages from Beijing the U.S. president Barack Obama met Dalai Lama XIV, Tibet’s spiritual leader, in the White House. The Chinese authorities have...
Vietnam plans live-fire drill amid South China Sea row
June 10, 2011Vietnam has said it will hold live-fire exercises in the South China Sea amid escalating tensions with China over disputed waters. Vietnam warned vessels to stay out of the area off its central coast when it conducts the drills on Monday. It follows...
China rebuffs UN plea over 'disappeared' Tibetan monks
June 09, 2011China has denied claims by the UN that some 300 monks from a Tibetan monastery may have been illegally detained over the past three months. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said there had been no "enforced disappearances" at the Kirti monastery...
China aircraft carrier confirmed by general
June 08, 2011The head of China's General Staff of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed that China's first aircraft carrier is under construction. Gen Chen Bingde refused to say when the carrier - a remodelled Soviet-era vessel, the Varyag - would be ready...
Chinese president criticizes France about Libya bombing
March 31, 2011Chinese President Hu Jintao has warned that coalition airstrikes on Libya could violate the spirit of the UN resolution on the North African country if civilians are killed in the process. Speaking at a press conference with visiting French President...
Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama to devolve political role
March 10, 2011Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has announced a long-awaited plan to devolve his political responsibilities to an elected figure. The Dalai Lama said he would begin the formal process of stepping down at a meeting of the Tibetan parliament...
Japan protest over 'dangerous' China helicopter fly-by
March 08, 2011Japan has lodged a formal protest after a Chinese helicopter flew close to its destroyer in the East China Sea. The Japanese ship was on patrol near a disputed gas field that both countries want to exploit. It is the latest in a series of tense confrontations...