China’s Slick Master Plan: A Bullet-Train Dynasty

It is often observed in China that, the worse the economy, the more active the nation's railway building becomes. A flurry of new high-speed rail (HSR) announcements, domestic and international, might suggest that policymakers are worried. Indicators like electricity, freight, steel and wholesale price deflation all invite state-directed fiscal stimulus. […]



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US Pressures China to Kill Asia-Pacific Free Trade Agreement Talks

Last week, in the official preview of the APEC summit given by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi noted that China wants forward progress on the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area (FTAAP). However, a recent report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that the U.S. is trying to shut down those discussions. […]



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Beijing’s Rough Rider: Is Xi Jinping China’s Teddy Roosevelt?

Is Xi Jinping China’s Teddy Roosevelt? The very question elicits giggles. A Chinese Communist Party apparatchik could scarcely constitute the second coming of a progressive New York Republican from a century ago. Or could he? Not in terms of personal background. Differences are legion—even apart from the sociopolitical gulf separating […]



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Why China Won Mexico’s High-Speed Rail Project

The government of Mexico announced that it has chosen China Railway Corp to build a high-speed rail line connecting the capital of Mexico City with Queretaro, a manufacturing city 210 km to the north. The project is slated to start in December and the line is expected to begin operation […]



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Fighting Ebola Needs Joint Effort by the US and China

The Ebola epidemic has been in international headlines for months now, and as a result, many countries are coming to the aid of West Africa to help fight this fatal outbreak. Dr. He Wenping argues that China and the U.S. should help fund research and medical teams in afflicted nations.



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The Axiom Report: Cybersecurity and Its Impact on China-US Relations

As President Barack Obama prepares to travel to Beijing this month to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the unresolved issue of cybersecurity continues to affect bilateral relations and increase tensions between the two nations.



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China and Japan’s Real Problem: Enter the Fairness Dilemma

Relations between Japan and China have deteriorated steadily since 2012, when the disagreement over who owns some small islands in the East China Sea moved to the front of their bilateral agenda. China made nearly 200 incursions into territorial waters around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in 2013, “compared to two […]



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