The Myth of a Valueless China

As part of its Richer World series, the BBC recently ran exclusive footage of a former senior Chinese Communist Party official meeting with the Dalai Lama in 2012, two years after the last formal talks between the two sides, and praying at a personal shrine he had constructed in his […]



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Activists take on passivists in HK share spat

Activists are taking on Hong Kong’s investor passivism. Hedge fund Elliott Management has mounted a legal challenge to Bank of East Asia, raising questions about the ease with which companies can issue slabs of stock to friendly shareholders. Investors can theoretically stop such deals from happening, but often don’t. That […]



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Being Chinese in Singapore

Festooned with red lanterns and banners bearing auspicious messages, the ornate façade of the 19th-century Thian Hock Keng temple in downtown Singapore seems even more flamboyant than usual. The temple is readying itself for its busiest time of the year: Over the next few weeks thousands of worshipers will make […]



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No, India’s Isn’t Growing Like China

India bulls are ecstatic. According to revised gross domestic product numbers released earlier this week, the country will expand 7.4 percent in the year through March — on par with rival China. Never mind that most other indicators — from manufacturing to trade to corporate investment — seem to show […]



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China and Vietnam Require More Meaningful Efforts to Manage Disputes

This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam. Vietnam and China have tried, with some success, to iron out their differences through high-level talks, but far more needs to be done to avert another dramatic and detrimental maritime incident as the world saw play out with the 2014 drilling rig crisis.



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Eurozone’s Collapse: China’s Geopolitical Nightmare?

A Greek exit from the EU would lead to increased instability in Europe. Yet, it may present opportunity for China, the U.S. EU, and IMF to engage together in a summit to safeguard the stability of the Eurozone and shape a global norm on tax evasion and tax heavens that have adversely affected insolvent states like Greece.



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Enlarging Role of China in U.S. Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy Reports outlined the U.S. interests in the world, and was more cautious than the 2010 report in addressing sensitive topics for China, stressing that cooperation is beneficial for its national security. The U.S. still views China as a rival, though, and should keep with the global trend of common interest rather than zero-sum.



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