Wife of Missing Taiwan Activist Told that Local Security Officials Mistakenly Detained Husband
on April 12, 2017
Is Trump Backing Down on China?
on April 11, 2017
The president last year compared China’s economic behavior to “rape.” Now he says he and Xi are “in the process of getting along very well.”
Ashley J. Tellis
on April 11, 2017
Ashley J. Tellis is a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues. While on assignment to the U.S. Department of State as Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India.
Previously, he was commissioned into the Foreign Service and served as Senior Adviser to the Ambassador at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi. Tellis also served on the National Security Council staff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning and Southwest Asia. Prior to his government service, Tellis was a Senior Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation and a Professor of Policy Analysis at the RAND Graduate School.
Trump and Xi’s First Meeting
A China in the World Podcast
on April 11, 2017
All eyes are on Mar-a-Lago this week, where Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet for the first time. The summit is expected to be heavy on symbolism rather than on concrete deliverables, but the ability to set a positive tone and foundation for the relationship will nevertheless be significant. Ahead of this meeting, Paul Haenle discussed the Trump administration’s foreign policy in its early months and expected outcomes for the Trump-Xi meeting with Ashley J.
China and South Korea Said to Promise Tougher Sanctions if North Conducts Tests
on April 10, 2017
China and South Korea agreed on Monday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea if it carries out nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests
U.S. Reroutes Warships toward Korean Peninsula in Show of Force
on April 10, 2017
The commander of American forces in the Pacific has ordered an aircraft carrier and several other warships toward the Korean Peninsula in a show of force by the Trump administration
Wife of Detained Activist from Taiwan Is Barred from China
on April 10, 2017
China’s Ministry of Public Security has barred the wife of a detained Taiwan-born rights activist from flying to Beijing on Monday, adding to the drama surrounding the man’s disappearance after he entered China more than three weeks ago.
After Xi Leaves U.S., Chinese Media Assail Strike on Syria
on April 10, 2017
With President Xi Jinping safely out of the United States and no longer President Trump’s guest, China’s state-run media on Saturday was free to denounce the missile strike on Syria.