Coming up any day now is the G20 meeting in India, and Mr Xi will not be in attendance. There has been lots of speculation as to what this means. One possibility is that he doesn’t feel comf... Read more
For decades, the Chinese government’s position on the South China Sea has been based on a dashed line drawn on a map in 1946 by Republic of China officials. Originally it was 11 dashes, deli... Read more
The pinnacle of Chinese philosophy is Taoism, which includes the concept of wuwei, basically meaning “action through inaction.” That is, doing nothing is in itself an act that has an im... Read more
The economic news this week continued to be gloomy, and the property sector feels ever more like it is descending into a deep hole from which there is no easy way out. There are indicat... Read more
The mystery of the missing Foreign Minister Qin Gang was partially resolved with his removal from his ministerial post, but the question of what the hell happened remains. His predecessor be... Read more
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