By Carl Thayer The Hainan provincial government’s announcement last December that foreign ships transiting through waters within the nine-dash line area claimed by China must get permission from the relevant Chinese authorities is a major escalation of China’s claims in…
By the CSIS Asia Team: Michael Green, Nicholas Szechenyi, Victor Cha, Bonnie Glaser & Christopher Johnson The People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced the creation of the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)…
By Ernie Bower We are waking up in a Washington, DC that has seriously eroded its standing in Asia with the cancellation of the president’s trip and may be about to test global financial markets by playing Russian roulette with a debt…
By Rupakjyoti Borah India’s decision to stand up a new mountain strike corps of more than 45,000 soldiers for deployment along the India-China border — at a cost of approximately $11 billion over seven years — is one of the…
By Curtis Yibing Che & David A. Parker Beijing-based Caijing Magazine and the China Center for Urban Development recently cohosted the 2013 China Urban Development Forum, an event where high-profile domestic and international experts gathered to publicly debate the future…
Who is he? Li Keqiang serves as Premier of the People’s Republic of China, where he oversees the State Council, China’s cabinet. He concurrently holds the number two position on the Politburo Standing Committee, China’s top decision making body, ranking…
By Katherine Sliney On the heels of a tense, three-week standoff between China and India over disputed territory, Premier Li Keqiang landed in New Delhi on May 19, on his first overseas visit from China since assuming office in March.…
