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Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of the Asia Rebalance

  • Fri, 03/22/2013 - 23:34

Testimony of Daniel Baer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

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The Internet in China

  • Fri, 03/15/2013 - 11:21

The Chinese Communist Party runs one of the world’s biggest digital empires, if not the biggest. In the Middle Kingdom, all Internet access is owned by the state, which is usually another way of saying the Party.

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In Central Asia, China Casts a Long Shadow

  • Wed, 03/06/2013 - 11:25

Along its western border, China's influence is only beginning to grow.

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Revanchist China

  • Mon, 02/25/2013 - 19:38

In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, on February 22, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe informed the audience of officials, experts, and journalists that Japan is “back” and will not stand down in its ongoing sovereignty dispute with China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands.

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Westward Ho!

  • Mon, 02/11/2013 - 20:31

As America pivots east, China marches in the other direction.

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Is China Playing With American Fire?

  • Fri, 02/08/2013 - 22:32

China and the United States have mutual economic interests and a common global agenda in many areas.

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CHINA: Should religious freedom be a "core interest"?

  • Thu, 02/07/2013 - 19:35

Why does the Chinese state adopt measures that result in freedom of religion and belief violations?

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China's Iron Silk Road

  • Wed, 02/06/2013 - 19:47

As US and NATO forces pull out of Afghanistan, China is moving in with investment and diplomatic capital.

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Decision time for Central Asia: Russia or China?

  • Fri, 01/25/2013 - 21:02

Vladimir Putin’s attempts to draw the countries of central Asia into his fledgling Eurasian Union creates a dilemma for some of them: if they take up his offer, they might lose their valuable trading links with China. Li Lifan and Raffaello Pantucci discuss their options.

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China in Revolution and War

  • Thu, 01/17/2013 - 22:03

Several serious problems in China could trigger a major crisis, potentially igniting either a domestic revolution or foreign war.

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