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  • Asia in the State of the Union 2015: Follow Our Rules

    Live updating has stopped. Introductory thought: Like last year, China is set up as a competitor or even a rival in this speech, with the exception of a nod to the U.S.–China climate deal. For the most part, in the passages below that mention China and/or allude to Asia-Pacific issues, the vision of U.S. relations with China…

  • Headlines hail ‘Sunnylands 2,’ but US government is equivocal

    Robert S. Wang, formerly the No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Beijing and now the senior U.S. official for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), told reporters in Washington Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama would remain in Beijing for a one-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 12, following the APEC Leaders Summit to…

  • Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive not a factional struggle, or not one we recognize?

    Cheng Li, director of the Thornton China Center at Brookings, and his assistant director Ryan McElveen argue at China-US Focus that Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive is genuinely the most significant ever in the People’s Republic of China. They also seek to refute speculation that Xi is simply trying to eliminate competitors from one or more…

  • Site undergoing repairs

    Hello, This site is undergoing repairs and some functions may not be stable for a few days. I hope to have everything back to normal by the end of this week. ~Graham

  • Pictures of Obama, Xi, Abe, and others hobnobbing in The Hague

    White House transcript of remarks by Obama and Xi is here. Obama’s team standing off-camera. Danny Russel, Susan Rice, John Kerry. Is Evan Medeiros behind Russel? Is Xi following Obama’s lead with the jacket buttoning? Xi’s team in a meeting with the Dutch Parliament. Wonder who decided these two should sit next to one another:…