Uncertainty,the Only Certainty for Afghanistan

正Afghanistan is the battlefield where the U.S.army fought the longest overseas.Since U.S.President Joe Biden took office in January,the war's future course has come in the spotlight.According to an agreement signed between the Donald Trump administration and the Taliban in late February 2020,the U.S.     

China Can Maintain Its Economic Growth

正EARLIER this year sections of the Western media tried to spin a story that the world economy was experiencing"severe slowdown in China"and"strong recovery in the U.S."In other words,China’s economy was allegedly in trouble and the U.S.was doing well.Now that the factual data is in for the fi rst half of the year it shows the opposite was true.China’s economic growth was 7.5 percent to the second quarter of 2014;that of the U.S.was 2.4 percent.China’s economy thus grew more than three times as fast as the U.S.’s.Still more signifi cantly for the U.S.,its own statistical agencies and the IMF have offi cially revised their projections for long-term U.S.growth.Both now estimate it at     

The Economy Matters More

正Special U.S.-ASEAN meeting ducks declaration on the South China Sea U.S.President Barack Obama announced a new U.S.-ASEAN Connect initiative at the two-day U.S.-ASEAN leaders’meeting held at the Sunnylands Center in Rancho Mirage,California,on February 16.The initiative     

The ‘Green' China Hand

正The new U.S.ambassador has deep connections butlittle experience in managing Sino-U.S.relations On February 21,the day of former U.S.Senator Max Baucus’swearing in as the country’s new ambassador to China,U.S.President Barack Obama caused a ruckus by meeting with the Dalai Lama,a move that Beijing said caused damage to bilateral relations.Although most Chinese analysts on U.S.studies have a positive view of the senior U.S.politician,the complicated Sino-U.S.relationship may mean that the latest incarnation of his political life will not be an easy one.     

Unfounded Accusation

The U.S. Department of the Treasury officially designated China a"currency manipulator" on August 5. The designation followed the Chinese yuan(renminbi),both onshore and offshore,falling beyond 7 against the U.S. dollar the same day, making Chinese exports cheaper in the U.S.     

Confidence in Chinese Economy

On August 24, the U.S. announced that it would raise tariffs on about $550 billion worth of Chinese exports to the U.S. by an additional 5 percent. The U.S. move harms both countries’ interests, threatens the security of ttie global industrial and supply chains, and drags down global trade and world economic growth. China has urged the U.S. not to miscalculate the situation.     

MARKET WATCH

U.S.Treasuries Shed China trimmed its holdings of U.S.Treasury securities in June to ＄843.7 billion,according to the U.S.Department of the Treasury.     

Diplomacy as Usual

<正>Trump brushes up U.S.policy on the Middle East with his first trip abroad U.S.President Donald Trump chose Saudi Arabia,the most important U.S.ally in the Gulf area,as the first stop of his maiden trip abroad since he took office in January.In the past,other U.S.presidents would normally make their first foreign trip to a European or American     

Pretexts for Intervention

正Since taking office the Joe Biden administration has made no clear statement about U.S. Middle East strategy, indicating there will probably be no major changes for the time being, and the evacuation of U.S.troops from Afghanistan is unlikely to change the U.S. mindset.     

The False Narrative On Basic Rights

正The U.S. has made human rights a central component of its foreign policy since the Jimmy Carter administration(1977-81). Carter, seeking to improve the international image of the U.S. in the aftermath of the Viet Nam War, criticized human rights abuses and the lack of political freedoms in various U.S.-allied dictatorships, including Chile and Nicaragua. Such criticisms were designed not only to enhance the reputation of the U.S. internationally but also to buttress and give credibility to its ongoing ideological warfare against the socialist world.     

Standing Firm

<正>China should remain resolute in the face of shifting U.S. policy Is China really"the most serious long-term challenge to the international order"as U.S.Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserts?Does competition remain the crux of the ChinaU.S.relationship?Is the U.S.trying to mobilize allies in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe to increase competition with China?     

Legal-Ease The Sarbanes-Oxley Act''''s Implications fof U.S. Companies in China

If you are running a listed U.S. company in China, you need to take account of U.S. legislation as well as the Chinese variety, notably the new Sarbanes-Oxley Act on corporate gover- nance. One important implication of the act is that if you are a U.S. company, your Chinese based accountants, whether local or foreign, must be registered with the U.S. authorities. Here, we provide a detailed explanation of the act and its implications.     

2019's Top 10 World News Stories

正1 Sino-U.S. Trade Friction Evolved Trade friction between China and the U.S. continued throughout 2019, with ups and downs in bilateral negotiations becoming the new normal. The U.S. deepened its technology restrictions against China. In May, the U.S. Department of Commerce added Huawei to its Entity     

Li Keqiang Meets U.S.Treasury Secretary

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Jacob Lew,special representative of the U.S.President and the U.S.Treasury Secretary,in Beijing on February 29,2016.Li said that China became the largest trading partner of the U.S.last year.According to Li,China was ready for closer     

When Politics Trumps Facts

正The world gets tired of the U.S. ‘Wuhan lab leak' claim ‘They(the U.S.) have been saying that for almost a year. If there is real evidence, then it's the responsibility of the U.S. to share it," Marion Koopmans, a top virologist, told the BBC on May 27, when asked about her opinion on a recent U.S. report claiming it was "plausible" that the coronavirus had been leaked from a Wuhan lab.     

Sub-National Contacts Deepen China-U.S. Relations

DURING President Hu Jintao's state visit to the U.S. in January, China and the U.S. signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Establishing China-U.S. Governors Forum to Promote Sub-na- tional Cooperation. The memorandum supports the estab- lishment of a China-U.S. Governors     

MARKET WATCH

TO THE POINT: The U.S. financial crisis swept across the world and shook the very foundations of the global financial system. Mainland stock markets plunged on the news of the U.S. financial catastrophe and dived to new lows. Some Chinese financial institutions disclosed that they held bonds issued by the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, which declared bankruptcy. China accumulated more U.S. Treasury bonds in July after observing a U.S. dollar rebound. The domestic property market underwent a correction period after two years of housing price surges. Despite the global financial agony, China still remained attractive to foreign companies. The American conglomerate General Electric said it planned to set up five new regional headquarters in the country.     

MARKET WATCH

U.S.Paying the Price All U.S.companies related to the $6.4billion arms sales to Taiwan will lose large orders from the Chinese mainland.     

PARTNERS IN DEfENSE

Understanding the risks and rewards of closer Sino-U.S. military ties One of the fruits to have emerged from the first summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama is the official acceptance of the U.S. invitation to the People’s Liberation     

America's Next Ambassador

<正>Recently nominated U.S.Ambassador to China Gary Locke will face challenges in bridging Sino-U.S.relations Recently,U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S.ambassador to China.Locke,once approved by the U.S.Congress,will replace current Ambassador Jon Huntsman in