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Dealing With China, U.S. Needs to Separate Rhetoric From Reassurance

WSJ.com, November 7, 2014

As U.S. President Barack Obama gets ready to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing next week, relations between the world’s two largest economies are mired in a troubling inertia.

On issues ranging from heated territorial disputes with neighbors to harassment of the U.S. military in international air space, China shows no interest in backing down from challenging the U.S.-led order in Asia. The solution, many in Washington argue, is to strengthen U.S. resolve and capacity against Beijing, but it seems prudent to also ask: Has the Obama administration sent the proper reassurances to China that responsible behavior would be welcomed?

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China Has No Interest in Backing Down to the U.S.

WSJ.com, September 23, 2014

U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice visited China earlier this month to pave the way for President Barack Obama’s upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping after an Asia-Pacific trade summit in Beijing this November. Rice’s visit produced no breakthroughs, and each side walked away having voiced their gripes against the other.

In many ways, Rice’s visit was indicative of a Sino-American relationship that is currently fraught with tension. Prior to Obama’s November visit, his administration should do some serious soul searching about its China policy.

In the face of a rising and more assertive China, many in Washington have argued that the United States must demonstrate firmer resolve to force China to back down from challenging the U.S.-led security order in Asia. These recommendations are dangerous, Hugh White, professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University, because China is serious about challenging U.S. primacy in Asia and has no interest in backing down.

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One Way Out of Ferguson’s Desperation: Not Looting

The Daily Caller, August 26, 2014

The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, have finally calmed after two weeks of often violent protests against the deadly shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a police officer. Now is a good time to examine the claim made by a number of politicians and pundits that “root causes,” like poverty, poor education and racism, were the real culprits for Ferguson’s rioting.

Unlike many talking heads who sympathized with the rage of the protestors in Ferguson, I grew up in the inner city. I was outraged each day by the injustices I encountered, but I did not riot, loot, vandalize or commit arson. I went to troubled public schools and lived in poverty, but I ultimately prevailed. Perhaps those who gripe about social and racial injustice and pleaded for understanding for the mayhem in Ferguson should try to see the world from the perspective of law-abiding citizens who are the real victims when poor neighborhoods turn into zones of anarchy.

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Hong Kong’s Mass Rail Transit System and Lessons for China

, August 9, 2014

Lincoln Leong, deputy CEO of Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation, joins China Takes Over the World to talk about MTR’s delayed completion of Hong Kong’s express rail link to southern China, the company’s expansion outside of Hong Kong, and how MTR’s experience in Hong Kong may or may not apply to Mainland China’s efforts to modernize transportation infrastructure. Mr. Leong will become the acting chief executive of MTRC on August 16, 2014.

In the second half of this episode, we offer highlights of our show from the past six months.

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Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.

 

Is China Breaking International Law in the South China Sea?

, August 2, 2014

Is China breaking international law by refusing to participate in arbitration with the Philippines to resolve their territorial disputes in the South China Sea? And why are U.S.-China military ties improving amid rising tensions between China and U.S. allies in Asia?

China Takes Over the World discusses these issues with the following experts.

Julian Ku, Professor of Law & Faculty Director of International Programs, Hofstra University School of Law
Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs, International Assessment and Strategy Center

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Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.

 

China in the Arctic

, July 26, 2014

Since 2004, China has had a permanent land-based presence in the Arctic. It currently has multiple research stations in the region and deploys the largest non-nuclear ice breaker in the world. It also recently launched its 6th Arctic expedition. What are China’s strategic interests in the Arctic and how do Arctic powers view China’s expanded presence there?

The following guests join China Takes Over the World to discuss.

David Curtis Wright, Associate Professor, History Department, University of Calgary


Caitlin Campbell, Research Director and Security and Foreign Affairs Analyst, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, U.S. Congress

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China Shifts from North to South Korea

, July 19, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with South Korean President Park Geun-hye for their fifth official meeting. The latest summit marked the first time that a new president in China has visited South Korea before visiting China’s traditional ally North Korea. Does the Xi-Park courtship herald a new era in China-South Korea relations and regional politics?

China Takes Over the World discusses these issues with Dr. Jonathan Pollack, a senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center and the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Meanwhile in Africa, many have accused China of engaging in a resource grab, or worse yet, neocolonialism. But a much less discussed phenomenon is one in which some one million Chinese have migrated to and settled in Africa as individual dreamers seeking new opportunities and a new life.

Howard French writes about this mass migration in his new book China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa. He is an associate professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and he joins China Takes Over the World to discuss.

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China’s Economic Presence in Canada

, July 12, 2014

According to the China Global Investment Tracker, a database on Chinese foreign investment, China has invested nearly $38 billion in the Canadian market since 2005. Canada ranks behind Australia and the United States as the third largest market for China’s outbound investments.

Yet according to a 2013 poll conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, more Canadians (76%) oppose investment from Chinese state-owned enterprises than they do for SOE investment from any other country.

The following guests join China Takes Over the World to discuss China’s economic presence in Canada and the merits and perils of Chinese SOE investment.

• Wendy Dobson, Adjunct Professor and Co-Director for the Institute of International Business, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; and former Canadian Associate Deputy Minister of Finance

• Duanjie Chen, Research Fellow, University of Calgary School of Public Policy

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China in Latin America

, July 5, 2014

In the past 15 years, China has become a hugely important player in Latin America. According to a study conducted by the United Nations, China will surpass Europe as Latin America’s second largest trading partner in 2016. While the United States remains the largest trading partner for the region as a whole, China is now the largest trading partner for Brazil, Chile and Peru, and the second largest trading partner for Mexico.

Meanwhile, China has become a major source of finance for Latin America. According to a new report, China has loaned more than $100 billion to Latin American countries since 2005, and in 2010, it loaned more to the region than the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and U.S. Export-Import Bank combined.

The following guests join us to discuss China’s economic presence, lending practices and strategic interests in Latin America.

• Kevin Gallagher, Co-Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University

• Margaret Myers, Director, China and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue

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South Korea’s View of China’s Rise

, June 28, 2014

In the latest episode of China Takes Over the World, we discuss South Korea’s view of China’s rise. Dr. Hahm Chaibong, President of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, joins us to talk about warming relations between China and South Korea, Seoul’s view of China’s territorial disputes with other neighbors in the South and East China Seas, and the difficulties in the Seoul-Tokyo relationship due to disputes over Japan’s responsibility in World War II.

We also talk about the impending U.S. public listing of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Juro Osawa, Asia tech reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins us to talk about Alibaba’s new shopping site in the United States and the company’s global ambitions.

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