Alan Taylor explores what benefits the global monetary system could expect from an internationalized renminbi.

Jerome A. Cohen states, "The Chinese government's current suppression of rising internet protests against its barbaric abuse of the blind 'barefoot lawyer' Chen Guangcheng raises fundamental questions about the impact of legal reforms on real life in China."

At John Hopkins University, Henry M. Paulson Jr. talks about five principles he believes would strengthen the economies of the United States and China.

In their single-minded pursuit of economic growth, China's leaders have long overlooked public health—which, by some measures, is now worse than under Mao.

Before complaining about China's refusal to buy into the liberal world order, argues Amitai Etzioni, the West should stop moving the goalposts by developing new norms of intervention, such as "the responsibility to protect."

As China’s currency for international trade has steadily grown, some argue the renminbi could displace the dollar as the international reserve currency. Jeffrey Frankel examines these propositions by looking at how other international currencies established themselves.

A U.S. Senate bill targeting China's controversial currency policy risks provoking retaliatory measures from Beijing, say analysts, and would make little headway in advancing U.S. economic interests.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave these remarks at an interview with Xinhua News in China on October 11, 2011.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese head of state Wen Jiabao gave these remarks on October 11, 2011 during Putin's visit to China.

With China and Southeast Asian states disputing claims to the energy-rich South China Sea, the United States is likely to bolster its presence in the area, writes CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick.

Vanity Fair's Simon Winchester explains the prestige and controversy surrounding China's new $32 billion high-speed train line.

This report illuminates the current status of China’s security and energy relations with Russia. The authors describe a relationship that is complex and at times fraught with distrust, and which, although potentially promising, is increasingly marred by uncertainties.

RAND provides a comparative assessment between the progress China and India are likely to make by 2025 in the domains of demography, macroeconomics, science and technology, and defense spending and procurement.

Scott A. Snyder and See-won Byun review the recent history of China-Korea relations.

This annual report to Congress by the Ofice of the Secretary of Defense on China's military power was released in September 2011.

Joshua Kurlantzick explores Deng Xiaoping's legacy in his review of Ezra Vogel's Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China and Henry Kissinger's On China.

Jerome A. Cohen and Yu Han discuss the recent release of the draft comprehensive revision of China's Criminal Procedure Law (CPL).

CFR scholars provide policy options for preventing a major crisis in the territories immediately adjacent to China: North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Central Asia.

Is China poised to take over from the United States as the world's leading economy?

Sure, China's economic growth has been unprecedented, even miraculous. But the country is unlikely to keep up its breakneck pace.