Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi gave these remarks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on September 5, 2012.

The Foreign Ministry of Japan released this Q&A on the Senkaku Islands.

The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China released this white paper entitled "Diaoyu Dao, an Inherent Territory of China." The Foreign Ministry of Japan also provided its position on the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Dao).

Yanzhong Huang discusses China's expanding list of unsafe food products, failures in its regulation of food, and its need for serious reform.

Sheila A. Smith examines the way in which the 2010 crisis emerged between Japan and China, arguing that a crisis management initiative between Beijing and Tokyo rather than an overall reconciliation agenda may be what is now needed.

China's global investment boom is slowing, which could affect its trading partners. But its economy does not have to be doomed to slow growth, says expert Patrick Chovanec.

Jerome A. Cohen says China's unfair criminal justice system makes a harsh sentence all but certain for Gu Kailai, the wife of Bo Xilai who is charged with murdering a British businessman.

In the wake of a tense ASEAN meeting, CFR fellow Joshua Kurlantzick and CSIS senior fellow Bonnie Glaser discuss the rising tensions between China and other Asian countries over the South China Sea and implications for U.S. foreign policy in the region.

Frank Klotz writes that China's growing space power has profound implications for America's own interests in space and the much-touted "pivot" to the Asia-Pacific region.

Adam Segal discusses the Cybersecurity Act, China, and technology innovation in an interview with Evan Osnos.

ASEAN has failed to ease tensions over the South China Sea this summer, but China and its neighbors still have options for restoring calm, writes CFR's Joshua Kurlantzick.

Jerome A. Cohen argues that by systematically undermining an accused person's right to effective counsel, as and when it is deemed necessary, China is only harming its own efforts to win foreign admirers.

Max Boot argues that the United States is sending a signal of weakness over the Scarborough Shoal.

Jerome A. Cohen asks, "As China's Communist Party elite prepare to select the country's leadership for the coming decade, to what extent does concern for the rule of law affect their deliberations?"

Activist and advocate Chen Guangcheng discusses his personal journey, human rights, and the rule of law in China.

Activist and advocate Chen Guangcheng discusses his personal journey, human rights, and the rule of law in China.

Activist and advocate Chen Guangcheng discusses his personal journey, human rights, and the rule of law in China.

Since 1949, U.S.-Sino relations have evolved from tense standoffs to a complex mix of intensifying diplomacy, growing international rivalry, and increasingly intertwined economies.

This Congressional Reseach Service report aims to give an overview of the Chinese political system, as well as to introduce a number of distinct features of China's formal political culture and discuss their implications for U.S.-China relations in time for the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago.

Scott A. Snyder and See-won Byun observe that while the twenty-year anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea may provide a pretext for more active diplomacy to meet a growing list of potential disputes in the relationship, high-level contacts between China and North Korea have stalled, dampening China's hopes for regional engagement.