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August 15, 2012

China
Cooler Heads on the South China Sea?

During his trip to Southeast Asia this week, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi vowed to work with ASEAN to reach consensus on a code of conduct for the South China Sea, according to reports by the…

China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) is greeted by Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a meeting at the presidential office in Jakarta August 10, 2012.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

July 11, 2014

Japan
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of July 11, 2014

Ashlyn Anderson, Lauren Dickey, Darcie Draudt, Andrew Hill, Will Piekos, and Sharone Tobias look at the top stories in Asia today. 1. Indonesians await official results of presidential election. Jok…

Villagers line up to vote in the country's presidential election at Bojong Koneng polling station in Bogor July 9, 2014. Indonesians began voting on Wednesday in a presidential election that has become a closely fought contest between the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule and a new breed of politician that has emerged in the fledgling democracy. Only the third direct election for president in the world's fourth-most populous nation, the contest pits former special forces general Pra
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

March 22, 2013

Japan
Friday Asia Update: Top Five Stories for the Week of March 22, 2013

Sharone Tobias and Will Piekos look at the top five stories in Asia this week. 1. Xi and Li begin their first week in office. Though the world has known who China’s chosen leaders are since November…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks with China's President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing March 19, 2013.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

June 7, 2013

China
Obama and Xi: Can the United States and China Speak the Same Language?

Leading up to today’s summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the drumbeat from Beijing has been consistent and insistent: China and the United States should buil…

U.S. President Barack Obama adjusts his translators ear piece.
Blog Post by Elizabeth C. Economy Asia Unbound

March 12, 2010

China
Why is U.S.-China Strategic Coordination So Hard?

Photo Courtesy of REUTERS/Jim Young Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, says that Washington and Beijing are “talking about common strategic symmetry.” “W…

Why is U.S.-China Strategic Coordination So Hard?
Blog Post by Evan A. Feigenbaum Asia Unbound