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Were a battle to break out in Southeast Asia, the most likely combatants would be China and Vietnam.  At the heart of the tension between these two countries is an ongoing territorial conflict [...]

Recently, US assistant secretary of state Daniel Russell said that the retaliatory sanctions imposed by the US and the European Union on Russia should deter anyone in China who was interested in [...]

On March 1st, 2014, black-clad Russian soldiers invaded the Ukrainian island of Crimea without warning.  On March 4th, Putin made a call to China's President Xi Jinping to discuss the unfolding [...]

Why won't China accept the Dalai Lama's proposal for Tibet? China in Focus investigates!

On February 15th, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in what Kerry described as a meeting between two great powers. Â  While some experts may dispute that China [...]

CF reviews the trial and motivations of Xu Zhiyong, leader of the New Citizens' Movement

On January 26th, 2014, citizen activist and lawyer Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison by a Beijing court.  His trial and the arrests of other members of The New Citizens' Movement [...]

The Communist Party’s 3rd Party Plenum has produced plans for reforms that will transform how social services are allocated in China’s cities.

Recent events in China have made some observers wonder if Hong Kong is slipping away from China. (Link) Beijing’s representatives have tried to maintain or increase the influence of the [...]

  Unprecedented Chinese and American Disaster Relief Drills held in Hawaii On November 15, Xinhua news trumpeted a breakthrough in US-Chinese military relations, as the United States and [...]