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To win American carrots, China could lose the Taiwan stick

In a welcome sign of renewed American emphasis on Asia, Barack Obama begins a trip next week that will take him to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea. Clearly, the China portion is extremely important since co-operation between Washington and ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Dalai Lama,  U.S. Congress,  Robert Gates,  George W. Bush

Taipei can't talk peace with a gun held to its head

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, in his first interview after taking on the chairmanship of the ruling Nationalist Party, again urged China to scrap missiles along the coast aimed at the island. But in the year and a half since Mr. Ma took office, ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ma Ying-jeou,  Democratic Progressive Party,  Barack Obama

Three ASEAN amigos: All for one

When China, Japan and South Korea held their 10th trilateral summit meeting, this time in Beijing, they again pledged to move toward regional integration, even though it is clear bilateral problems remain, in particular between China and Japan. In a ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Wen Jiabao,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician),  Kim Jong-il,  Lee Myung-bak

China's no longer new to news

It seems that almost every week brings new signs of China's rise, with a commensurate increase in its international influence and soft power as well as in its economic, political and military clout. Last week saw Beijing hosting an unprecedented ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: News Corporation Limited,  Xinhua,  Reporters Without Borders,  TBS,  Google Inc.

The clothes fit the man, but do they fit the state?

By almost any measure, China's 60th anniversary celebrations held in Beijing last Thursday were a tremendous success, showcasing the country's military prowess and economic and cultural advances while highlighting its ethnic diversity. But they also ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hu Jintao,  Jiang Zemin,  Deng Xiaoping,  Mao Zedong

Heaven's calculations on Taiwan and China

Man's calculations cannot compare to heaven's calculations,” goes an old Chinese saying. Or, to quote a somewhat similar English aphorism, “Man proposes, God disposes.” Certainly, no one predicted the destruction wrought by Typhoon Morakot when it ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  26 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Ma Ying-jeou,  United Nations

China's missed chances

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From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  11 Aug 2009

Related Topics: BBC

The dragon should obey its own laws

On the heels of the arrest last month of Australian citizen Stern Hu, mining giant Rio Tinto's top negotiator in Shanghai, China's foreign ministry spokesman promptly pronounced Mr. Hu guilty of stealing state secrets, even though there had been no ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  6 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Rio Tinto Plc

China may pay a price in the Muslim world for tarring Uyghurs as ‘terrorists'

Two weeks after the outbreak of ethnic violence in Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are working hard to convince the world that those responsible were not only Uyghur “separatists” who want the region to gain independence from Beijing but are actually ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  21 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,  U.S. Congress

Why the West is silent on rioting in Xinjiang

The rioting in Xinjiang last week echoed violence in Tibet last year but, interestingly, the international reaction has been very different. Last year, Western countries put pressure on Beijing to hold a dialogue with representatives of the Dalai Lama, ...

From FRANK CHING, Globe and Mail,  13 Jul 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Dalai Lama,  Nicolas Sarkozy,  Barack Obama,  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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