The Columbus–China Syndrome: Why Western Policy Keeps Misreading China
The West reads China through its own expectations rather than on China’s own terms, a habit that produces unstable policy and constant swings between admiration and fear.
The West reads China through its own expectations rather than on China’s own terms, a habit that produces unstable policy and constant swings between admiration and fear.
If we want the next generation of Americans and Chinese to manage their differences responsibly, we should give them opportunities to know one another before they inherit the responsibility of managing the relationship.
For Washington to rethink its China policy means dropping the lingering zero-sum Cold War mentality.
The GDI will continue to uphold the spirit of openness and inclusiveness, inject momentum into efforts to address development deficits, and provide all nations with greater and fairer access to the fruits of development.
Space is not an arena for major country competition. China will continue to work with various countries for open space cooperation and advance the common endeavor of humanity in exploring outer space.
These actions created the foundation for more reliable economic cooperation and signaled a move away from the uncertainty of previous years.
The evidence to date is of considerable progress towards the vision of an ecological civilization in which economic development simultaneously fosters social and environmental well-being.
EU-China cooperation on AI governance is vital to prevent a fragmented global order and leverage complementary strengths for sustainable innovation.
The grouping can widen Africa’s options, but the continent’s ability to shift from resources to productive power will determine the outcome.
Five years after Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the Global Development Initiative (GDI) at the United Nations, the framework has grown from policy vision into more than 200 projects across over 70 developing nations.
As the reform and improvement of global governance advances, Washington must recover its former constructive role as a proponent of international organization and international law.
The key to preserving regional peace is for Japan to acknowledge the crimes it committed, show respect for the victims, confront its history of aggression squarely and demonstrate genuine remorse.