US-China Relations

The Japanese cabinet’s decision to purchase three of the five Senkaku islands has led to heightened tension in East Asian region. With China adopting an assertive posture on the issue, American unwillingness or incapability to come to the rescue of Japan would impair its ‘pivot’ or ‘rebalancing’ strategy in the region.

• Rukmani Gupta
• September 14, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

• Ajey Lele
• August 09, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

• Ajey Lele
• August 09, 2012
• IDSA Comments

China’s decision to set up a military garrison on the Yongxing Island and creating a city administration could be seen as a step in firstly expanding its military reach, secondly strengthening its claims in the South China Sea, and thirdly countering the US rebalance towards the region.

• Sarabjeet Singh Parmar
• August 07, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is becoming increasingly significant in the world arena, with the United States, India and China—the most important stakeholders in the region—playing substantial roles. Judging from the three countries' strategic thought, concerns, interests and power balances, it is the US–India potential competition for maritime dominance in the IOR that demands the most attention. However, competition does not mean confrontation.

• Lou Chunhao
• July 2012
• Strategic Analysis

The Chinese decision to send warships to the Scarborough shoals was intended to send a message not only to the Philippines but also to the United States as well as other Asian countries in dispute with China over the South China Sea.

• R. S. Kalha
• May 28, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Chen’s departure from the US embassy in Beijing points to the unwillingness and inability of the US to bring to bear any pressure on China on human rights issues.

• Rukmani Gupta
• May 03, 2012
• IDSA Comments

The issue of Chen Guangcheng will require much time and many rounds of negotiations so that neither China nor the US “lose face”.

• Rukmani Gupta
• May 01, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Xi Jinping tried his best to lower the temperature by suggesting that the vast Pacific Ocean has ‘ample space’ for both China and the United States.

• R. S. Kalha
• March 01, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Coming close on the heels of the Chinese decision to build two nuclear power plants at Karachi as well as the continued assistance to the construction of nuclear reactors at Chashma, Xun Wang’s case raises the worrying spectre of spotty Chinese implementation of and compliance with international export control regulations.

• Arun Vishwanathan
• November 29, 2011
• IDSA Comments