How China Is Capitalizing on the Economic Crisis – General

Beijing is waging an economics-focused diplomacy of reassurance to counter the "China Threat" theory and to augment its political clout particularly in the Asia-Pacific and European regions.

When Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) swept the polls last year, political analysts dubbed his victory a “regime change”. Defeating Japan’s long-standing ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Mr Hatoyama promised fundamental change in Japan’s domestic and external policies.

The Chinese version of “speak softly and carry a big stick” was enunciated by the realist Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who said “Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.” Nowadays, India's Media is convinced that war with China is inevitable in the near future once the ec

I love reading what Thomas P.M. Barnett has to say about China because he is not a China insider nor a China expert. He's a guy who really understands world politics and international relations and it is from that perspective that he looks at China. He recently did a great post, nominally on a London Telegraph article, "Is China's Politburo spoiling for a showdown with America?