foreign policy

the-diplomat.com — September 11 distracted the United States from China’s rise. Without the attacks, China wouldn’t be where it is today.

www.latimes.com — For a leadership that sailed through the global financial crisis with nary a misstep, the Chinese have proved surprisingly inept at diplomacy. The Chinese government hopes to repair an image tarnished by a series of foreign policy gaffes.

www.chinahush.com — Liberation Army Daily reported on August 13, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense made an announcement at a press conference recently, that the United States would send “George Washington” aircraft carrier to the Korean West Sea (Yellow Sea) in a series of joint military exercises. This was a 180 degree turn comparing with the Pentagon’s official position in mid-July.

drezner.foreignpolicy.com — In some ways, this started earlier this year. There was Google's complaint, of course. And, as TNR's James Mann noted, "Both the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing and the European Chamber of Commerce in China have issued reports in recent months conceding that the business climate for foreign companies there has steadily worsened." Things have been heating up in July, however.

www.huffingtonpost.com — There is nothing so dismal as a superpower on the wane. [...] Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, American statesmen have become accustomed to serving as body of unassailable international potentates. When diplomacy failed, U.S. policy makers could always resort to an employment of arms.