The Great Aircraft Carrier Debate
A new carrier like India’s does more than just denote blue-water capability. Read Here – The Diplomat
Tag: China
Big China Default Around The Corner?
Chinese company debt twice the size of Ireland’s economy will come due in 2014, spurring concern the nation is on the cusp of its first corporate bond default. Read Here – Bloomberg
China’s Air Zone Raises Diplomatic Temperature
With distrust of China growing, many countries in Asia-Pacific are actively strengthening their diplomatic alliances, particularly with US, in a bid to balance Beijing’s growing economic and military clout Read Here – Gulf News
In Search Of A New Identity
The U.S. military faces a 21st century identity crisis. But despite blanket spending cuts, it has options. Read Here – The Diplomat
China’s Deep Set Fears Drive Nationalism
Historical subjugation by foreign powers make Chinese fear the future even after it has emerged as a global power and become the world’s second-biggest economy. Read Here – TeaLeafNation
How Much Longer Before The Fed Cracks?
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7 percent in November, the lowest since November 2008, raising questions about how much longer the Fed will keep fueling the economy with monetary stimulus. Read Here – Businessweek Let It Ride – The Economist
It’s The Economy, Stupid
As a fiscally constrained and war-weary Washington confronts its foreign policy challenges, events in Ukraine and Afghanistan show that economic incentives can play a major role in addressing them. Read Here – The Atlantic
China’s Big Pain In The Back: Rising Oil Dependency
hina’s oil import dependency has risen from 32% at the beginning of this century to 57% last year. In the past few years, Chinese car ownership has exploded while China’s oil production has grown only slightly. Read Here – WorldCrunch
Can The Post War Order Be Honoured?
On Dec 1, 1943, China, the United States and Britain jointly issued the Cairo Declaration, which explicitly states “that Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has seized or occupied since the beginning of the First World War in 1914, and that all the territories Japan has stolen from […]
Respect Our Core Interests, Xi Tells US
Strengthening dialogue and cooperation is the “correct choice” for China and the United States, President Xi Jinping told visiting US Vice-President Joe Biden Read Here – China Daily
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