Competing visions and expectations complicate China-US ties. They need to try and walk in each other’s shoes, argues Shen Dingli.

Double-digit growth can’t hide the fact that China’s state-controlled economy is leaving the vast majority of citizens behind.

China is backing away from last year’s assertive posture. Whatever the reason, the US shouldn’t expect a transformation in ties.

Hu Jintao has been keen to emphasize ‘fairness’ in China. But has the message reached the ears of many of the country’s officials?

A new Cold War between the US and China isn’t inevitable. But better inter-military communication will be needed to stop one, says Michael Swaine.

Some China watchers look to Bismarck as a comparison for China. It’s a less reassuring analogy than they think.

China’s ties with other major powers took a sharp turn for the worse in 2010. Its leaders need to change mindset, says Minxin Pei.

Those that believe the status quo with Taiwan can go on indefinitely are being far too complacent, argues Daniel Lynch.

There's more to democracy than a choice between the 'Beijing Consensus' and the West. China should look at Indonesia.

China's excessive territorial claims in the South China Sea are pushing Vietnam toward the United States.

The rise of China in Africa is arguably the most important development for the continent since the end of the Cold War, and the related dynamics have helped reinvent Africa as a priority investment destination.

China’s leadership sends contradictory signals about the prospects for political reform.

In the coming decades, China will face serious challenges to its energy security unless sustained economic development can be achieved.

Complacent industrialized democracies must face up to the challenge China poses to global norms, argues Edward Friedman.

Friends of the Burmese junta are few, but chief among them is China.

Over the next decade, China’s monolithic, top-down education system must change because of increasing social and economic pressure for reform.