Living here in Kinshasa, it is immediately apparent that China’s engagement is re-shaping both the Democratic Republic of the Congo but the continent as a whole.    To anyone on the ground here, it should …

(Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) — on this my first night in the capital, I thought it would be fitting to talk about what it actually takes to get here.  For the average visitor, …

Pew Global Attitudes Project shows global perceptions on US & Chinese leadership. What can we read into numbers from such surveys? Is national pride or despondency distorting true opinions?

In a wide ranging discussion, we hit on a number of points in this podcast.
Looking across key topics of industrial pollution, energy production, and material consumption, Michael finds reasons to be optimistic because of the …

The China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently concluded that the positive impact of recent conservation policies will be negated by the modernization of the Chinese household.
I find it interesting that we commonly …

This Thursday’s podcast will present points of view on China’s prospects for a clean and green future. There are many points of view on this topic, and we will cover these, but also attempt …

Almost 10 years after Jiang Zemin’s historic visit to Israel in 2000, China is working overtime to balance its Mideast policy among several competing, often conflicting, demands.  With the April 2000 Jiang visit …

WASIT PROVINCE, Iraq — When China’s biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq’s willingness to open an industry …

This is certainly not about access to natural resources or about a porous
border that poses immigration issues. It certainly doesn’t pose a threat
as a hot spot for civil unrest either, so why does the media …

The NYT published a story that captures one of the main diplomatic issues China is struggling to resovle.  Although it doesn’t go into detail on the failed six-party talks, this activity is sure to create …