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China’s unbalanced economy is the result of a successful structural transition that has created sustained GDP, consumption, and wage growth.
As the debate in Beijing intensifies over the quality and sustainability of China’s economic growth, China’s most thoughtful economists are increasingly skeptical about the need for high gross domestic product growth rates.
South Korea can help develop some interesting strategic options for India if the government in Delhi is willing to think boldly.
In a China that is rebalancing toward a healthier economic model, the key metric is not the growth rate of GDP. It's household income that matters.
The United States and Japan should start to make preparations for moving the U.S. Marines on Okinawa to a less-populated part of the island.
China’s entry into the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership would further Beijing’s strategic interests, harmonize the TPP and RCEP deals, and safeguard Asia’s regional economic infrastructure.
Seven percent is a reasonable GDP growth rate for the Chinese economy that will also give give room for the Chinese central government to enact institutional reform.
China’s economy is at a turning point, shifting from growth driven by exports and investment toward growth based on household spending. Low growth is China’s new normal.
War is unlikely between China and Japan, but ongoing crises are not. Bold diplomacy is needed.
Two difficult strategic challenges will test East Asia’s diplomats in coming years: first, the collision between economic integration and security fragmentation, and, second, the dominance of form over function in the institutions that could help to mitigate this debilitating dynamic.