In this episode, we dig into China’s technology innovation efforts and explore how China has become the tech workshop of the world. To give context to China’s efforts to innovate in technology, Dr. Scott Kennedy, director of the CSIS Project…
By Victor Cha, Bonnie Glaser, Matthew P. Goodman, Michael J. Green, Christopher K. Johnson, & Scott Kennedy — Background President Donald Trump will host President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago on April 6–7. This will be the first opportunity…
By Scott Kennedy — If reports are accurate that President Xi Jinping of China will visit with President Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago on April 6–7, the United States has essentially three weeks to come up with a China policy. Appropriately,…
The BJP makes major gains in local elections in Maharashtra and Odisha; India and the ADB agree on loans to develop the East Coast Economic Corridor; Madhya Pradesh begins net metering while Haryana requires rooftop solar at private schools; Sikkim…
By Bonnie S. Glaser & Michael J. Green — On January 11, Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Taiwan, based on the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and the Six Assurances, at…
By Scott Kennedy — An Awkward Anniversary Today marks the 15th anniversary of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 5th, in 2006, had a celebratory feel. Although foreign companies still faced market-access challenges, trade and investment with…
By Chau Hoang — An environmental disaster that saw 70 tons of dead fish wash up on Vietnam’s coast in April and which was eventually attributed to toxic factory waste dumped by Taiwanese-owned Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp.has sparked weeks…
CSIS scholar Dr. Amy Searight, senior adviser and director of the Southeast Asia Program, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific on “Diplomacy and Security in the South China Sea: After the Tribunal,” on September…
By William Johnson, Brian Bumpas & Marina Lleonart-Calvo — Following Tsai Ing-wen’s election to the Taiwan presidency, narratives on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have referred to this time period as a “critical juncture” in cross-Strait relations. On Thursday,…
In this joint CogitAsia and AMTI episode we tackle the topic of overfishing in the South China Sea. Ahead of the 2016 Our Ocean summit in Washington, Rachael Bale, a reporter with National Geographic’s Special Investigations Unit covering wildlife crime,…