Under the circumstances that regional cooperation in South Asia is facing difficulties, BRI and RCEP provide such a great chance to accommodate regional cooperation in both South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Those of us who largely agree with Ezra will of course continue to argue in both China and the United States for the kind of reasonableness and understanding that were the hallmarks of his career and life. He would want it no other way.
As long as China and Russia strategically support each other, the alliance game played by the US will be like petty tricks. The desire of the US to crush China and Russia is pure wishful thinking.
We can see that India will not give up its hope of counterbalancing China by playing the South China Sea card. Nonetheless, New Delhi has little discourse power on this issue. And its maneuvers are unlikely to make any waves.
Japan cannot develop comprehensive combat capabilities without the assistance of the US. Therefore, in the very long term, Tokyo will need to keep Washington close as a military ally and partner.
China and the US, working together, should become bulwarks of peace and engines of prosperity, which would benefit all humanity.
In this period of transition, voices are urgently asking what might become of the China-US relationship once Biden takes office. Will the world's two largest economies recover their ties? Reset them in certain spheres? Will the West further intensify its aggressive anti-China campaign?
The idea to build the Five Eyes alliance into a new anti-China axis is a wishful thinking. It will only encounter harsh realities.
Of course, China hopes Nepal can have a stable government which does not change too frequently so that everyone benefits. This also includes China-Nepal ties.
The increasingly severe social and livelihood issues in the UK are inherently connected to its high-profile anti-China foreign policy.
China's new development pattern has been established. Chinese people in the new era should catch up with the trends and go forward boldly.
The China-US relationship needs a new framework, during which people-to-people exchanges are an essential part. This is the daunting challenge that the new Biden administration must face up to.
Nevertheless, it will be difficult for us to see another rational and heavyweight figure like Vogel in US academic circles in the future.
The Swedish government should reflect on how it has led its country into this nightmare.
Following the 2020 presidential election, the shocking transition resistance and unexpected incidents at the Pentagon demonstrated a crisis of confidence in US democracy and with the American electoral system.
The election has left politicians on both sides of the aisle with ulterior motives. This makes it harder to resolve big differences on some issues.
A vulnerable global economy, struggling under the long shadow of a devastating pandemic, is in desperate need of leadership from the world's two most powerful nations. There is no room for a great power conflict in a post-pandemic world.
With the current global recession, where is Australia going to find such a big buyer? The US, Europe, India or Russia? Who can replace China when it comes to education, lobster, red wine, coal and other export sectors? Verrender also knows that it will take years or even decades for Australian exporters to secure new markets. Can the Australian economy wait for years or decades?