May 23,2014 Special Forum

China’s Regionalism in Asia

President Obama’s “tour around China” and China’s response that “China is right here whether he (Obama) comes or not”1 reflect a delicate US-China estrangement. The China-Japan Diaoyu Island dispute is further complicated by Prime Minister Abe’s Yasukuni Shrine visit, fanning the flames of nationalism. Is geopolitics returning to Asia, or has it never gone away? […]

Zhang Xiaotong* Li Xiaoyue*

community of common destiny , community of common interest , evolving attitudes toward regionalism , expanded FTAs , regionalism with Chinese characteristics , TPP