Asia & the Pacific

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA- People shop amid a joint discount campaign in Seoul, South Korea on June 26, 2020. The campaign will continue through July 12, involving traditional markets, small business owners from the country, and major distribution companies such as shopping malls and supermarket chains to overcome the contraction in consumer spending due to the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. (NO RESALE)

Reopening the World: How to deal with an invisible enemy — South Korea’s war on COVID-19

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past officials wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as he arrives for the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 28, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Reopening the World: The fastest route to ending this crisis involves China

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh and China's President Xi Jinping walk to their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 2, 2018. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Abdel Fattah al-Sisi;Li Keqiang

Global China’s ambitions in the Indian Ocean region

Lindsey W. Ford, Zach Vertin, and Joshua T. White

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Webinar: Japan & China – Balancing globalization and national security

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group B - Ukraine v Portugal - NSC Olympiyskiy, Kiev, Ukraine - October 14, 2019 Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

What do Vietnam and Cristiano Ronaldo have in common?

Jacques Morisset

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Images of the Chinese and American flags

No one knows: How the unknowable consequences of COVID-19 affect thinking about foreign policy and US-China relations

Monday, June 1, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are adjusted before the opening session of trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

It’s not a lie, it’s a tweet

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson

Slate Political Gabfest

Friday, May 29, 2020

On May 28, 2020, Tanvi Madan discusses India-China economic and geopolitical competition amid the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control with the Young India Policy Forum.

Tanvi Madan

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