On May 9th, the by invitation column of The Economist, an internationally renowned weekly, invited Zhou Bo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and a China Forum expert, to write a special feature on the current situation in and Ukraine, explaining China's position.

The China-US relationship is now standing at a critical juncture. Since Joe Biden took office, instead of correcting his predecessor’s wrong policy toward China, the US government has inherited the “great power competition” strategy and perceived China as its strategic competitor. In particular, the Biden administration has framed its “Indo-Pacific strategy” as an attempt to shape the strategic environment of China. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s upcoming speech to outline US policy towards China will unlikely offer an olive branch.

Nuclear weapons look awfully important again. Given Russian President Vladimir Putin’s not-so-thinly veiled warning of a nuclear attack, it is a fool’s errand to talk about nuclear disarmament now. One can imagine that North Korea thinks it is fortunate to have developed nuclear weapons, and one can only guess which would-be nuclear state might crop up next in Asia and the Middle East.

CISS senior fellow, China Forum expert Zhou Bo gave an online interview with Stan Grant, the host of China Tonight on the Australian National Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on April 25th. Zhou Bo pointed out that Morrison's statement is ridiculous, and the Australian government is in no position to draw a "red line" for the cooperation between China and Solomon Islands, two sovereign countries.

On April 21, 2022, the German "Die Zeit" published on the theme "What does the world expect from Germany?" Zhou Bo, senior fellow of CISS and a China Forum expert published an essay in the commentary edition.

I served as Ambassador of China to the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010. During my term, I took every opportunity to explore cities and places of interest, and made many friends, from colleagues in the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and other government departments to people from all walks of life. I enjoyed my life in Britain so much that even before my return to China in January 2010, I confessed at my farewell reception at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel that I was already missing this country.

This article is a record of CISS senior fellow, China Forum Expert Zhou Bo's interview with Sushant Singh, a scholar at the Indian Policy Research Center.

On March 24, for the first time, NATO, the G7 and the European Union held summits on the same day. After the meetings, the U.S. and Europe announced the establishment of a joint working group on energy security, aiming to strengthen Europe’s energy security by diversifying European gas supply sources and ultimately moving away from dependence on Russian fossil fuels.

NATO recently branded China as a so-called serious challenge to the military organization by groundlessly accusing China of "its failure to condemn Russia" against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the attendance of Asia Pacific partners was important "because the crisis has global ramifications."

The 13th of March marked the 50th anniversary of ambassadorial diplomatic relations between China and the UK. As the tenth Chinese ambassador to the United Kingdom, I wish to share some personal perspectives on the relationship.

At this juncture, China and the United States must assume a special and important responsibility to promote peace and stop war. They must find a proper response, with a view toward balancing morality and interest for both the long and short term. Diplomacy is never as simple as a one-choice question, and moral judgments often impede the search for practical diplomatic solutions.

The war in Ukraine, however disruptive, won’t stop the global political and economic shifts towards Asia with China at the centre. China is now the eye in the storm. Therefore, it should be the stabiliser. The benefit of making no choice is avoiding a bad choice.

Since Joe Biden became the U.S. president, transatlantic relations have witnessed a rapid revitalization. This is closely related to the Biden administration’s return to an idealistic foreign policy and U.S. efforts to unite Europe to engage in intense competition with China.

The Biden administration recently released its Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, which refers to the growing challenges facing the region from China. It makes groundless accusations that China is combining its economic, diplomatic, military and technological might as it pursues a sphere of influence in the Indo-Pacific and seeks to become the world’s most influential power.

This article is Prof. Huang Renwei's speech at the Sino-US seminar to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Shanghai Communique.

February 21 marks the 50th anniversary of former U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit to China. Since Nixon's visit half a century ago that led to a handshake across the vast Pacific Ocean, the two countries have gradually come together based on common strategic needs, regardless of differences in ideology, and opened a new chapter of bilateral relations in the history.

Half a century ago, when the US president Richard Nixon visited China, the leaders of China and the United States decided to reach out to each other for "a handshake across the Pacific Ocean".They issued the Shanghai Communique, breaking the isolation from each other and starting the normalization of relations between China and the US.

Whatever one might think about the future of the China-US relationship, Nixon’s visit half a century ago offers a useful reminder: if enemies could become friends then, competitors are not bound to be come enemies today. Not only Nixon could go to China.

MUNICH, Germany, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Against such backdrops as the deepening crisis over Ukraine and the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing 58th edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), held from Friday to Sunday, focuses on the theme of "unlearning helplessness."

The swift and decisive response by countries of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) to the riots in Kazakhstan raises a question for its peer in the region, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): can it become equally effective in a similar situation?

This is a debate scene on "Within the next two years, China will establish itself as the most influential external power within Afghanistan" on CSIS 2021 China Power conference.Arguing for the proposition are Senior Colonel (retired) Zhou Bo and Dr Seth Jones.