Hu Jintao Commentary

Resistance is Futile

The reason behind China's attitude adjustment.

China Shops at Pottery Barn

China has let North Korea off the hook one-too-many times. Now it's their problem.

The End of Smile Diplomacy?

China's deft statesmanship is giving way to ham-fisted provocation.

Did Beijing Just Blink?

Who won the latest staring contest between Beijing and Washington?

China the Aggressor?

A look at how China may be thinking about its sphere of influence—and American ambitions.

Isolating Iran

America needs all the help it can get on Iran—which means making up with Brazil and Turkey.

Ignoring Russia

Obama should have gone to Moscow’s Victory Day Parade. Small slights to Russia won’t help us get its cooperation on bigger issues like Iran.

Courting China

To get Chinese cooperation on currency revaluation and Iran, Obama should refrain from criticizing Beijing’s greenhouse-gas problem.

Beijing's Attitude Adjustment

China’s recent angry rhetoric wasn’t indicitive of a more bellicose Beijing. The Chinese propaganda machine simply got out of control.

False Hopes

American optimism is misplaced—China won’t help us deal with North Korea or stop Iran from going nuclear.

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May 26, 2012