Opinion

• • EU's trade protection and China's market economy
• • 'Belt and Road' initiative should also respond to cultural demands
• • Laos strikes careful balance on South China Sea disputes as ASEAN chair
• • AIIB programs offer fresh chance for Sino-US cooperation efforts
• • Caution needed when analyzing China's economic trajectory
• • Security challenges cause Pentagon angst
• • Freeing prisoners shows Suu Kyi's determination
• • China's new five-year plan synergizes with Africa's development strategy
• • Strategic mistakes in the Obama era
• • Sino-Myanmar ties set for normal track

• • Smaller groups can better tackle terror
• • Zimbabwe's business localization plan shows need to weigh risks abroad
• • Jointly cope with international nuclear security challenges
• • Japan's new security bill destabilizes Pacific
• • Xi's Czech visit aims to reach out to 'New Europe'
• • China sticking with Africa through hardship
• • Where is 'best opportunity' to bring peace to Syria?
• • A peaceful solution to S. China Sea disputes
• • African Union faces challenges of peacekeeping in torn continent
• • Africa and China need each other to grow

• • For China, recognising North Korea as a nuclear power may be the most viable way to defuse crisis
• • Japan's negative interest rate strategy stirs up global market
• • US sea meddling makes trouble for itself
• • South China Sea patrols bring no benefit to India
• • Europe fails to recognize China's role in maintaining global security
• • China-ROK energy co-op may defuse peninsular risk
• • ASEAN unwilling to see China, US clash
• • How long could the current oil war continue?
• • 'Small world war' developing in Syria?
• • Munich Security Conference addresses root causes of world's troubles

• • Taiwan's elections and the cross-Strait relations
• • N. Korea nuclear issue calls for new thinking
• • Development solution to Mideast tangles
• • Power limits count in Sino-US relations
• • Global governance should underline values
• • Xi's visit a reflection of China's commitment to Middle East peace
• • China vows to contribute to Middle East stability
• • Gains and losses of Sino-Arab economic cooperation
• • 'Internet Plus' empowers China's manufacturing
• • Obama offers cheer in final union address