Confrontations between China and other rival claimants in the South China Sea have gained increasing prominence in … China are defense partners. A serious confrontation between China and one of these defense partners could well result in a … broader crisis between China and the United States. This paper examines data relating to “significant†military …

This brief examines the capacity of China to challenge America as a technology innovator. It assumes that the balance …

China is, and will continue to be for some time to come, a great concern to U.S. administrations. The Clinton … administration has chosen to pursue a policy of engagement with China, arguing that it is best to try to bring China into â …€œthe community of nations†rather than to contain and isolate it. Integrating China through a policy of engagement has meant, most …

economic ties with its neighbors would motivate it to avoid conflict. However, examples of a newly assertive China abound …