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Sep 15, 2015

Has the Renminbi Arrived as an International Currency?

By Global Business and Economics

As China slowly transitions from an investment and export based economy to a consumer based economy, the Chinese must also liberalize both their monetary affairs and the management of their currency. By increasing the wealth of Chinese consumers via their currency's value, domestic demand will supplant the role of exports. For this process to be completed, the Chinese currency, the Renminbi, must assume its place in the package of globally dominant currencies.

China
Economy & Business

Event Recap

Sep 11, 2015

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of the Upcoming Taiwanese Elections to the Asia-Pacific

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The upcoming Taiwanese presidential election on January 16, 2016 has drawn increasing attention to Beijing and Taipei’s relationship. In Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, has been projected to defeat the ruling Kuomingtang (KMT) Nationalist Party candidate in 2016 by different polling agencies. For eight years, KMT has taken a pro-China […]

China

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Healey on Cyberhacking and China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey joins Channel News Asia to discuss the United States cybersecurity amongst Chinese cyberhacking:

China
Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Sep 10, 2015

Taiwan Readies For Its First Madame President

By Matthew Lynch

Taiwan is poised to beat the United States by electing its first female President in 2016. Former teacher and Nationalist (KMT) candidate Hung Hsiu-chu is battling her Western-educated Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) challenger Tsai Ing-wen for the presidency. Several prominent Taiwanese polls predict a Tsai victory, said Bonnie Glaser, a Senior Advisor for Asia in […]

China

In the News

Sep 9, 2015

Healey: Restraint is the Best Weapon Against Chinese Hacks

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey writes for the Christian Science Monitor on the United States’ cyberconflict with China:

China

In the News

Sep 9, 2015

Metzl on China’s Technology Forum

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN to discuss China hosting a technology forum in the United States:

China

Art of Future Warfare

Sep 8, 2015

Cole on Ghost Fleet

By August Cole

Morning Consult interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole on his new book Ghost Fleet coauthored with Peter Singer: 

China

In the News

Sep 8, 2015

Daniels and Brown: China’s Energy Security Achilles Heel: Middle Eastern Oil

By Owen Daniels and Chris Brown

Middle East Peace and Security Initiative Program Assistant Owen Daniels and Global Energy Center Program Assistant Chris Brown write for The Diplomat on why China’s reliance on Middle Eastern oil is a threat to the stability of the global economic order:

China
Middle East

In the News

Sep 7, 2015

Pham on China and the ANC

By J. Peter Pham

The Institute for Security Studies quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the relationship between China and South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC):

Africa
China

In the News

Sep 3, 2015

Huntsman: China Corrections are Long Overdue

By Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. joins Fox Business to discuss the global impact of China’s market woes, and the Chinese government’s urgent need for reform:

China

Experts