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SINGAPORE James Chen credits his unorthodox approach to philanthropy to his late father, Robert Yet-Sen Chen, who gave heavily to educational causes in Hong Kong and China. [1]

WASHINGTON — Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng on Tuesday urged China’s people to end the communist-governed nation’s “leadership of thieves” and for Washington not to “give an inch” on human rights in its relations with Beijing. [2]

James Yifan Chen is an assistant professor in the department of diplomacy and international relations of Tamkang University in New Taipei, Taiwan. Ray Wang is an independent foreign affairs analyst. [3]

PoliticsTerry Gou knows how to keep politicians happy Cultivating ties with China's power players pays off for Foxconn's chief Terry Gou, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, at a diplomatic event in Beijing in February 2014. [4]

Benjamin Qiu is a partner with the law firm Elliott Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw who specializes in Chinese cross-border disputes and transactions in New York. [5]

BEIJING/SHANGHAI A feeling of deja vu is building in cross-Pacific diplomacy. China and the U.S. are sparring over trade, just as Japan and the U.S. did in the 1990s. Into the fray may step a man who only just retired: Wang Qishan. [6]

Yanzhong Huang is senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations. [7]

Michael Field is a veteran Pacific writer and journalist. Wang Yi, left, lock arms with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on May 26: Wang's strategic overreach put him off balance. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-29 · 57% match

Wahum Chairman Chen brings business eye to philanthropy

SINGAPORE James Chen credits his unorthodox approach to philanthropy to his late father, Robert Yet-Sen Chen, who gave heavily to educational causes in Hong Kong and China.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-01-30 · 55% match

Dissident: End of ‘Leadership of Thieves’ in China

WASHINGTON — Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng on Tuesday urged China’s people to end the communist-governed nation’s “leadership of thieves” and for Washington not to “give an inch” on human rights in its relations with Beijing.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-08-22 · 53% match

Taiwan presidency will remain elusive for former Taipei Mayor Ko

James Yifan Chen is an assistant professor in the department of diplomacy and international relations of Tamkang University in New Taipei, Taiwan. Ray Wang is an independent foreign affairs analyst.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-13 · 51% match

Terry Gou knows how to keep politicians happy

PoliticsTerry Gou knows how to keep politicians happy Cultivating ties with China's power players pays off for Foxconn's chief Terry Gou, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, at a diplomatic event in Beijing in February 2014.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-12-08 · 51% match

China's tightening grip on AI puts other nations at risk

Benjamin Qiu is a partner with the law firm Elliott Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw who specializes in Chinese cross-border disputes and transactions in New York.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-02-08 · 48% match

The master of China's US debt might be the next vice president

BEIJING/SHANGHAI A feeling of deja vu is building in cross-Pacific diplomacy. China and the U.S. are sparring over trade, just as Japan and the U.S. did in the 1990s. Into the fray may step a man who only just retired: Wang Qishan.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-01-05 · 48% match

The strengths and limits of China's crisis management state

Yanzhong Huang is senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-07 · 47% match

China loses its way in the South Pacific

Michael Field is a veteran Pacific writer and journalist. Wang Yi, left, lock arms with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on May 26: Wang's strategic overreach put him off balance.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-04-15 · 47% match

China's new approach to Taiwan 'harder' to deal with: analyst

InterviewChina's new approach to Taiwan 'harder' to deal with: analyst Response to Tsai's U.S. visit reveals a more sophisticated diplomatic actor China responded to the meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-04-06 · 47% match

Multilateral talks right way for China and ASEAN to manage disputes

Tai-Heng Cheng is co-managing partner in the Singapore office of law firm Sidley Austin and co-leader of the firm's global trade and advocacy practice. He is also the co-founder of the Cheng-Harrell Institute for Global Affairs.

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