Southeast of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia is a huge restricted access area known as Marine Corps Base Quantico. On Tuesday, I was among a group of foreign journalists allowed to visit the base to see how some 1,800 Marine officers are produced each year.
Chinese and American pundits hope that the state visit to the United States by President Xi Jinping in September will be another major opportunity for the two nations to expand cooperation and manage key differences.
Therefore, the healthy development of the global economy depends on closer coordination among all countries, given their increasing interdependence.
Usually when a stock market plummets, sales of big-ticket items such as automobiles often feel the aftershocks.
It's safe to say that Africa has not been on the top shelf of US foreign policy concerns. While China has been aggressively shoring up and expanding its ties with the continent — ties that go back centuries, Washington is finally ratcheting up the attention it pays to the continent's 54 countries.
Less than two weeks after the Iran nuclear deal, the US is expressing willingness to show more flexibility in resuming talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) under the Six-Party Talks framework.
The convening of the China-US high-level talks as scheduled despite recent turbulence in bilateral ties has sent out a reassuring message to those worried passengers on the China-US plane: their safety belts are securely fastened.
The Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue has long been viewed as one of the most important mechanisms for the two countries to conduct regular communication, address problems in their relations and reach consensus.
Industry practitioners and medical experts warmly welcomed visiting Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong's call for more and deeper collaborations between China and the US on medical research and talent exchanges.
Recent US rhetoric and moves on the South China Sea issue reflect its double standards.
