China to Build Railway Linking East Africa
on May 12, 2014
Leaders agree $3.8bn project to link Kenya's port of Mombasa to neighboring Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
China Tightens Security in Beijing
on May 12, 2014
China has deployed armed police patrol vehicles in Beijing after three attacks at transport hubs around the country.
China Says Vietnam Efforts to Rope in Others on Spat Will Fail
on May 12, 2014
Tensions rose in the resource-rich South China Sea last week after China positioned a giant oil rig in an area also claimed by Vietnam. Each country accused the other of ramming its ships near the disputed Paracel Islands.
Mapping the Four C's of Chinese Wealth
on May 12, 2014
Live in a city near China's coast, and in a capital. (Coal doesn't hurt.)
Follow the Money, China-Style
on May 11, 2014
The appreciation of the yuan has failed to convince ordinary Chinese people that their money buys more; on the contrary, they feel it’s worth less.
China Says Goodbye in the Key of G: Kenny G
on May 10, 2014
For years, “Going Home,” the 1989 hit instrumental by American saxophonist Kenny G has been piped into China’s shopping malls, schools, train stations and fitness centers to signal it’s time to leave.
Initial Impressions: Three First Trips to China, 1970s-1990s
on May 10, 2014
In this show: dating tips for hooking up with your Marxist-Leninist thought instructor, advice on what modern music and seasonal vegetables to smuggle in from Hong Kong, the origins of China’s somewhat unorthodox driving customs, and instructions on reaching your nearest Communist bandit hotline should the red menace become too much to handle. Also making repeat appearances: Filipino rock bands.
China May Build an Undersea Train to America
on May 9, 2014
Chinese officials are considering a route that would start in the country's northeast, thread through eastern Siberia and cross the Bering Strait via a 125-mile long underwater tunnel into Alaska.
The China-Vietnam Standoff: How Will It End?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on May 9, 2014
Daniel Kliman:
Daniel Kliman
on May 8, 2014
Daniel M. Kliman is a Senior Fellow and Director of the the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He is an expert in Asia-Pacific strategy, with a particular focus on U.S. competition with China. Before joining CNAS, Kliman worked in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where he served as Senior Advisor for Asia Integration.
Prior to his time at the DoD, Kliman worked at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), first as a Transatlantic Fellow, and then as a Senior Advisor with the Asia Program. At GMF, Kliman launched a new line of research on emerging powers. He also created the Young Strategists Forum, a program to educate emerging leaders from the United States, Japan, and other major democracies about geopolitical competition in the Asia-Pacific region.
Kliman has authored two books, Fateful Transitions: How Democracies Manage Rising Powers, from the Eve of World War I to China’s Ascendance, and Japan’s Security Strategy in the Post-9/11 World: Embracing a New Realpolitik. He has also published in prominent outlets such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Foreign Policy, and CNN.
Kliman received a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University.