Chen Weihua is the Chief Washington Correspondent of China Daily and Deputy Editor of China Daily USA. He has a particular focus on US politics and US-China relations.
The latest cover story in The Atlantic written by Jeffrey Goldberg is quite telling of US President Barack Obama's foreign policy.
US actions are certainly militarizing the South China Sea and heightening tensions in the region.
Americans are known for being optimistic, but the word most often used to describe public sentiment in the US these days is "angry". A number of polls in recent months have shown more Americans saying they are angry and that those that were already angry are angrier than before.
It's time Obama stopped pushing for the TPP at the cost of the vital China-US relations.
Moore's movie is the latest reminder that a nation that claims to be the greatest and most exceptional seems to quickly forget its ideals.
Pandas and such interactions as those to celebrate the Year of the Monkey can help ordinary Americans better understand Chinese people, their culture and history.
One Chinese journalist who was at the release of the report on Wednesday said bluntly: "It should be called a China containment report."
This is the picture of a developing country and not the one Obama described on Tuesday night.
If you listened to the comments of some government officials, lawmakers, pundits and commentators, it is not hard to realize that there are people in the United States who wish China ill.
There is no doubt that the metric system has been and is the global rule and norm of the 21st century. It is also an area where the US has clearly fallen far behind.
A great nation should not have homeless people waiting outside convenience stores, subway stations and parks, as in New York City.
As world leaders race to reach a climate deal in Paris on Friday, Obama wants the deal to become a key legacy of his eight-year presidency. However, his protectionist policy that undermines China's renewable industry and the climate cause will tarnish this legacy.