G-2 Rising? Understanding the U.S.-China RelationshipChina's Economic Reforms Have Hit a WallScott Kennedy, RealClearWorld The NBA's Outsize Impact on ChinaFord Carson, RealClearWorld Want to See the Future? Welcome to ChinaforniaMatt Sheehan, RealClearWorld China's Economic Reforms Have Hit a Wall China's Economic Reforms Have Hit a WallBy almost any measure, China's economic performance over the past four decades is as impressive as the Great Wall is long. Since the late 1970s, the People's Republic of China has ...(full article) The NBA's Outsize Impact on China The NBA's Outsize Impact on ChinaEstablished in 2008 with an initial evaluation of $2.3 billion and an estimated annual revenue exceeding $150 million, NBA China's eye-popping numbers demonstrate the power of bask...(full article) Want to See the Future? Welcome to Chinafornia Want to See the Future? Welcome to ChinaforniaFor half a century, the U.S.-China relationship was almost exclusively the purview of political and business elites: Henry Kissinger scheming with an aging Mao Zedong; CEOs salivat...(full article) Most Recent ArticlesChina's Economic Reforms Have Hit a Wall - Scott Kennedy, RealClearWorldBy almost any measure, China's economic performance over the past four decades is as impressive as the Great Wall is long. Since the late 1970s, the People's Republic of China has ... The NBA's Outsize Impact on China - Ford Carson, RealClearWorldEstablished in 2008 with an initial evaluation of $2.3 billion and an estimated annual revenue exceeding $150 million, NBA China's eye-popping numbers demonstrate the power of bask... Want to See the Future? Welcome to Chinafornia - Matt Sheehan, RealClearWorldFor half a century, the U.S.-China relationship was almost exclusively the purview of political and business elites: Henry Kissinger scheming with an aging Mao Zedong; CEOs salivat... Xi Positions China at Center of New Economic Order - J. Perlez & K. Bradsher, NYTMr. Xi stressed the differences between the United States system of alliances and his notion of commerce under China.... China and Africa: Changing the Narrative in 2017 - Aubrey Hruby, RealClearWorldThe much-discussed and controversial China-Africa relationship has evolved greatly over the past few years, but common perceptions have not kept pace with changing realities. China... Trump Makes a Decent Deal With China - Christopher Balding, Bloomberg ViewIt's not earth-shattering. But it could lead to something better.... Trump Should Access Hollywood to Gain Leverage Over China - Ben Domenech, TNIAmerica should welcome China's arrival in the moviemaking business, but not with unequal access to U.S. marketplaces.... A Most Welcome Sino-U.S. Trade Deal, But Much To Do - Martin Wolf, Financial TimesA Sino-American agreement is welcome, but much is still unresolved.... Trump Administration Hails U.S.-China Trade Deal - Shawn Donnan & Tom Mitchell, FTBeijing pledges access for credit card companies, rating agencies and American beef... American Universities Are Welcoming China’s Trojan Horse - Rachelle Peterson, FPA growing number of Confucius Institutes are importing Chinese censorship into U.S. campuses.... China Has World's Biggest Productivity Problem - Michael Schuman, Bloomberg ViewAnd solving it will require opening up.... The Kushner Family and the Complex Case for EB-5 Reform - Kriston Capps, CityLabThe company appears to be using its name and proximity to the White House to cash in on the controversial EB-5 cash-for-visas program.... The Fierce Competition Between US, China, and Everyone Else - J Pinkerton, BreitbartThe verdict of history is that sluggishness and ineptitude is catastrophic; the world is always in motion, and so the only hope for a people is to stay atop of the change, lest the... Why China Won't 'Solve' the North Korea Crisis for America - Harry Kazianis, RCWWhile we hate the status quo on the Korean Peninsula, there are far worse outcomes, especially if the Trump administration pressures China to “solve” the North Korea is... How Trump Gave China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Scheme a Boost - Cary Huang, SCMPBeijing initiative helps Chinese companies explore markets along ancient Silk Road trade route.... China Is Bent on World Domination, But Not in the Way You Think - Fred Hiatt, WPCan Trump translate his earlier skepticism into smart trade policy?... What Is Your State's China Strategy? - Mercy Kuo, RealClearWorldManaging U.S.-China relations is no longer the reserve of foreign policy elites in Washington, DC. For governors, mayors, county executives, and business leaders in U.S. states, ci... A Synchronized Sino-American Slap in the Face - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, SMHEquity investors across the world are positioned for the nirvana of synchronised and accelerating global expansion led by China and the US.... How Trump Is Reconnecting Europe With China - Nicola Casarini, RealClearWorldChina is on a charm offensive in Europe, a move facilitated by U.S. President Donald Trump's policies and his declarations since taking office. ... U.S.-China Rapprochement Under President Trump? - Yun Sun, The DiplomatDonald Trump met Xi Jinping at last. What lies ahead for the U.S.-China relationship?... How Not to Lose Asia to China - Michael Fuchs, Foreign PolicyThere's a hunger in the Pacific for U.S. involvement. And it's good for America, too.... The Pitfalls of Being an American Businessperson in China - Jack Marr, RCWorldChina's Anti-Corruption Campaign Risks Freezing the Country - Daniel Bell, FTThe drive has worked almost too well, with few officials willing to take chances... Trump and China: A Middle East Arms Race? - James Dorsey, The GlobalistThe United States and China both cozying up to Saudi Arabia (and irritating Iran) could mean global trouble.... China's Great Leap Into Latin America - Jose Cardenas, RealClearWorldU.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement and his withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership have led some critics to claim that the Un... China's Role in Post-Hegemonic Middle East - John Calabrese, RCWorldFor more than a decade, the Middle East and North Africa region has experienced a level of violence and instability that is unprecedented in its modern history -- a turbulence that... America and China’s Strategic Relationship - Dominic Ziegler, EconomistAn already fraught relationship has become more so with Mr Trump's election as president. For seven decades America's grand strategy has rested upon three pillars: open trade, stro... Can China Replace the West? - Jessica T. Mathews, New York Review of BooksGideon Rachman's Easternization, his new survey of a transformed Asia, admirably does what so little writing on foreign affairs attempts. It treats with equal facility economics, g... Middle Kingdom Meets Middle East - Richard Fontaine & Michael Singh, Washington InstituteChina's enhanced Middle East profile sends an important message to the Trump administration about America's role in the region.... Europe's China Pivot - Robert Manning, RealClearWorld“The future has already arrived,” sci-fi writer William Gibson famously quipped, “it's just not evenly distributed yet.” Few in the United States noticed wh... U.S. Invests Too Little, Not Too Much in China - Yukon Huang, Financial TimesBilateral investment treaties have been under negotiation for many years between Beijing and both the US and EU. But discussions with the EU have been disrupted by Brexit and the T... Xi Jinping’s Dilemma - Richard McGregor, New York TimesMr. Xi has displayed little stomach for taking on the state sector. The most obvious explanation is ideological: As a career Communist, he retains a bias toward state ownership as ... Beijing Won't Wait on Washington on Climate Change - Jackson Ewing, RCWThe days of cooperative climate change action in Washington and Beijing were short-lived.... China's One Belt, One Road to Challenge U.S. Order - Hugh White, Straits TimesNext month, what is likely to be this year's biggest international summit will convene in Beijing to discuss the world's most ambitious project. China's "Belt and Road Initiative" ... The Struggles of Writing About Chinese Food as a Chinese Person - Clarissa Wei, ViceGrowing up, I was the weird kid who adored boiled pig intestines and fermented tofu. So imagine my surprise when the 2000s hit and the food of my people was suddenly cool.... Asia's American Menace - Brahma Chellaney, Project SyndicateU.S. President Donald Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy has produced a series of dazzling flip-flops. Lacking any guiding convictions, much less clear strategic prio... The New Chinese Diaspora - John Lee, Lowy InterpreterThe skills these individuals pick up in Western countries help to plug gaps created by shortcomings in China's education system and corporate culture.... How America's Bloated Welfare State Is Aiding China - Daniel Blumenthal, RCWAmerican policy toward China depends heavily on whether national security leaders view China as ascendant relative to the United States. Though U.S. policymakers often assume that ... Time for America to Follow China's Lead - Kishore Mahbubani, RealClearWorldIn an atmosphere of global financial crises and climate change, of pandemics and terrorism, and numerous other international challenges such as famine and cyber-security, it is hig... China May Lead the Electric Car Revolution - Tamara Warren, The VergeThe car industry is in a delirious moment of change. Industry experts say more changes will happened in the next five years than have happened in the last fifty. As self-driving te... The Future of U.S.-China Relations Depends on North Korea - Jacob Shapiro, RCWRecent events in North Korea challenge the U.S. imperative to see a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.... Trump's Unnecessary Trade War With China - Yukon Huang & David Stack, National Int.And why a bilateral investment treaty might be the answer.... Has China Lost Control of Kim Jong Un? - Gordon Chang, The Daily BeastKim Jong Un has shown that he doesn't care what Washington and Beijing say, and he may have made himself an even bigger threat to these great powers.... Trump Abandons Monroe Doctrine and Puts China Ahead - Evan Siegfried, Daily BeastAs the United States turns away, the Chinese government is working to effectively control client nations in our sphere of influence.... If U.S.-China Trade Is Unfair, why Is GM the Best-Selling Car There? - T. Fernholz, QzThe world's most lucrative car market is also one of the hardest to break into.... The U.S.-China Thucydides Trap Seen From Beijing - Mo Shengkai & Chen Yue, TNIThe “Thucycides trap” isn't a death sentence.... American Power Under Challenge - Noam Chomsky, TomDispatchWhen we ask "Who rules the world?" we commonly adopt the standard convention that the actors in world affairs are states, primarily the great powers, and we consider their decision... How America Un-Learned China - Patrick Smith, Fiscal TimesThe State Department once boasted an honorable tradition of diplomats trained in Asian languages, cultures, and histories. Some of these people were scapegoats during the “Wh... Deterring China - John McCain, The Cipher BriefWe must remember that our soft power is the shadow cast by our hard power. And we must remain clear-eyed about the implications of China’s rise and its evolving foreign and d... An American-Politics Junkie in China - Jessica Meyers, The AtlanticHow Washington’s partisan bickering looks from a one-party state... China Enables North Korean Mischief - Joseph Bosco, RealClearWorldKerry did not explain whether the "business as usual" reference applied only to relations between China and North Korea, or to the U.S.-China relationship as well. Beijing quickly ... The U.S. Should Keep Sailing by Those Islands - J Forbes, National InterestShould Beijing prevail in its specious claims, the rules and norms that the U.S. has supported for decades will be effectively nullified, both in the Asia-Pacific and around the wo... Britain, China, and the Clash of Special Relationships - G. Rachman, FTPresident Xi might legitimately ask himself why he is touring Manchester City football club, while a crisis builds in the seas around China? But his British hosts should also be as... Better to Be Xi Than Bibi - Irwin Stelzer, Weekly StandardXi is building islands, and a missile system with which any rivals’ aircraft carriers can be sunk. Since ours are the only such vessels within reach of the missiles, one woul... Xi Visit Marks Slide in U.S.-China Relations - Josh Rogin, Bloomberg ViewThe United States and China are entering a period of long-term contention likely to get worse during the next administration, no matter which party holds power. That dynamic will b... US Holds the Cards With China. Will Obama Play Them? - G. Chang, DBForget about ‘common ground’ and ‘managing the differences’ when Xi Jinping visits this week. The U.S. is strong, China’s weakening. Let’s play ... The US Still Can't Stop China's Hackers - Elias Groll, Foreign PolicyThe White House wants a commitment from Beijing to stop commercial espionage and is threatening sanctions on hackers and companies if it doesn’t get it.... Relax, US-China Conflict Is Unlikely - Sholto Byrnes, The NationalTrue, president Xi Jinping did promise to reduce the country’s armed forces by 300,000. But, given that significant numbers of these are expected to be reshuffled into other ... Will the U.S. Get Tough on China? - Bonnie Glaser, Lowy InterpreterRepublican candidates will accuse Obama of being too soft on China and vow that if elected, they will stand up for American interests. Democrats, including Obama's former secretary... Poisoning the Well of U.S.-China Relations - Elizabeth Economy, CFRIt was bound to happen. As China’s stock market continued its wild ride, dropping 30 percent by early July from a seven-year high only a month prior, rumors started swirling ... U.S.-China Dialogue Pays Off - Wang Yang, Wall Street JournalI have the honor of co-chairing the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C., this week. This meeting is of particular significance as it lays the groundwork ... A U.S.-China Partnership to Save the World - G. Soros, NY Review of BooksInternational cooperation is in decline both in the political and financial spheres. The UN has failed to address any of the major conflicts since the end of the cold war; the 2009... 3 Ways the U.S. and China Could Go to War - M. Auslin, The CommentatorBeijing and Washington are each laying down redlines in the South China Sea, making the upholding of their claims a priority. In this, they are maneuvering themselves into a potent... U.S.-China: Make Room, Make Way, or Make Hay? - E.C. Economy, CFRThe Asia security field is a crowded one these days, and that is a good thing. The region is confronting a number of destabilizing threats: disputes over islands in the South and E... Washington Flirts With Disaster in East Asia - Ted Galen Carpenter, TNINow is the time for flexible, creative diplomacy focused on protecting America’s core maritime interests, not the territorial ambitions of favored East Asian countries. It m... No Future for the China-Russia Alliance - James Holmes, RealClearDefenseThese are also two powers that take a proprietary view of their surroundings. Robert Kaplan is doubtless correct to maintain that there’s something universal about the thinki... The U.S. Economy May Be Leaving China in the Dust - D. Scissors, RCWThere is a debate over which country has the world's largest economy. One side cites gross domestic product adjusted for purchasing power parity and puts China on top, while variou... A Frosty Future Beckons China and the U.S. - P. Stephens, Financial TimesWashington is giving up on Beijing becoming a stakeholder in the present global order.... Don't Let China Swallow Taiwan - J. Michael Cole, National InterestAllowing China to conquer Taiwan would almost certainly fan the flames of Chinese expansionism rather than extinguish them.... America's China Consensus Unravels - Hugh White, Lowy InterpreterFor a long time American (and Australian) thinking about China has been dominated by a broad consensus that, despite many signs of growing assertiveness, Beijing does not pose a fu... How Lee Told Nixon to Embrace China - Tom Switzer, American InterestNixon changed his thinking on Communist China before he was elected in November 1968, and it was Singapore’s Lee, as well as France’s Charles de Gaulle, West Germany&rs... |
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What Is Your State's China Strategy? - Mercy Kuo
China's Role in Post-Hegemonic Middle East - John Calabrese
China’s Great Leap Into Latin America - Jose Cardenas
Europe's China Pivot - Robert Manning
Time for America to Follow China’s Lead - Kishore Mahbubani
China Seeks to Surpass U.S. Influence in Asia - Dan Blumenthal
Future of U.S.-China Ties Depends on North Korea - Jacob Shapiro
U.S. Cities, States Ready to Work With China on Climate - Jackson Ewing
The Pitfalls of Being an American Businessperson in China - Jack Marr
How Trump Is Reconnecting Europe With China - Nicola Casarini
