Bob Davis - The Wire China

Articles

Myron Brilliant on Business’s Role in Dealing with China

The longtime U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive VP talks about the rights and wrongs of China's WTO entry and how companies should deal with the current tensions in the U.S.-China relationship.

What Taiwan Wants Us to Know

The Taipei government is keen to show the island is more than a political football between the U.S. and China.

Nicholas Burns on Managing the Competition with China

The ambassador to China talks about the airing of grievances; the military-to-military stalemate; and if there is really a 'thaw' in U.S.-China relations.

Yao Yang on Why China and the U.S. Need to Talk

The Chinese economist discusses why a prosperous China is good for the U.S.; recent changes in the Chinese leadership; and how Beijing sees relations with Russia, the U.S. and Europe.

Stephen J. Hadley on Keeping China Relations on Track

The former national security advisor talks about George W. Bush's approach to China, Jiang Zemin's response to 9/11 and 'Track Two' engagement with Beijing.

Mike Pompeo on Sounding the Alarm about China

The former secretary of state talks about how the Trump administration changed U.S.-China relations; why he accused Beijing of genocide in Xinjiang; and why U.S. politicians should visit Taiwan.

Even after the spy balloon drama postponed his trip to China, Secretary of State Blinken said the U.S. “remains committed to diplomatic engagement with China” and emphasized the need to de-escalate tensions. But what exactly that de-escalation looks like is increasingly unclear. The U.S. is...

Thea Lee on Tracing Supply Chains and Protecting Workers

The longtime labor advocate and current Biden administration official talks about the U.S.'s lopsided trade relationship with China; enforcing the Uyghur Force Labor Protection Act; and why labor rights problems in China are so systemic.

Keith Krach on Weaponizing Trust

The business veteran and former State Department official talks about pushing back against Huawei; 'tech statecraft'; and fighting back when the market is no longer free.

Ash Carter on the Pentagon’s Lonely Pivot to Asia

The former Secretary of Defense talks about what went wrong during the 'rebalancing' effort; Xi Jinping's big mistake with ethnocentrism; and the 'Great Firewall of self-isolation.'

Robert Zoellick on Accepting China as It Is

The former U.S. Trade Representative, diplomat and World Bank president talks about his 40-year relationship with China, including refreshing the WTO deal; the danger of fortress economies; why engagement hasn't failed; and what he thinks about Xi Jinping.

Lawrence Summers on the Principles of a Multipolar System

The lionized economist talks about alternatives and counterfactuals in the U.S.-China relationship; the lessons from both the Japanese and Russian experiences; and why truculence is never productive.