Jessica Chen Weiss on Stepping Back from the Brink
The academic talks about creating a vision for the U.S. that isn't defined by beating China; why the repudiation of engagement went too far; and...
China’s Trillion Dollar Holding
Fears that China’s U.S. Treasury holdings are a vulnerability are often overblown.
America’s Brain Drain
A new study finds that Chinese academics are departing the United States at an accelerating pace.
The Tragedy of Taiwan’s Success
Six decades after first spending time in Taiwan, Orville Schell recently went back for a visit and was struck by how much the island has...
Xi’s Economic Fumbles
The Chinese economy is in its worst shape in recent memory — and most of its problems can be directly or indirectly attributed to Xi...
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...
Is The Sino-Russia Relationship Cracking?
A careful examination of recent events should discourage any wishful thinking that Beijing is distancing itself from Moscow.
Transforming the Economics and Governance of Water
Water-related crises around the world have shown that current systems of governance and economic organization are unsuited for a world altered by global warming.
Josh Chin & Liza Lin on How China Developed its ‘All-Seeing’ Surveillance State
The journalists and authors talk about what sets China's use of surveillance tech apart from other countries; how the building blocks of that tech came...
Aaron Friedberg on What the U.S. Got Wrong About China
The professor talks about his latest book; why engagement was a gamble, not a blunder; what changed after Tiananmen; and why the U.S. should take...
Xiao Jianhua’s Lost Empire
A look at Xiao Jianhua’s financial empire: the companies involved, what’s happened to them, and what, if anything, remains.
What To Expect from the Twentieth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Tony Saich’s best guesstimates on Xi’s chances of reappointment, how the party’s leadership structure will change, and what to look for in terms of future...