Ken Lieberthal on Washington’s Major China Challenges
The longtime China expert and political advisor talks about the TPP, the unbalanced "pivot" to Asia, and the five missteps hurting the Biden administration's China...
Will China Hit Its Growth Target?
China’s GDP growth target looks highly challenging in light of the Ukraine war and U.S. monetary tightening.
Raffaello Pantucci on the West’s Missed Opportunity in Central Asia
The scholar talks about Xinjiang's relationship to Central Asia, the BRI's origins, and the China-Russia relationship in Central Asia.
The Party and China’s Financial Deterioration
The Communist party should be worried about the risks that have built up in China’s financial system.
Russia Pits Political China Against Technocratic China
The Russian invasion has thrown a wedge into a fierce and growing divide within the Chinese polity.
Xi’s Dangerous Decade
Even before the war in Ukraine, the 2020s were poised to be a decade of living dangerously. Now Russia’s invasion has underscored the crisis looming...
The China Initiative is Over — Now What?
Although the DoJ recently ended the controversial program, the question of how to navigate academic collaboration with China persists.
Craig Allen on U.S. Business Confidence in China
The president of the U.S.-China Business Council talks about staying competitive, eschewing loyalty tests and inching toward a conflict of law.
China Plans for the Digital Future – Time to Take Note
Beijing is prioritizing reducing vulnerability to external pressures over optimizing value chains.
Will China’s “Common Prosperity” Survive Putin’s War?
With Covid controls and perceived complicity in Russia’s aggression already threatening to isolate China, the risks of pursuing Xi's campaign should not be underestimated.
China’s Ukraine Calculus
For a month now, China has tried to stay out of the Russia-Ukraine war — insisting that it is "not a party" to the situation....
Isaac Stone Fish on Self-Censorship and Engagement with China
The journalist-turned-CEO talks about his new book, how companies should think about risk, and how China's overreaction to Covid accelerated decoupling.