AnalysisThe Rigorous Pragmatism of Chinese-Syrian Relations Jesse Marks • 12/22/2025The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in late 2024 forced Beijing to reassess its Syria policy from the…
AnalysisHas President Trump Got China Right? Yawei Liu • 12/17/2025On the eve of the founding of PRC, Mao Zedong sought support from Washington by inviting Ambassador Leighton…
AnalysisPresident Trump’s Quiet Diplomacy Behind U.S.–China–Ja… Yawei Liu • 12/09/2025On November 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that a mainland Chinese “attack” on Taiwan would constitute…
AnalysisJapan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Finally Says Something… Juan Zhang • 12/09/2025Source. For decades, the Taiwan issue has been the central, non-negotiable pillar of Chinese diplomacy—a matter Beijing defines…
InterviewsInterview with Zhou Wenxing: Cross-Taiwan Strait Relat… Juan Zhang • 12/07/2025During this in-depth interview, Dr. Zhou Wenxing, an Associate Professor at Nanjing University’s School of International Studies and…
InterviewsInterview with Dr. Joel Wuthnow: The Risk of “Accident… Tyler Quillen • 12/04/2025Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army. 2011. Source. Any who study international relations, security, and history will necessarily be…
AnalysisHow Capable Are the U.S. and Japan of Intervening in a… The World from Multiple Angles • 12/03/2025(Editor’s note: The original Chinese version of this article was published on December 2 on the WeChat account…
AnalysisRemembering Joseph Fewsmith: The Passing of a Generati… Hu Wei • 12/01/2025Source. Earlier this month, while traveling in Thailand, I was stunned to learn of the passing of Professor…
InterviewsExclusive Interview | Lee Jones: The Contemporary Cold… Alice Liu • 11/26/2025The second Trump administration saw the president using tariffs as a tool to reorder global power. Debate over…
InterviewsExclusive Interview | The Great Transformation: Westad… Alice Liu • 11/26/2025The Sunshine of Mao Zedong Thought Illuminates the Path of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Source In the historical…
AnalysisIn Call With Trump, Xi Says Taiwan Issue Extends Beyon… Juan Zhang • 11/25/2025Source. Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump in a call Monday that Taiwan’s “return to…
InterviewsInterview with Susannah Patton: How does Southeast Asi… Tyler Quillen • 11/20/2025Source Under the second Trump administration, the United States has, through the deep restructuring of its diplomatic, economic,…
AnalysisJin Canrong: Abandoning Taiwan Is Not Yet the Mainstre… Jin Canrong • 11/19/2025Source Editor’s note: Jin Canrong— a well-known nationalist scholar, influential commentator, and professor at Renmin University—recently published this…
InterviewsInterview with Rana Mitter: How China’s WWII Memory Fu… Alice Liu • 11/17/2025“Collective Memory – Zhongnanhai.” 2004-2008. Chen Shaoxiong. Source. The Bretton Woods Conference initiated a decade that most nations…
AnalysisTakaichi’s Taiwan Remarks Ignite East Asia, Triggering… Juan Zhang • 11/17/2025On November 7, Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a budget committee in the House of…
InterviewsThe Taiwan-North Korea Dynamic: An Interview with Dr.… Tyler Quillen • 11/11/2025Xi Jinping (middle) between Vladimir Putin (left) and Kim Jong Un (right) at China’s Victory Day parade. September…
InterviewsThe UN, AI, and Climate Change: An Interview with Clim… Wei Wei Chen • 11/11/2025As global climate cooperation discussions evolve across high-level meetings such as the UN General Assembly (UNGA), New York…
AnalysisTrump 2.0 Has Created New Bedfellows Among America’s C… David M. McCourt • 11/06/2025Photo Source: White House It has been almost one year since the second Trump administration took office. Many…
AnalysisA Tough Job to Keep: The Fates of China’s Internationa… Tyler Quillen, Alice Liu • 11/05/2025On December 4, 2024, Liu Jianchao, then Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the…
InterviewsInterview with James Siebens on Taiwan and China’s Str… Tyler Quillen • 11/04/2025Photo Source Over the past 20 years, China’s “peaceful rise” has included substantial investments in military modernization, coupled…
AnalysisXi Jinping and Four U.S. Presidents: Personal Diplomac… Yawei Liu • 10/29/2025Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Resort in Florida, April 6,…
InterviewsInterview With Amb. Daniel Kritenbrink on US-China Rel… Tyler Quillen • 10/29/2025On July 8, 2017, President Xi Jinping met with President Donald Trump after the closing of the G20…
InterviewsAn Interview with Pascale Massot on Power, Vulnerabili… Alice Liu • 10/28/2025Xi’an, Shanxi, China. Source. Over the past two decades of China’s surging economic transformation, many unexpected phenomena emerged.…
AnalysisA War China Didn’t Fight but Still Lost: Beijing’s Str… Xin Sichao • 10/23/2025On September 2, China’s President Xi Jinping held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall…
InterviewsAn Interview with Ji Li: Insights on Chinese Multinati… Alice Liu • 10/22/2025“Government Bureau.” 1956. George Tooker. Source In 2018, the case involving Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and Meng Wanzhou…
InterviewsAn Interview with Shitong Qiao: The Authoritarian Comm… Alice Liu • 10/19/2025Source From the Sun Yat-sen republican era to the internationally renowned 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, democratic ideals have…
AnalysisWhy the U.S. Can’t Break Free from Its Dependence on C… KS Liu • 10/18/2025 A rare-earth mine in Guilin, China. Source Since China cut off rare earth exports to Japan during the…
AnalysisFrom Beijing to Beijing: Thirty Years of Progress and… Miao Lu • 10/15/2025On September 4, 1995, the Fourth World Conference on Women was held in Beijing, China, where participants adopted…
InterviewsAn Interview with Yun Sun: The Trade War’s Not T… Tyler Quillen • 10/15/2025The second Trump administration has brought a flurry of changes to the international ecosystem, particularly in the realm…
AnalysisHu Xijin: How to Promote Orderly Openness and Freedom Hu Xijin • 10/14/2025Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of Global Times, is one of China’s most intriguing journalists. He wears many “faces.”…
AnalysisWang Jisi: Has the Cold War Really Ended? Wang Jisi • 10/08/2025Source The Cold War came to an end in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the dramatic…
InterviewsInterview with Zhao Tong on the US-China Perception Ga… Tyler Quillen • 10/08/2025“The Dialogue Between Parents.” 1993. Mao Xuhui. Source. The world’s most important bilateral relationship, that of the United…
InterviewsStability Without Improvement: Professor Da Wei on the… Da Wei • 10/05/2025Source: China-US Focus The 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum was held at the Beijing International Conference Center from September…
InterviewsThe Unbearable Busyness of Hummingbirds with Xiang Bia… Alice Liu • 10/05/2025Kunming, Yunnan, PRC. May 28, 2025. Source Apart from the author of From the Soil, Fei Xiaotong, perhaps…
AnalysisManaging Rivalry: China’s Strategy for Coexistence wit… Li Wei • 10/03/2025Source: Fudan University Over the past three centuries, the global economy has witnessed the rise of three “world…
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