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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…
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…
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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…
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,…
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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…
AnalysisAmerica’s Future: How Beijing is Planning Its Ne… Diao Daming • 09/30/2025Source: White House As one of the founders and long-term leaders of the postwar international order, the United…
AnalysisBeyond Isolation: The Case of CATL and US-China Tech C… Aaron Zhang • 09/25/2025With Chinese EVs being shut out of American markets and Washington’s ongoing tariff negotiations designed to further isolate…
AnalysisWhen China Rules the Rivers Antonina-Luszczykiewicz Mendis • 09/17/2025Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang recently announced the “Project of the Century.” Interestingly, he was not referring to the exploration…
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AnalysisNew Chinese Public Opinion Survey Nick Zeller • 09/04/2025The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Center have just released the results of our recent…
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AnalysisChinese Scholars Debate the Role China Could Play in t… China-Focus-Editor • 08/22/2025The high-stakes Ukraine summits convened by President Trump have captured the world’s focus. As the United States, Russia,…
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AnalysisU.S. Think Tanks Need Less Confrontational Thinking on… Zhang Jiadong • 08/19/2025Source 【Editor’s note: Professor Zhang Jiadong of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University recently published an…
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AnalysisRobotic Might, Aerospace Fright: China’s Uneven March… China-Focus-Editor • 08/13/2025Source: Nvidia website [The China Focus at The Carter Center, in cooperation with the China Focus at the…
AnalysisWhen Perception is Power: Countering China’s Cou… China-Focus-Editor • 08/13/2025Source: geographical map of sub-Saharan Africa. [The China Focus at The Carter Center, in cooperation with the China…
AnalysisQuiet Hedging: Indo-Pacific Middle Powers’ Strategic D… Niño Ryan Embestro • 08/12/2025“Chinese boats near the ‘Sumner’: Jolo, Jolo.” 1901. Source. ‘Chinese boats’ most likely refers to the style, not…
AnalysisTrump As the (In)adverteant Harbinger of a New Transat… China-Focus-Editor • 08/12/2025[The China Focus at The Carter Center, in cooperation with the China Focus at the University of California,…
AnalysisWho’s Afraid of Engagement? Yanqiu Zheng • 08/05/2025(Members of a Chinese table tennis team being interviewed at a television studio at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School,…
AnalysisHu Xijin: Is a Xi’an Incident–style military coup poss… China-Focus-Editor • 08/04/2025Editor’s Note: This commentary was written by Hu Xijin, a well-known Chinese opinion influence and former editor-in-chief of…
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