InterviewsSelf-Help: The 2010s Wenhua Re? w/ Gil Hizi Alice Liu • 11/09/2026In the United States, the popular urge for self-improvement has given rise to a massive commercial industry encompassing…
InterviewsHawaii in the Crosshairs of U.S.-China Strategic Compe… Elijah Shoaf • 11/07/2026To explore the physical reality of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s footprint in Hawaii and address the hidden costs of…
InterviewsHow States Earn the Right to Rule w/ Dingxin Zhao Georgia Pollard • 11/06/2026Why do some governments endure through decades of upheaval while others collapse? For much of the post-Cold War…
InterviewsControlling the Narrative: Information, Image, and Inf… Georgia Pollard • 11/05/2026China’s influence abroad is often described as either attractive or coercive, but Maria Repnikova argues it is usually…
InterviewsThe Making of a National Myth: A People’s History of T… Elijah Shoaf • 10/27/2026When global observers talk about Taiwan, the conversation rarely strays from semiconductor supply chains, U.S.-China relations, or the…
InterviewsGlobalized Populism w/ Pitman Potter Georgia Pollard • 10/26/2026When it comes to China’s conduct on the world stage, much of the debate has centered on rule-breaking…
InterviewsIs Hong Kong Hong Kong Enough? w/ Wang Xiangwei Alice Liu • 10/23/2026Priscilla Chan’s canto-pop love songs, Andy Lau’s motorcycle punk, and Central’s bustling Exchange Square together formed a generation…
InterviewsWhen the Subject is Grandmothers w/ Kate Zhou Elijah Shoaf • 10/22/2026To explore new avenues of potential U.S.-China cooperation and address a looming domestic healthcare crisis, including a projected…
InterviewsWhy the U.S. Dollar Isn’t Going Anywhere (Yet) w/ Ho-F… Elijah Shoaf • 10/21/2026To understand the enduring resilience of the U.S. dollar and the reality behind the current wave of de-dollarization…
InterviewsThe Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class w/ Teemu Rus… Alice Liu • 09/25/2026When it comes to the political nature of China’s government today, there has been much rhetoric about “socialism…
InterviewsThe Shape of China Studies to Come w/ Zhiqun Zhu Taiyi Sun • 09/14/2026The relaunch of China and the World comes at a particularly important moment for China studies. As China’s…
InterviewsWhat Really Made China Rich w/ Yasheng Huang Alice Liu • 09/07/2026How did China emerge from the wretched poverty of the Mao era to build such a vibrant economy…
InterviewsCoexistence in the New World Order w/ Jessica Chen Wei… Emma Brignall, Vimi Wang • 09/04/2026The rise of China has come with designations of the present day as a “new Cold War.” Many…
InterviewsWho Holds Up Half the Sky? w/ Tani Barlow Alice Liu • 08/28/2026The Carter Center is honored to feature an interview with Dr. Tani Barlow, a foundational scholar in the…
InterviewsChina’s Ripple Effect w/ Enze Han Alice Liu • 08/27/2026How should China’s relationship with Southeast Asia be characterized? It is, surely, a paradoxical one. Chinese netizens, fueled…
InterviewsGeostrategic Globalization w/ Steve Rolf Vimi Wang • 08/14/2026The U.S.-China rivalry is often narrated through the language of tariffs, sanctions, and export controls—discrete policy tools deployed…
InterviewsHistorical Nihilism, Cultural Confidence w/ Christophe… Alice Liu • 08/10/2026Since Xi Jinping’s inauguration in 2013, we have increasingly seen dissidents and academics accused under the broad charge…
InterviewsChina’s Still a Union Shop w/ Immanuel Ness Emma Brignall • 08/07/2026China’s trade unions are higher performing than most in the world. Unions have secured better wages, conditions, and…
InterviewsWho Gets to Explain Development? Vimi Wang • 08/05/2026China’s economic trajectory has become one of the most contested subjects in contemporary policy debate. Yet discussions of…
InterviewsGreat Powers, Small States w/ Joseph Liow Alice Liu • 07/30/2026In 2024, a video clip of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifying before Congress went viral on social…
InterviewsTo the Moon and Back w/ Carla Freeman Emma Brignall • 07/22/2026China has increased its presence in developing countries in the Global South in recent years, offering development institutions…
InterviewsThe Idea of China w/ Guoqi Xu Emma Brignall • 07/22/2026The meaning of China has changed across thousands of years of history. Governments, territories, and philosophies have shaped…
InterviewsEcological Demolition w/ Jia-Ching Chen Vimi Wang • 07/22/2026China has become the world’s undisputed leader in green technology, producing more solar panels, wind turbines, and electric…
InterviewsThe Forces Framing Taiwan’s Future w/ Ryan Hass Emma Brignall • 07/13/2026Taiwan’s predicament is constantly shifting. Since the Trump-Xi summit, questions have surfaced around whether the U.S. will resume…
InterviewsThe New North Korea w/ Oriana Skylar Mastro Emma Brignall • 07/07/2026Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine War, North Korea has experienced an economic miracle. It has profited greatly…
InterviewsThe Real Challenge of AI w/ Paul Triolo Emma Brignall • 07/07/2026When AI is interposed in U.S.-China relations, the discussion turns to rivalry, surveillance, and a race we are…
InterviewsOpening U.S.-PRC Relations, 54 years later w/ Amb. Cha… Emma Brignall • 06/26/2026Today, rivalry colors all aspects of U.S.-China relations. Yet this relationship was built on hopes of collaboration and…
InterviewsThe Missing Variable w/ Dylan Loh Vimi Wang • 06/25/2026China’s rise has become one of the defining phenomena in the study of international relations. Yet, scholarly and…
InterviewsWhat is Global China? w/ Jessica DiCarlo Isobel Li • 06/23/2026Across the Global South, China has become a significant source of funding for infrastructure and development. From perspectives…
InterviewsFrom the Tiananmen Square to the State Department w/ J… Emma Brignall • 06/20/2026Following the recent Trump-Xi Summit, many questions have been raised about the future of diplomatic relations between the…
InterviewsThe Ten-Foot Myth w/ Ker Gibbs Vimi Wang • 06/10/2026China’s rapid economic rise has drawn countless Western businesses into its vast market. But that bilateral relationship is…
InterviewsMake China Great Again w/ Rongbin Han Alice Liu • 06/04/2026The era of globalization that followed the Cold War greatly transformed China. Yet many Western democracies witnessed backlash…
InterviewsHalf-Vicious w/ Jennifer Lind Isobel Li • 06/04/2026Smart authoritarians adapted… They became, as Aristotle advised autocrats, ‘not vicious but half-vicious.’ — Autocracy 2.0: How China’s…
InterviewsAn Octopus with Many Tentacles w/ Lynette Ong Isobel Li • 05/22/2026China’s ambitious state-led urbanization accelerated in the early 2010s, annually increasing urban construction by 1.2 million acres— double…
InterviewsRethinking the Carter Era w/ Peng Sheng Juan Zhang • 05/19/2026How should we understand the transformation of U.S.-China relations from the Cold War era to today’s technological rivalry?…
InterviewsU.S.-China Educational Decoupling w/ Rosie Levine Alice Liu • 05/18/2026As the US-China Education Trust’s March report America’s China Talent Challenge: Investing in Deeper American Understanding of China…
