Rob La Terza
On November 4, the U.S., Japan, and Australia jointly announced the Blue Dot Network infrastructure program at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Bangkok, Thailand. While limited detail is available about the...
If U.S.-China relations are analogized to building a bridge across the Pacific, a government official falsifying sources or information in academic publications, even if in jest, is like a civil engineer using erroneous math as a practical joke. Failing to correct these errors threatens the stability of the entire project, with potentially catastrophic results.
By Rob La Terza
In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act on October 15th . China condemned the decision, with...
By Rob La Terza
Trade talks on October 10th and 11th surpassed expectations, as President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. and China had reached a “substantial phase-one deal” on Friday . This deal...
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
No one thought Donald Trump could win the Presidency in 2016. One of Trump's favorite talking points during the race was that if elected, he would give China hell...
(Photo by the Associated Press)
by Rob La Terza
Tensions between the US and China have been high for over a year thanks to China’s treatment of Uighurs and the trade...
On September 23, Senator Mark R. Warner delivered remarks on U.S. – China relations at an event hosted by the United States Institute for Peace (UISP)’s China Program. He emphasized China’s threat to U.S. power and global influence through utilizing the global access, resources, and power that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
Rob La Terza
In recent days, President Trump has accused his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, of improperly using his position to help his son Hunter Biden’s business fortunes. On October 3,...
(Ambassador Winston Lord, left, and Wenshan Jia, right)
By Wenshan Jia
I. Building Bridges Versus Building Walls: Winston Lord and Donald Trump visit Southern California
This week, American...
By Michael B. Cerny.
After the abrupt exit of John Bolton as National Security Advisor in mid-September, the White House has been shuffling its team of national-security experts. As I described in my previous article, it is evident that the...