Interviews - U.S.-China Perception Monitor

10/27/2025

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An Interview with Ji Li: Insights on Chinese Multinationals and the U.S. Legal System

Alice Liu Alice Liu 10/22/2025

There has been a decline in demand for corporate services from Chinese companies as a result of U.S.–China economic decoupling. At the same time, however, their demand for compliance and litigation services appears to be increasing.

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An Interview with Shitong Qiao: The Authoritarian Commons and China’s Neighborhood Democratization

Alice Liu Alice Liu 10/19/2025

Democratization is not simply about taking power away from the government and giving it to the people.

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An Interview with Yun Sun: The Trade War’s Not That Bad for China

Tyler Quillen Tyler Quillen 10/15/2025

I think the Chinese have a much higher capability to endure the pains that have been imposed, not only because of their authoritarian political system but also because of the government’s ability to control the information the population gets to access.

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Interview with Zhao Tong on the US-China Perception Gap

Tyler Quillen Tyler Quillen 10/08/2025

The Monitor spoke with Dr. Tong Zhao to shed some light on the factors at play in this shifting relationship as well as what may come next.

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Stability Without Improvement: Professor Da Wei on the Risky Equilibrium of US-China Relations

Da Wei Da Wei 10/05/2025

While China-U.S. relations have not visibly deteriorated in the short term, both sides lack strong incentives to improve ties

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The Unbearable Busyness of Hummingbirds with Xiang Biao

Alice Liu Alice Liu 10/05/2025

So there is a shift from labor migration, where people travel overseas to earn money, to reproduction migration, where migration itself becomes a form of consumption.

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Wu Xinbo: China’s Strength——The Key to U.S. De-escalation

Wu Xinbo Wu Xinbo 09/25/2025

When Trump says he does not want conflict with China, I believe he means it. As a businessman, a clash with a major military power like China simply doesn’t add up.

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An Interview with Graham Allison on a Trump-Xi Deal

Miranda Wilson Miranda Wilson 09/04/2025

Recently, Allison has been a rare hopeful voice that Washington and Beijing can find a way to live together and that conflict is not inevitable.

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An Interview with Eli Friedman on Transnational Solidarity and Left Internationalism

Diego Ge Diego Ge 08/27/2025

The history of USAID is complicated and problematic—both for Americans and for people around the world—because the agency is often tied directly to U.S. imperialism.

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Engagement is Not Dead w/ Terry Lautz and Deborah Davis

Miranda Wilson Miranda Wilson 08/23/2025

People-to-people connections are a defining part of U.S.-China relations, and the people highlighted in this book highlight the shared values, friendships, and cooperation that are possible between our two nations.

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The History of the Thai-Chinese and the Chinese-Thai w/ Sittithep Eaksittipong

Henry O'Connor Henry O'Connor 08/15/2025

In the same way that China tries to promote Chinese culture, the Thai state promotes Thainess, language, and culture abroad as well.

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Assessing Peaceful Unification w/ Xin Qiang

Edison Chen Edison Chen 08/12/2025

People-to-people cultural exchanges between the two sides across the strait will facilitate and promote cooperation and exchange between the two sides.

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China In The World, Three Years Later w/ Ban Wang

Grace Osborn Grace Osborn 08/09/2025

The power of spirit is part of the revolutionary discourse of voluntarism. It is the ardent belief that subjective factors constitute a military capability and power and could propel the fighting army to victory.

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