U.S. Embassy in Beijing profiles Brookings. In an online series introducing prominent U.S. think tanks to a Chinese audience, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing interviewed Cheng Li (in Chinese), the director of the John L. Thornton China Center, who discussed the center and shared some key facts from Brookings's history of researching China.

Status quo on the Taiwan Strait likely to endure for the time being. As the United States and Taiwan mark the 40th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, there is little incentive for leaders in Beijing to upend the current equilibrium, Ryan Hass tells The Straits Times.

U.S.-China tariffs driving up the price of consumer goods. A recent study shows that the price of washing machines in the United States has increased an average of 12% since the first tariffs were levied in the U.S.-China trade war. "It’s a good example of how the benefits of free trade are extremely diffuse but then the benefits of protectionism are concentrated," David Dollar tells NBC News.