More research and commentary
How China views the Trump-Xi summit. Wu Xinbo explores Beijing's priorities for the May leader-level meeting and outlines what a successful outcome would look like from China's perspective.
Pathways for America's Taiwan policy. Brookings’ Center for Asia Policy Studies and RAND's China Research Center organized a series of workshops with leading experts to consider a range of future U.S. policy approaches toward Taiwan. Ryan Hass and Jude Blanchette published an introductory overview of the project.
The enduring logic of the U.S.'s policy toward Taiwan. In a written interview with Ryan Hass, Richard Bush explains the history of cross-Strait relations, the U.S.'s long-standing approach to the island, and his advice for Trump on Taiwan ahead of the Trump-Xi Summit.
Is America dividing on Taiwan? In Taipei Times, Ryan Hass finds that there is a widening gap between U.S. elite and public opinion on China and discusses the potential implications of this dynamic for Taiwan.
Trump's narrative of Taiwan. Ryan Hass considers on NPR how the Trump administration frames Taiwan as a strategic liability rather than a like-minded partner.
How Beijing and Taipei consider the Middle East conflict. Alongside Brookings scholars and experts, Ryan Hass assesses how China and Taiwan view the U.S. and Israel's military operations in Iran.
Beijing's unsentimental calculus on Iran. Yun Sun argues in Foreign Affairs that though Beijing is agnostic to the Iranian regime, China may reconsider its sideline position in the war if its energy security and economic interests are further harmed.
The Trump administration's China policy. On Manoj Kewalramani's podcast, The Great Power Show, Ryan Hass discusses the Trump-Xi Summit, structural dynamics in the U.S.-China relationship, and the future of America's competition with China.
Views of U.S. and Chinese decline. Jonathan Czin asserts on NPR that both the U.S. and China believe that time is on their side, with each reading the other's economic vulnerabilities as signs of decline.
Chinese immigration reform. Yingyi Ma contends for the Penn Project Future of U.S.-China Relations that the U.S. must retain America-trained Chinese graduates and reform the H-1B visa system.
China-Japan tensions. In a ChinaFile written conversation, Ryan Hass examines how Japan’s domestic politics and Beijing's historical threat perceptions of Tokyo likely portend a prolonged period of elevated tensions in China-Japan relations.
Chinese economic reform. Mary Gallagher analyzes the implications of China's 15th Five-Year Plan in World Politics Review.
China's industrial dominance. Kyle Chan is interviewed on the Financial Times podcast, the Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes, and discusses the successes and shortcomings of China's evolving industrial policy.
War without principles. In an essay for Foreign Affairs, Mira Rapp-Hooper and Rebecca Lissner argue that Trump's war with Iran reveals that not only is the president not a realist, but that realism, properly understood, lays bare the profound dangers of this chosen conflict
