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U.S. security and immigration policies threaten its AI leadership. Yingyi Ma emphasizes that addressing this challenge demands more favorable immigration policies, and it is in America’s best interest to reform these systems.
Blinken faces tough talks in China. In Barron’s, Ryan Hass is quoted on how China sees U.S. efforts to curb its industrial production as tantamount to a trade war with Beijing.
6 months on: What is the impact of the war in Gaza? Patricia Kim challenges the ongoing narrative that China will emerge as the Middle East’s power broker on the conflict and humanitarian crisis. She highlights that China has not intervened meaningfully to affect the course of the conflict during the six months after Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7 and Israel’s subsequent ongoing invasion of the Gaza Strip.
What China’s advantage in green manufacturing means for climate action. In People’s Daily Online, Kenneth Lieberthal says that despite the bad faith moves by Washington to cut all cords with China over green technology, achieving climate control goals requires that the U.S. continues to work with China.
The impact of Iran’s attack on Israel. Ryan Hass posits that following Iran's drone and missile assault on Israel on April 13, Beijing is urging calm and restraint but without putting diplomatic muscle or strategic leverage behind such calls. Beijing is committed to virtue signaling while leaving the hard work of limiting the spread of violence to others.
Navigating China and America in the new age of uncertainty. Evan Osnos spoke to KCLU on the unprecedented status of the U.S.-China relationship, as large powers with distinct and often confrontational interests and agendas in the world that at the same time are economically intertwined.
Myanmar’s relations with Russia and China. At a webinar hosted by the ISEAS Myanmar Studies Programme, Yun Sun provided an assessment of the outlook for the political-security and economic implications of Naypyidaw’s relations with Moscow and Beijing.
Ryan Hass on U.S. Trade Policy with China. In an interview with C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, Ryan Hass discusses how America’s economic relationship with China will factor into the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
China conference hosted by Harvard Kennedy School. Susan Thornton and Lan Xue participated in the China Conference hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School. The event addressed vital topics including U.S.-China relations, global macroeconomics, AI, the semiconductor industry, geopolitics, climate change, and China's role with other developing countries.
What's next after Yellen's China visit? In The Economic Times, Ryan Hass discusses Secretary Yellen’s visit to Beijing as part of an ongoing strategy toward cooperation.
