Chen Xiangmiao, Assistant Research Fellow, China National Institute for South China Sea Studies
Aug 09, 2019
The normalization of U.S. Coast Guard presence in the South China Sea is likely to lead to greater competition and interference. Far from keeping the peace, U.S. intrusions into the region are deliberate exercises of power that aim to assert control.
Zhang Bei, Assistant Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies
Aug 09, 2019
Though it seems distant, pro-Brexit politics that align with Trump’s foreign policy and economic spat with China have the potential to degrade China-UK relations in the future. If Johnson wants to live up to his promise on China, he’ll have to think carefully about his strategy.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Aug 09, 2019
As Trump’s “America First” policy and his penchant for unilateralism drives a wedge between the U.S. and Europe, Europe and China are coordinating and growing closer as they push back against unilateralism.
Du Lan, Assistant Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies.
Aug 06, 2019
While China-U.S. relations remain moderate, they are also in a critical position to steer away from a full ideological conflict. In order to prevent another cold war, both sides must recall that cooperation is in both parties’ best interests.
Seung-Youn Oh, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College
Aug 02, 2019
The remaining gaps in the U.S.-China trade negotiations are harder to resolve because they reflect differing views on what is the ultimate game plan of the trade war.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Jul 30, 2019
President Trump’s continuing willingness to meet with Kim Jong-un reflects both a major shift in U.S. policy and the importance of China’s constructive influence. Beijing has pushed Washington for years to open a bilateral dialogue with Pyongyang, but previous U.S. administrations spurned or deflected China’s advice, until now.
Tian Feilong, Associate Professor, the Law School of Beihang University
Jul 29, 2019
The China-US reconciliation at the Osaka G20 Summit grants opportunities for a new trade deal to stabilize the global economy. However, if protectionism, populism, and international tensions go unchecked, the summit’s benefits are likely to be short-lived.
Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Jul 24, 2019
Though Osaka provided a signal of some hope for future China-US negotiations, reality indicates that negotiators have several thorny issues to confront before reaching the light at the end of the tunnel: normalized trade relations.
Fan Gaoyue, Guest Professor at Sichuan University, Former Chief Specialist at PLA Academy of Military Science
Jul 24, 2019
Although denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula remains a priority for China, the US, Russia, and both Koreas, there remain significant gaps to address before the diplomatic process can be successful.
Zhang Yun, Associate Professor at National Niigata University in Japan, Nonresident Senior Fellow at University of Hong Kong
Jul 22, 2019
As a country with long diplomatic experience with the US and a rare close relationship with the DPRK, China is uniquely suited to help the two countries come to the table and bridge their massive differences. As an “external think tank,” China can use its expertise to help break rigid perceptions on both sides and usher in a new era of productive diplomatic, and perhaps even economic, relations.