Cheng Li Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution
Xiuye Zhao Director for Asia Operations, the State Legislative Leaders Foundation
Jan 14, 2021
Local and subnational governments play an indispensable role in maintaining healthy relations between the United States and China. By proactively engaging and empowering them, the incoming administration can achieve positive results.
Leonardo Dinic NYU Alumnus
Jan 12, 2021
Instead of transactional trade agreements, Biden’s China policy seems to seek concrete change in Beijing’s behavior. With a transatlantic divide between the US and Europe, it might be difficult to sway certain European countries into siding with Washington over Beijing.
Luo Liang Assistant Research Fellow, National Institute for South China Sea Studies
Jan 06, 2021
A new U.S. policy will emerge in the South China Sea, but only slowly. After his inauguration Biden will pick up where Obama left off, but adding new strategic wrinkles as the U.S. enlists other countries to play its game.
Zhang Yun Associate Professor, National Niigata University in Japan
Jan 06, 2021
The resumption of talks between China and the United States should be characterized by efficiency and high quality. After many negative twists and turns in recent years, the relationship will eventually find a new model that has not been seen before.
Joseph S. Nye Professor, Harvard University
Jan 06, 2021
American foreign policy tends to oscillate between inward and outward orientations. President George W. Bush was an interventionist; his successor, Barack Obama, less so. And Donald Trump was mostly non-interventionist. What should we expect from Joe Biden?
Andrew Sheng Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong
Xiao Geng President of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance
Jan 06, 2021
As the United States prepares for a radical course-correction on climate change, China is raising its game. Climate action has become yet another front in the competition between the world’s two largest economies. Who will cross the net-zero-emissions finish line first?
Chen Yonglong Director of Center of American Studies, China Foundation for International Studies
Dec 28, 2020
The common development and interdependence that both countries have cultivated over the years is actually a kind of positive energy and good fortune for the world.
Minxin Pei Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Dec 28, 2020
Stabilizing U.S.-China relations remains one of the top items on President-elect Biden’s agenda for 2021, but in order to do so mutual trust and cooperation must be restored. The incoming administration should seek to revive cultural, educational, and people-to-people exchange in order to repair the years’ worth of structural damage.
Li Yan Deputy Director of Institute of American Studies, CICIR
Dec 28, 2020
While pursuing cautious containment, the U.S. will want to avoid major military frictions. Biden may re-emphasize the role of military exchanges with China, which will create opportunities for military dialogue and exchanges at all levels.
Ted Galen Carpenter Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Dec 26, 2020
The incoming Biden administration has every incentive to repair relations with China, but the biggest obstacle, more so than Trump’s actions or public opinion, may be Biden’s own election cycle rhetoric.