Pence’s speech only made the U.S. look bad.

Vice President Mike Pence’s speech at the Hudson Institute signaled a far tougher American line on China. It is worth considering the Trump administration’s motivations for taking such an adversarial public stance now.

It is important to notice who started this trade war. We never want to have a trade war.

Friction is inevitable for two powers both at the nascent stage of a new era; after all, this era is unprecedented in history.

The Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy faces significant obstacles.

The relationship is too important to carry on like this.

Foreign Ministry responds to Pence's accusations on China.

A messy divorce of the fusion between the Chinese and American economies – the end of Chimerica – looms. This raises the specter of the first “hegemonic showdown” between the United States and China.

The U.S. previously sought to constrain “China’s Rise,” but now may have to accept the country as an equal partner in solving the world’s greatest challenges.

With the all-important midterm elections nearing, and the real prospect that Democrats will take control of the House and (less likely) the Senate, many are wondering if such a change would herald any substantive change in the United States’ policy toward China. The short answer, David Shambaugh argues, is no.