In this interview, Yun Sun, director of the China Program and co-director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center, discusses China's presence in the Middle East and role in international diplomacy.

While it’s unlikely the U.S. can halt China's rise, they can certainly slow it down, says Yun Sun, director of the China Program and co-director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center. She also notes that continued dialogue and high-level meetings will help Beijing and Washington better manage this deeply competitive relationship.

In this interview, Christopher A. McNally, a professor at Chaminade University, emphasizes that China must continue to support economic growth and, more specifically, innovation and good growth.

While the United States is experiencing dramatic levels of inflation, China is facing very low levels. Christopher A. McNally, a professor at Chaminade University, assesses various forms of economic stimuli, such as quantitative easing, and discusses why it's important to understand and mitigate inflation faced by economies all over the world.

Yun Sun, director of the China Program and co-director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center, emphasizes that for China, this is a year of economic recovery – to regroup, to restore the economy, and to rebuild China's economic ties with the rest of the world.

China's economic decentralization has been a key factor in its economic success. Local governments have been given a great deal of autonomy in economic decision-making, which has led to a competitive environment and a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. Professor Keyu Jin unpacks how political centralization combining with economic decentralization fueled China’s economic growth.

The United States and China are politically opposite, but economically competitive and globally collaborative. Dr. Keyu Jin of the London School of Economics and Political Science argues that this new era of competitive collaboration can be a sustainable model for the future, but it requires both countries to focus on specific issues, embrace opportunities for foreign companies, and avoid a narrow national security lens.

As the highest-level visit to Beijing in three years comes to a close, we examine the outcomes and consequences after years of stalemate in the bilateral relationship. James Chau speaks in this special interview with Max Baucus.