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Shannon Tiezzi

Shannon Tiezzi

Shannon Tiezzi is Editor-in-Chief at The Diplomat.

Her main focus is on China, and she writes on China’s foreign relations, domestic politics, and economy. Shannon previously served as a research associate at the U.S.-China Policy Foundation, where she hosted the weekly television show “China Forum.” She received her A.M. from Harvard University and her B.A. from The College of William and Mary. Shannon has also studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Posts by Shannon Tiezzi
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February 08, 2018

China to India: Respect Maldives' Sovereignty

By Shannon Tiezzi
China's Foreign Ministry warns the world not to “complicate the situation” by interfering in the unfolding crisis.
February 06, 2018

Is This The Start of a US-China Trade War?

By Shannon Tiezzi
After the Trump administration levies tariffs on Chinese solar panels, China investigates U.S. sorghum imports.

February 01, 2018

Is Taiwan About to Lose Another Diplomatic Ally?

By Shannon Tiezzi
What to make of recent reports that the Vatican has made a breakthrough in relations with Beijing?

January 31, 2018

If China Bugged the AU Headquarters, What African Countries Should Be Worried?

By Shannon Tiezzi
China fiercely denied reports that it spied on the African Union for five years after building its new headquarters.

January 30, 2018

What China's Davos Coverage Reveals About Its Global Ambitions

By Shannon Tiezzi
China sees itself winning the battle for global influence.
January 10, 2018

Michael Caster on China's Forced Disappearances

By Shannon Tiezzi
Caster talks about a new collection of firsthand accounts from the disappeared.

December 28, 2017

C. Christine Fair on US-Pakistan Relations

By Shannon Tiezzi
How will U.S.-Pakistan relations fare under President Trump?
December 13, 2017

Shaun Rein on the 'War for China's Wallet'

By Shannon Tiezzi

December 09, 2017

Taiwan's 'New Southbound Policy' Scores Win in the Philippines

By Shannon Tiezzi
Taipei hopes its expanded investment agreement with Manila is the first of many with ASEAN partners.

November 08, 2017

In Japan, Trump and Abe Offer Alternative to China’s ‘Belt and Road’

By Shannon Tiezzi
The U.S. and Japan signed new agreements to promote “high quality” infrastructure in Asia and Africa.

October 30, 2017

Willy Lam on China's 19th Party Congress

By Shannon Tiezzi
“The well-known axiom – the more power a dictator has accumulated, the less secure he feels – is applicable to Xi.”
July 29, 2017

Graham Allison on the 'Thucydides Trap'

By Shannon Tiezzi
“If leaders just keep doing what they have been doing... the odds that they stumble to war seem to me greater than even.”

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