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March 17, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Will Bring Social Changes in China
By Shaoshan Liu
The dark side of generative AI is that it is going to replace a lot of jobs, especially in the services sector. How will China weather the disruption?

March 16, 2023
Garcetti’s Long-stalled India Ambassador Nomination Faces Senate
By Michael R. Blood, Mary Clare Jalonick, and Chris Megerian
A former Los Angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti was nominated back in July 2021 to be the Biden administration’s ambassador to India.

March 11, 2023
Foreshadowing the US Marine Corps Landing at Guam’s Camp Blaz
By Kenneth Gofigan Kuper and Leland Bettis
Metaphorical mines litter the landing site for the Marines at Camp Blaz, from a lack of preparedness to a lack of true community consent.

March 11, 2023
China Is Meddling on America’s Doorstep
By Imran Bayoumi
Reports that China interfered in Canada’s 2021 elections should raise alarms in the United States.

March 09, 2023
The Pyrrhic Victory of a China Consensus
By Gibbs McKinley
History shows us that blithely chasing consensus could lead decision-makers in Washington astray, with disastrous consequences.

March 09, 2023
Conflicting Economic Ideologies May Impact Future China Policy in the US
By Jiachen Shi
China policy has become a proxy for different economic strategies at home: more investment (and deficit spending) vs. budget cuts and a market-driven approach.

March 07, 2023
The Political Case for a New Zealand-US Free Trade Agreement
By Nicholas Khoo and Alex Tan
A free trade pact makes sense for both countries, and the reasons are as much political as they are economic.

March 03, 2023
Philippine Senator Questions Scope of New US Security Agreement
By Sebastian Strangio
Comments by Senator Imee Marcos, the sister of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., raise the question of where the outer limits of U.S.-Philippine cooperation lie.

February 22, 2023
Is China a Developing Nation? The US Congress Is Skeptical.
By Sadie Statman
By designating China a developed rather than developing nation, proposed U.S. legislation would challenge the credibility of how Beijing frames its international cooperation.

February 16, 2023
China Threatens US Entities Over Downing of Balloon
By Associated Press
The threat came after the U.S. sanctioned six Chinese entities it said are linked to Beijing's aerospace surveillance program.

February 09, 2023
New York Police Officer Once Accused of Working for China Wants Answers
By Bobby Caina Calvan
It made headlines when Baimadajie Angwang was accused of feeding information about Tibetan refugees to Beijing. But the charges were quietly dropped.

February 08, 2023
What the Partisan Conflict Over Ilhan Omar Means for China-US Relations
By Jiachen Shi
Omar – and other progressive Democrats – seem to be pivoting toward a harder line stance on China as they come under Republican fire.
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