U.S.-China Relations

With a presidential transition underway in the United States, both presidents stressed the value of stability in the relationship.

Parsing Trump’s China policy – and China’s likely response. 

Officially, China has no preference in the U.S. presidential race. But both analysts and social media are increasingly rooting for Trump. Here’s why.

A decade ago, Washington saw China as a potential co-leader in global governance. Now, the U.S. consensus is that China is a rival, not a partner.

Solar firms claim that Chinese companies based in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam have flooded the U.S. market and benefited from unfair government subsidies.

Although some officials would have seen the test launch as beneficial, either for technical or political reasons, the incident undermines important Chinese foreign policy goals.

The recent thaw is not all rhetoric: many Chinese people, especially the youth, express strong interest in building constructive relations with the U.S. and Europe.

David Lin, 68, was detained after he entered China in 2006, later sentenced to life in prison. Now he’s back in the United States.

As it stands, the usefulness of high-level bilateral discussions is largely limited to performing for each side’s domestic audience.

China promised “resolute countermeasures” if the full Congress passes a bill that would shutter Hong Kong’s representative offices over the city’s reduced autonomy.

China is not just managing tensions but setting the stage to influence the next U.S. administration and push its long-term ambitions forward.