U.S.-China Relations

Instead of seeking to transform China, the Biden administration is content to see China’s foreign and domestic policies hamper its competitiveness.

For months, Austin has failed to get Gen. Xu Qiliang, deputy chairman of the Party's Central Military Commission, on the phone. Instead, he spoke to lower-ranked Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe.

Many Chinese believe that Russia faces a real security threat from the United States – and that China will face a similar threat in the future.

The 7-hour talks covered a range of bilateral and international issues, but the U.S. and China chose to focus on very different things.

Beyond its seismic implications for China-U.S. relations, the rapprochement reshaped politics across the Asia-Pacific – and beyond.

50 years after the famous Nixon-Mao meeting, today’s leaders can learn from their nuanced political leadership.

Revisiting Nixon’s famous trip to China and his own analysis of China-U.S. relations in the decades that followed.

2008 marked one of the earliest examples of the Chinese government's direct intervention on a state bill, through aggressive use of a WTO mechanism.

Insights from Timothy Heath.

Rare earths are as critical to the modern economy as oil – and China has quietly secured a near-monopoly.

Under Biden, Beijing appears to have kept its focus on maintaining and further developing subnational relationships.

Mostly importantly, China must effectively manage deteriorating China-U.S. relations.