How China loses friends and alienates people

CALIFORNIA – The Chinese folk saying “lift a rock only to drop it on one’s own feet,” or its English equivalent — “to shoot oneself in the...

How China Loses Friends and Alienates People

CLAREMONT – The Chinese folk saying “lift a rock only to drop it on one’s own feet,” or its English equivalent – “to shoot oneself in the...

The Coming Crisis of China’s One-Party Regime

CLAREMONT – On October 1, to mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic, Chinese President Xi Jinping will deliver a speech that...

People's Republic of China's 70th anniversary demands honest reflection

Democrats need a China strategy to replace Trump's aggressive policy

A Tiananmen solution in Hong Kong?

WASHINGTON – The crisis in Hong Kong appears to be careening toward a devastating climax. With China’s government now using rhetoric reminiscent...

A Tiananmen Solution in Hong Kong?

WASHINGTON, DC – The crisis in Hong Kong appears to be careening toward a devastating climax. With China’s government now using rhetoric...

Chinese leaders' Beidaihe gathering will offer muddle, not answers

The US Needs to Talk About China

WASHINGTON, DC – Of all the changes in US foreign policy President Donald Trump’s administration has made, the most consequential is the adoption...

Xi faces unpalatable choices on trade, politics and Hong Kong

China is courting trouble in Hong Kong

China Is Courting Disaster in Hong Kong

WASHINGTON, DC – The world has been riveted by the protests raging in Hong Kong against the city government’s proposed law to allow the...

Tiananmen and the end of Chinese enlightenment

The Lasting Tragedy of Tiananmen Square

WASHINGTON, DC – China’s progress toward an open society ended when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) slaughtered at least hundreds, if not...

China must stop fanning the flames of anti-American nationalism

Is Trump’s Trade War with China a Civilizational Conflict?

WASHINGTON, DC – Late last month at a security forum in Washington, DC, Kiron Skinner, Director of Policy Planning for the US Department of State,...

The Closing of the Chinese Mind

WASHINGTON, DC – Lou Jiwei may not be a household name in the West, but the former Chinese finance minister is well known and highly respected among...

Xi right to play for time in trade war with Trump

Beijing's credibility deficit

The high costs of the new cold war

LONDON - It is convenient to call the escalating geopolitical contest between the United States and China a “new cold war.” But that description...

The High Costs of the New Cold War

LONDON – It is convenient to call the escalating geopolitical contest between the United States and China a “new cold war.” But that description...

Why a U.S.-China trade deal is not enough

WASHINGTON - As Chinese and American trade negotiators met in Washington through the weekend, observers were largely focused on the countries’...

Why a US-China Trade Deal Is Not Enough

WASHINGTON, DC – As Chinese and American trade negotiators meet in Washington to try to forge an accord on trade, observers are largely focused on...

Will China let Belt and Road die quietly?

Resilience and Rebellion in Contemporary China

WASHINGTON, DC – Shortly after China’s strongman president, Xi Jinping, came to power in late 2012, the Communist Party of China circulated its...

Xi should accelerate drive to help private business

China takes growing risks with tough Taiwan policy

Beijing’s perilous Taiwan policy

WASHINGTON - The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a...

China’s Perilous Taiwan Policy

WASHINGTON, DC – The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever...

China in 2019 -- reform or staying the course?

How the West can engage with China without overreacting

Since the cold war ended, the West has invested huge amounts of resources in efforts to induce political liberalisation in China, including through...

Who’s Afraid of China’s Influence?

HONG KONG – Since the Cold War ended, the West has invested huge amounts of resources in efforts to induce political liberalization in China,...

The party turns sour for Xi

The limits of Beijing’s charm offensive

STOCKHOLM – Over the last decade, China has taken an increasingly muscular approach to relations with East Asian countries. But in recent months, it...

The Limits of China’s Charm Offensive

STOCKHOLM – Over the last decade, China has taken an increasingly muscular approach to relations with East Asian countries. But in recent months, it...

Trump must abandon Trumpism to prevail in a new cold war

How the US-China trade war could doom the entire planet

The escalating trade feud between the United States and China is increasingly viewed as the opening campaign of a new cold war. But this clash of...

The Sino-American Cold War’s Collateral Damage

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – The escalating trade feud between the United States and China is increasingly viewed as the opening campaign of a new cold...

US and China face growing risk of military clashes as conflict intensifies

The mysterious Mr Wu and the growing threat to China's private companies

China would be wise to avoid going MAD in the trade war

Now that US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10 per cent tariff on yet another US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports, the US-China trade war has...

MAD About Sino-American Trade

CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – Now that US President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on yet another $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, the...

Why Beijing is losing the new cold war

HONG KONG – When the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, the Chinese Communist Party became obsessed with understanding why. The government think tanks...

How China can avoid a Soviet-style collapse in its cold war with US

When the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, the Communist Party of China became obsessed with understanding why. The government think tanks entrusted with...

China is losing the new Cold War