Trump Will Host China’s President in Florida on April 6

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit President Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., next week, for talks that will likely range from economic to security issues. The first meeting between the two leaders will stretch from April 6-7.

China in the World Podcast
03.29.17

Trump’s First Test in Asia, Part II

Paul Haenle & Michael Green
from Carnegie China

While President Trump appoints new officials to his administration and reviews policy frameworks, Asia-Pacific leaders are moving ahead. Since taking office, Trump has grappled with consequential developments in the region,...

China in the World Podcast
03.26.17

Trump’s First Test in Asia

Paul Haenle & Michael Green
from Carnegie China

While President Trump appoints new officials to his administration and reviews policy frameworks, Asia-Pacific leaders are moving ahead. Since taking office, Trump has grappled with consequential developments in the region,...

Conversation
03.24.17

Does Tillerson’s Asia Visit Signal a New Era in U.S.-China Relations?

Scott Kennedy & Shen Dingli

On March 19, during his first trip to Asia as U.S. Secretary of State, and amidst rising tensions with North Korea, Rex Tillerson met with China’s Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping. The day before, Tillerson released a...

Sinica Podcast
03.10.17

Jane Perlez: Chinese Foreign Relations in a New Age of Uncertainty

Jeremy Goldkorn & Jane Perlez
from Sinica Podcast

Jane Perlez has been a reporter at The New York Times since 1981. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for coverage of the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She has reported on wars, diplomacy...

Trump Trademarks Approved by China

China has given U.S. President Donald Trump the chance to expand his brand, after approving dozens of applications to register the Trump trademark.

Trump in the China Shop

The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House threatens a significant acceleration in the rivalry between the U.S. and China.

Viewpoint
03.01.17

Is the U.S.’s Withdrawal China’s Gain in Latin America?

Latin Americans can’t afford to wait four years to see when the United States will be willing to have an honest and reciprocal conversation about economic prosperity in the Western Hemisphere. Luckily for the U.S.’s southern...

Conversation
02.28.17

Is The Trump Era Really The Xi Era?

Paul Haenle, Shen Dingli & more

On February 17, China’s Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping announced what he called the “two guidances.” Beijing should now “guide the international community to jointly build a more just and reasonably new world order,” Xi said in an important...

Viewpoint
02.27.17

Back to the Jungle?

Zhang Boshu

The recent election of Donald J. Trump as the president of the United States is likely to have a profound effect on world history. The issue is not the controversies raised by Trump’s character, personality, abilities, and...

Why Chinese People Won’t Boycott Trump Fashion

In a week that saw a political storm after Nordstrom dropped Ivanka Trump fashion lines and reports in the U.S. media that her younger sister Tiffany Trump was “shunned” at New York Fashion Week, there was one unlikely win for the first family....

Viewpoint
02.13.17

The U.S. Should Not Demand In-Kind Reciprocity from China

James Zimmerman

In a well-drafted task force report issued this week by the Asia Society and the University of California San Diego, a group of scholars and former government officials recommend that the Trump administration take steps to make the U.S.-China...

China in the World Podcast
02.11.17

Trump Will Honor ‘One China’ Policy

Paul Haenle & Evan Medeiros
from Carnegie China

President Trump agreed to honor the U.S. “one China” policy in his first phone call with President Xi Jinping since taking office, providing the basis for bilateral relations to move forward. Shortly after the February 9 call, Paul Haenle spoke...

Viewpoint
02.10.17

Taiwan Needs to Hear Trump Say ‘Democracy’

William Kazer

President Trump has sent conflicting signals on Taiwan, first suggesting cozier relations with the self-ruled island and then walking that back to reassure China.

In a...

Conversation
02.10.17

Did Xi Just Outmaneuver Trump?

M. Taylor Fravel, Isaac Stone Fish & more

On the evening of February 9, U.S. President Donald Trump had what the White House described in a terse readout...

How Trump Could Already Be Affecting Monetary Policy in China

Chinese officials might be trying to drain liquidity from their economy but the central bank remains fearful of raising interest rates too quickly, according to one strategist who suggests President Donald Trump might be indirectly influencing...

China in the World Podcast
02.08.17

China’s North Korea Calculus under Trump

Paul Haenle & Zhao Tong
from Carnegie China

Two weeks into President Trump’s first term, the White House has launched a review of its North Korea policy. Dealing with the threat from Pyongyang’s missile launches and nuclear weapons program is likely to top the...

Conversation
02.05.17

Is The White House Beginning to Resemble Zhongnanhai?

Melissa Chan & Yifu Dong

Since Donald Trump was sworn into office on January 20, he has lied repeatedly about the size of the crowd at his inauguration, embraced xenophobic policies, and...

Xi Jinping’s Back Channel to Donald Trump

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime is under pressure to rethink its U.S. strategy now that Donald Trump has been inaugurated as president of the U.S. and appears intent on changing the power dynamic between the two giants.

Viewpoint
02.02.17

The Art of a China Deal

James McGregor

By his own admission, President Donald J. Trump is a brilliant businessman, a master negotiator, an exceptional deal maker, somebody who always wins. When it comes to China, he is prepared to do just that—win. “I’ve read hundreds of...

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