The Unpredictability of U.S.-China Relations Under Trump
from Carnegie ChinaAs U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, uncertainty looms over the future of U.S.-China policy. In part one of this two-part podcast, Paul Haenle speaks with Chen Dingding, an International Relations...
Will China Take the Lead on Climate Change?
China’s Xi Calls for ’Smooth Transition’ in Relationship With U.S.
During a meeting in Peru, Xi Jinping praised outgoing President Obama for strengthening ties between the two nations
Chinese and American City-Dwellers Differ on Trump Win
City-dwellers in China and the United States are among the greatest beneficiaries of the international trade deals President-elect Trump...
China’s Trump Prepares for His Close-up
Spray tans and hair dye: the transformation of a retired music professor into China's Trump impersonator
A China-America Romance?
After the wildest political upsets this year, here’s a prediction for next: China will deem its relations with America to be entering something of a golden period
Is the Trump Victory a Blow to Globalization?
The 2016 U.S. presidential election ended with the surprise victory of property mogul Donald J. Trump. An outsider without a political track record, Trump defied predictions by most polls, pundits, and political observers when he defeated Hillary...
China Tells Trump Climate Change is Not a Hoax
Trump’s Twitter claim that China created the “concept of global warming” to undermine U.S. manufacturing has elicited a response from the Chinese government
Trump May Push African Countries Away From America and Closer to China
The idea of the US as the guardian of liberal values against powers like China might now be upended
U.S. Workers to Lose in China Trade War
Some of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters would be hit if he makes good on tariff pledges
Trump, China’s Xi Set Tone of “Mutual Respect” in Phone Call
Mr. Trump’s campaign was marked by heated rhetoric targeting China, but in a phone call, the leaders agreed cooperation was key
China Won’t Buy Boeing Planes, iPhones, or US Corn if Trump Starts a Trade War
In an editorial, the Global Times threatened retaliation if Trump starts a trade war with China
Watching A Chinese Professor Watching American Democracy
On the morning of Election Day, I joined He Haibo, a legal scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, as he spent several hours observing a polling station in the upscale Graham and Parks public elementary school in Cambridge,...
How Will Donald Trump’s Victory Impact China and U.S.-China Relations?
from Sinica PodcastThe U.S. election is over, and Donald Trump’s pundit-defying victory over Hillary Clinton has stunned and surprised people all over the world. In China—where activity on Weibo and WeChat indicated strong support for Trump among...
Trump Win Opens Way for China to Take Climate Leadership Role
Trump's election is likely to end the U.S. leadership role in the fight against global warming, and may lead to the emergence of an unlikely champion: China.
Chinese Scholars Look to a Trump Administration with Hope and Concern
President-elect’s pledges but lack of policy during campaign keeps experts guessing
As the Election Haze Clears, Trump’s China Conundrum Will Become Clear
President Trump would be well advised to steer away from the rhetoric of Candidate Trump in dealing with the world’s second biggest economy
China Pushes Asia-Pacific Trade Deals as Trump Win Dashes TPP Hopes
China will seek support for a Beijing-led Asia-Pacific free trade area at a regional summit in Peru later this month, after Donald Trump's U.S. election win dashed hopes for a U.S.-led free trade pact.
What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for China?
The response of China's state-controlled media to Donald Trump's victory seemed almost gleeful. What's happens next?
In China and Around Asia, Disbelief that Trump Means What He Says on Trade
China has largely dismissed Trump’s talk of new trade tariffs as election rhetoric
A Chinese Observer of the U.S. Election Reacts to Trump’s Win
On the heels of Donald Trump’s election as the next U.S. president on Tuesday, Hua Jianping, a 40-year-old Beijing native and host of the popular Chinese-language “U.S. Election” podcast, spoke to ChinaFile by telephone from his...
How Should Trump Deal with China, and How Should China Deal with Trump?
Donald J. Trump, president-elect of the United States, spent much of his antagonistic campaign blaming China for many of America’s economic ills, and repeatedly making thinly veiled threats of a U.S. trade war with Beijing. How should Trump...
In Trump Win, China Hopes for U.S. Retreat
Election results mean economic threat, geopolitical opportunity for Beijing
China Just Won the U.S. Election
China’s leaders are looking forward to a President Trump who offers less resistance and more hypocrisy. But Beijing's triumph may cost it in the end
Trump’s China Wall
For all his rhetoric about building a wall along the Mexican border, Donald J. Trump may build an even bigger barrier against China
Chinese Journalists Get an Exhilarating Look at the U.S. Election
Chinese journalists observing the election expressed surprise at how seriously Americans took their votes
A Sea of Red Across Asian Markets as Trump Wins
Asian stock markets had a very bad day on Wednesday, plummeting across the board as U.S. voters swept Republican candidate Donald Trump to the White House
Beijing Reacts Cautiously to Trump Triumph
President-elect has threatened China with trade and currency wars
Why Chinese Netizens Cheer Trump
To online 'Trump Guards,' the U.S. race pits a corrupt official against a plain-spoken outsider
China Tantalized by US Election Mayhem and Prospect of ’Thug’ Trump as President
Experts say that Beijing would prefer Republican over Hillary Clinton who is considered a hardliner on human rights
Why Are So Many First-Generation Chinese Immigrants Supporting Donald Trump?
Based on dozens of conversations with Chinese and Chinese Americans, Kuo explains the chief reasons behind the popularity of Trump
Law of the Sea and the U.S. Election
from Carnegie ChinaThe South China Sea has been a central point of tension in the U.S.-China relationship under the Obama administration. In this podcast, Paul Haenle speaks with John Bellinger, the most senior international lawyer in the George W. Bush...
In a Rare Move, China Criticizes Trump Plan to Exit Climate Change Pact
"I believe a wise political leader should take policy stances that conform with global trends," China's veteran climate chief said
Trump’s Misleading Comparison of the U.S. and Chinese Economies
Emerging markets run faster than advanced economies because of the rule of diminishing returns
Trump Thinks China’s Leaders are Smarter. They Didn't Even Let Their People Watch the Debate
Once again, China was cast as the foil to expose the weakness of the Obama administration and, by extension, Hillary Clinton.
China Worked Its Way into the Debate on the Topic of Abortion
Clinton's “Like they used to do in China” line might lead some to think the state no longer interferes with family planning--but it still does
What China Sees in Donald Trump--and in Itself
Chinese observers have described the Trump-Clinton standoff as a spectacle of unfettered “chaos” that shakes their faith in the legitimacy of Western democracy
As Trump Bashed China, He Sought Deals with its Government-Owned Energy Firm State Grid
Trump Hotel Collection negotiated with the State Grid Corporation of China to brand and manage a major development in the capital
Trump: If Hillary Clinton Falls Down in China, Chinese People Will “Leave Her There”
Chinese are "tough people" who would not help Clinton up if she fell down-- "They'll say 'Let her come up when she's ready.'"
Familiarity and Contempt: Hillary Clinton’s 21-Year Relationship with China
US presidential candidate’s high-profile advocacy of human rights has riled leaders in Beijing
U.S. Presidential Debate Inspires Schadenfreude in China
Many Chinese took to social media to heap scorn on both candidates
How Does the American Election Look to Chinese?
During the first presidential debate on September 26, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump mentioned China a dozen times. They spoke about China and jobs, currency, exports, infrastructure, cyberhacking, nuclear non-proliferation, trade, and North...
How Donald Trump Ditched U.S. Steel Workers in Favor of China
Trump has been stiffing American steel workers on his own construction projects for years
Chinese State Media Say U.S. Debate Shows Vote is ‘Lose-Lose’
Party paper report calls Trump nervous, Clinton well-prepared
Why the US Presidential Debate Couldn’t Ignore China
Clinton, Trump clash over cybersecurity, terrorism, trade, and nuclear threats
What Should the U.S. Presidential Candidates Be Saying on China?
Barely eight weeks before the United States presidential election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump have said surprisingly little about how they plan to address China—in areas ranging from the global...
Obama’s Asia Legacy
from Carnegie ChinaAs President Obama enters his final months in office and a new administration prepares to take the helm in 2017, what will his legacy be in the Asia-Pacific? In this podcast, Paul Haenle and Michael Green, former senior director...
How Should the Republican Party Approach China Policy?
On Tuesday, delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, chose Donald J. Trump as their nominee for President of the United States. We asked a range of contributors how the Republican Party should approach China policy.
2016 Elections in a Changing Asia-Pacific
from Carnegie ChinaWith Tsai Ing-wen taking office in Taipei next week and the U.S. presidential election approaching, new players will be taking the reins in the Asia-Pacific. In this podcast with Paul Haenle, Douglas Paal discusses the future of U.S.-China...
As Trump Becomes Presumptive Nominee, China Urges Objectivity
"We hope people in all fields can rationally and objectively view this relationship." Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
Trump: 'We Can't Continue to Allow China to Rape Our Country'
Donald Trump ratcheted up his language toward China on Sunday when it comes to the trade imbalance between the two nations.
Rise of 'Racist' Trump Shows Democracy is Scary, China Paper Writes
An "abusively racist and extremist" candidate is on the rise in the U.S., says China's Global Times. Maybe democracy isn't such a good idea after all.
'Hunting' for China at the Democratic Debate
Jim Webb wanted to talk China.The rest of the candidates? Not so much.
“These Old Men Look So Terrible”—China Watches The U.S. Republican Primary
"Just looking at these faces, I feel Hillary being the next president is already certain."