Almost a year has passed since China has re-emerged out of its zero-COVID isolation and reopened its doors to the world. One of the many reasons leading to this hasty turnaround in policy was rumored to be the state of the Chinese economy, which had suffered from the pandemic restrictions imposed upon the country. Once … Read more
The much-anticipated Biden-Xi Summit has concluded, but the curtain has not yet fallen. No clear verdict has been reached on the future relationship between the world’s two largest economies, which is marked by conflicting values and geopolitical competition. Of particular note is the change in tone of the Chinese state media around the summit, which … Read more
The biggest outcome from the meeting was a promise to keep talking on a whole host of issues. But that achievement shouldn’t be underestimated.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get China-U.S. communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year’s Asia-Pacific … Read more
This week, a man U.S. President Joe Biden has accused of genocide will arrive in San Francisco so that the two can meet. It will be Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s first trip to the United States since 2017. During this period, he has presided over atrocity crimes targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic … Read more
The anticipated meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden is set to take place during the APEC summit in San Francisco next week. This meeting has generated global interest because it holds the promise of more constructive bilateral ties, including improving economic relations between the two largest economies in the world. … Read more
The world is eagerly anticipating next week’s bilateral talks between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco (although China is yet to announce Xi’s participation). Yet if numerous op-ed writings and readers’ comments in the Chinese mainstream media are any indication, the mood in China is not in favor of Xi traveling to … Read more
The China-U.S. relationship is undergoing a “thaw,” to use U.S. President Joe Biden’s term. The consecutive visits of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to China over the last few months are clear indicators. The two countries are trying to … Read more
China-U.S. relations have deteriorated to the point of “instability,” a dangerous new low for the world’s two biggest economies and militaries. If queried on the source of instability, the two sides would give very different accounts. U.S. officials would point to unsafe Chinese military interactions with U.S. vessels, and China’s refusal of meetings between defense … Read more