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Decoupling will make China investing cleaner
As tensions between China and the U.S. mount, some of the gray areas confronting global investors will sharpen, argues Gerard DeBenedetto in his look at the China markets this week.
Q&A: Asia Society’s Anna Ashton on Biden’s trade strategy and doing business in China
Anna Ashton answers our questions on U.S. trade policy under Biden, including how it differs from the Trump administration’s.
Can Biden’s China policy be more than ‘Trump lite?’
Jeff Bader, former senior director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, joins the Sinica Podcast to discuss a growing divide in U.S.-China relations.
The twists and turns of U.S.-China relations: The view from the U.S. Embassy
William Klein, a veteran diplomat who served as acting deputy chief of mission in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, joins the Sinica Podcast to reflect on the intensifying mistrust between the U.S. and China, and what we can expect in the future.
DJI and the battle over data
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Biden’s trade chief presses China to fulfill Trump agreement pledges, signals little change in tariffs
Does the Biden administration have its own China trade strategy, or is it just “Trump with allies”? U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai gave a speech on China that recalled Trump’s tactics: castigating “state-centered” economics while demanding that Beijing direct more purchases of American goods, and offering both fig leaves and threats on tariffs.
Ambassador Huang Ping on U.S.-China relations in a fraught era
Huang Ping, the consul general of the Chinese Consulate in New York, appeared on the Sinica Podcast to discuss China’s perspective on relations with the U.S. He answered all kinds of questions, including on “sensitive” topics like Taiwan and human rights in Xinjiang, but his answers probably won’t surprise anyone.
U.S.-China: An argument for renewed engagement
With Trump gone, the U.S. now has an opportunity to engage constructively with China’s future leaders, if not its current ones. Track II diplomacy is vital in restoring normalcy to bilateral relations between these superpowers.
Beijing places sanctions on Trump administration officials
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced sanctions on 28 Trump administration officials today, a clear sign that Beijing is not interested in a reset with the new U.S. government.
Chinese social media reactions to Joe Biden’s inauguration
Social media users around the world reacted today to the end of the Trump presidency, and China was no exception. Weibo users cracked jokes, remarked on Biden’s tough job ahead, and expressed skepticism that anything would change in U.S.-China relations.
U.S. says China is committing ‘genocide’ against Uyghurs
The declaration by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was undermined by his tweet, a few hours earlier, condemning “multiculturalism” in the U.S.
Ghosts of Communists past
Litmus tests for U.S. citizenship based on Communist Party membership are a throwback to the 1950s. They still don’t make sense.
One year after the U.S.-China trade deal, high tariffs remain and American jobs suffer
Nearly a quarter million American jobs have been lost because of increased U.S.-China tariffs under the Trump administration, according to a new study by Oxford Economics. The trade deal a year ago kept almost all these tariffs in place.
Trump bans Chinese apps, including Alipay and WeChat Pay, with lame-duck executive order
In an executive order that only takes effect after his scheduled departure from the White House, Donald Trump banned eight Chinese apps on national security grounds.
How a Chinese nationalist’s talking point found its way into a Trump tweet
Donald Trump’s recent anti-China tweet cites an interesting source: a Chinese academic known for his pro-Beijing stance. The academic’s words found their way to English-language media — Fox News, specifically — through the Epoch Times, a Falun Gong newspaper that has aligned in recent years with the American far right.
How Chinese-American activism helped Georgia turn blue
Turnout among Asian Americans in Georgia was way up in the 2020 presidential election, meaning the Democratic-leaning demographic contributed to Biden’s win in the state. Chinese-American activists are now mobilizing again ahead of the January Senate runoffs.
China’s most Trumpian emperors
What are the ingredients of a bad emperor? This week, a special edition of Chinese Lives takes a look at the characteristics of three particularly bad rulers.
Biden reassures allies with an eye on China
The Biden transition team said that the president-elect had spoken with the leaders of Australia, Japan, and South Korea, as the next administration is expected to use allies to pressure China. How else might Biden change U.S.-China relations?
Why has China avoided congratulating Biden on his election victory?
Beijing is being careful to avoid angering the Trump administration. Here is the state of play in U.S.-China relations, how Biden might plan to change it, and how Trump could still break a lot of China before his time in the White House ends.
‘The Trump reality show is over’: Chinese social media users react to Biden’s presidential win
While most comments were celebratory, some people soberly reminded others that a peaceful transition of power was unlikely to happen, especially given Trump’s “desperate” attempts to paint the voting process as fraudulent.
