Issue Brief posted May 8, 2012 by Dean Cheng
Bo Xilai’s Fall Is Not Going to Lead to Reform in China
Before Chen Guangcheng’s dramatic arrival at the U.S. embassy, the drama involving Bo Xilai, with near-daily revelations of titillating details and ever more outrageous conspiracies, had made China’s leadership appear to be more an Asian version of Dallas or Dynasty than sober-minded, colorless technocrats focusing on economic expansion. Yet the…
Backgrounder posted August 8, 2011 by Derek Scissors, Ph.D.
Tools to Build the U.S.–China Economic Relationship
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The scheduled autumn visit of China’s next Communist Party General Secretary, Xi Jinping, to Washington is a good opportunity for the U.S. to re-examine its often mismanaged economic diplomacy with China. Policymakers from both parties frequently point…
WebMemo posted May 17, 2011 by Dean Cheng
U.S. Must Focus Military Talks with China
U.S.–China military-to-military relations have a very rocky history over the past two decades. Mutual suspicion, as well as fluctuations in the broader U.S.–China relationship, has resulted in periods of relatively good relations alternating with nearly frozen military contacts.
This week’s visit by General Chen Bingde of…
WebMemo posted June 4, 2010 by Dean Cheng
U.S.-China Cooperation: Strengthening the U.S. Hand
In the midst of the Obama Administration’s effort to corral Chinese support for international action against Iran and North Korea, it has been widely recounted—including by no less than the Secretary of Defense himself—that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) rebuffed his interest in visiting the PRC for consultations.
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