China
China’s Currency in Context
October 4, 2011
Last night the Senate voted to bring to the floor a blunt, last-ditch measure aimed at pressuring China to revalue its currency, which has been rising but only at a painfully slow rate. While a faster appreciation is in the interest of both the U.S. and China – the issue is not zero-sum – many [...]
Maturing the U.S.-China Relationship
May 9, 2011
Today leaders from the U.S. and China meet in Washington for the annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. There will be no dramatic breakthroughs — instead, as Brookings’s Eswar Prasad writes, the relationship moving forward should focus on “methodical if slow progress rather than on resolving major conflicts or arriving at dramatic breakthroughs.” The talks [...]
The China Economy Challenge
January 19, 2011
Today President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao meet with 18 American and Chinese business leaders to discuss economic and trade policy. The meeting takes place amid an American domestic climate that increasingly sees Chinese economic power as a threat to America. A Pew Research Center poll found that “Americans by a margin of 60% [...]
China: Toward Cooperation and Competition
January 18, 2011
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington today. After a year in which military relations were suspended and ties were strained across the board, the U.S. and China are looking for ways to cooperate on global challenges such as combating terrorism, curbing nuclear proliferation, addressing climate change, global pandemics, and economic crises. Security experts and [...]
U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relations
January 10, 2011
Economic and security issues will share top billing during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington later in the month. Experts in both countries and across the partisan divide have stressed the need to move away from the on-again, off-again cycle that has recently defined U.S.-China military relations. Broader and deeper relationships between military and [...]
Handling China’s Rise
November 19, 2009
The rise of China is undoubtedly one of the most critical strategic developments of the 21st century. While it may not rival Afghanistan or Iran in terms of immediate media salience, the President’s first visit to China has clearly demonstrated both the importance of this rising power and how the Obama administration relates to it. [...]
Engaging China
July 28, 2009
Senior American and Chinese leaders began two days of high level talks yesterday under the framework of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue. In recognition of China’s emergence on the international scene, the Obama administration has expanded the dialogue with China to encompass a whole range of international strategic and economic issues, such as the global [...]
NSN Daily Update: Global Trends Report Reflects Need for a Progressive Foreign Policy
November 21, 2008
Today the National Intelligence Council (NIC) released a new report outlining the global strategic trends of the next twenty years. The report describes a number of disturbing trends, which could greatly increase the complexity of the international system. It concludes that while the United States will remain the world’s most powerful nation, the next twenty [...]
The China Challenge is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
August 7, 2008
The Beijing Olympics have put an intense spotlight on China’s remarkable economic and social progress as well as its continuing problems: social and ethnic unrest, pollution, human rights. China is not yet our friend, but it is not our enemy, either. We will have to deal with China as a major economic, political and military [...]
The Progressive Approach: China
May 13, 2008
China is a country on the rise – economically, politically, and militarily. Its dramatic economic emergence has a direct impact on the U.S., especially as our economies become increasingly interconnected. It is important to ensure that China becomes a responsible member and stakeholder in the international community, but we must also stand up to China [...]
