Independent, nonpartisan analysis of U.S.-China relations.https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/en-ushttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/what-is-global-china-w-jessica-dicarlo/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/what-is-global-china-w-jessica-dicarlo/Across the Global South, China has become a significant source of funding for infrastructure and development. From perspectives in Washington, D.C., Chinese-built hydropower dams in Laos or nickel mining operations...Tue, 23 Jun 2026 20:32:50 GMTbelt-and-road-initiativechina-southeast-asiachinese-economychinese-foreign-policyhttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/from-the-tiananmen-square-to-the-state-department-w-jonathan-fritz/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/from-the-tiananmen-square-to-the-state-department-w-jonathan-fritz/Following the recent Trump-Xi Summit, many questions have been raised about the future of diplomatic relations between the US and the PRC, particularly around Taiwan. From the contentious pending arms…Sat, 20 Jun 2026 10:43:32 GMTamerican-politicschinese-economychinese-foreign-policychinese-politicschinese-societytaiwan-issuetrumpu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/the-ten-foot-myth-w-ker-gibbs/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/the-ten-foot-myth-w-ker-gibbs/China’s rapid economic rise has drawn countless Western businesses into its vast market. But that bilateral relationship is now under severe strain. Escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing are threatening...Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:09:40 GMTchinese-economyu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/can-chinese-investment-still-build-local-trust-in-america/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/can-chinese-investment-still-build-local-trust-in-america/To many observers’ surprise, American views of China have softened slightly in 2026. A Pew Research Center survey conducted in March found that 27 percent of Americans now hold a...Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:45:04 GMTu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/make-china-great-again-w-rongbin-han/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/make-china-great-again-w-rongbin-han/The era of globalization that followed the Cold War greatly transformed China. Yet many Western democracies witnessed backlash from those who held the view that international trade often came at…Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:44:05 GMTamerican-politicschina-japanchinese-economychinese-foreign-policychinese-politicschinese-societytrumpu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/half-vicious-w-jennifer-lind/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/half-vicious-w-jennifer-lind/Smart authoritarians adapted… They became, as Aristotle advised autocrats, ‘not vicious but half-vicious.’ — Autocracy 2.0: How China’s Rise Reinvented Tyranny The Carter Center spoke with Jennifer Lind about her…Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:42:24 GMTamerican-politicschinese-foreign-policychinese-politicsu-s-chinau-s-china-tech-competitionxi-jinpinghttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/after-beijing-the-real-deal-is-restraint/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/after-beijing-the-real-deal-is-restraint/President Trump’s Beijing visit was neither the grand reset advertised by its most enthusiastic supporters nor the empty pageant dismissed by its critics. It was something more limited but effective:...Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:21:25 GMTamerican-politicschinese-foreign-policytaiwan-issuetrumpu-s-chinaxi-jinpinghttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/the-hardest-part-of-reunifying-taiwan-by-force-may-not-be-the-invasion/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/the-hardest-part-of-reunifying-taiwan-by-force-may-not-be-the-invasion/As debate grows in China over the possibility of using force against Taiwan, one argument is gaining increasing attention: even if Beijing could win the war militarily, the political, economic,...Thu, 28 May 2026 16:57:46 GMTchinese-foreign-policytaiwan-issueu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/an-octopus-with-many-tentacles-w-lynette-ong/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/an-octopus-with-many-tentacles-w-lynette-ong/China’s ambitious state-led urbanization accelerated in the early 2010s, annually increasing urban construction by 1.2 million acres— double the size of Rhode Island’s land mass— from 2010 to 2017. But…Fri, 22 May 2026 15:06:14 GMTamerican-politicschinese-economychinese-politicschinese-societyu-s-china-tech-competitionxi-jinpinghttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/rethinking-the-carter-era-w-peng-sheng/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/rethinking-the-carter-era-w-peng-sheng/How should we understand the transformation of U.S.-China relations from the Cold War era to today’s technological rivalry? Was the Carter administration’s China policy driven more by geopolitical realism or...Tue, 19 May 2026 19:23:39 GMTamerican-politicschina-southeast-asiachinese-foreign-policyjimmy-carteru-s-chinau-s-china-tech-competitionhttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/improving-u-s-china-relations/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/improving-u-s-china-relations/On February 21, 1972, at the welcoming banquet during his visit to China, President Richard Nixon quoted Mao Zedong’s line, “Ten thousand years is too long; seize the day,” and...Mon, 18 May 2026 20:33:34 GMTamerican-politicschinese-foreign-policytaiwan-issueu-s-chinaxi-jinpinghttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/u-s-china-educational-decoupling-w-rosie-levine/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/interviews/u-s-china-educational-decoupling-w-rosie-levine/As the US-China Education Trust’s March report America’s China Talent Challenge: Investing in Deeper American Understanding of China shows, “the flow of American students undertaking deep dives into China and…Mon, 18 May 2026 15:05:30 GMTamerican-politicsu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/u-s-immigration-policy-is-causing-the-philippines-to-rethink-the-relationship/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/u-s-immigration-policy-is-causing-the-philippines-to-rethink-the-relationship/Recent visa and immigration policy shifts under the Trump 2.0 administration have reshaped allied perceptions of the United States, including in the Philippines. For the Philippines, given that the United...Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:21:30 GMThttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/u-s-risks-losing-china-expertise-as-exchanges-decline-report-warns/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/u-s-risks-losing-china-expertise-as-exchanges-decline-report-warns/The United States risks losing its ability to understand and manage its most consequential bilateral relationship, according to a new report by the U.S.-China Education Trust (USCET), a Washington-based nonprofit...Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:46:18 GMTu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/how-media-shapes-public-perceptions-in-the-u-s-and-china/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/how-media-shapes-public-perceptions-in-the-u-s-and-china/Over the past decades, media and political messaging have played a crucial role in shaping how societies perceive one another. In some cases, media narratives help build understanding across borders;...Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:54:07 GMTu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/geopolitics-guides-chinese-public-assessment-of-neighbors/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/geopolitics-guides-chinese-public-assessment-of-neighbors/China Pulse is a twice-annual survey research project measuring Chinese public opinion on international relations conducted by The Carter Center and Emory University. This brief contains data from a preliminary...Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:56 GMThttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/chinese-public-expect-to-be-treated-as-equals-in-trade-with-united-states/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/chinese-public-expect-to-be-treated-as-equals-in-trade-with-united-states/China Pulse is a twice-annual survey research project measuring Chinese public opinion on international relations conducted by The Carter Center and Emory University. This brief contains data from a survey...Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:36 GMTamerican-politicschinese-economychinese-politicsu-s-chinau-s-china-tech-competitionhttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/chinese-public-ambivalent-on-use-of-force-against-taiwan/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/chinese-public-ambivalent-on-use-of-force-against-taiwan/China Pulse is a twice-annual survey research project measuring Chinese public opinion on international relations conducted by The Carter Center and Emory University. This brief contains data from a preliminary...Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:19 GMTchinese-foreign-policytaiwan-issuehttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/threat-and-opportunity-chinese-public-views-on-the-united-states/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/publications/threat-and-opportunity-chinese-public-views-on-the-united-states/China Pulse is a twice-annual survey research project measuring Chinese public opinion on international relations conducted by The Carter Center and Emory University. This brief contains data from a preliminary...Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:11 GMTamerican-politicschinese-foreign-policyu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/trumps-strike-on-iran/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/trumps-strike-on-iran/The military action launched by U.S. President Donald Trump against Iran was, at the tactical level, a surprise operation executed with careful preparation. From intelligence coordination to military deployment, the...Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:06 GMThttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/peace-as-a-technology-of-war-taiwan-and-the-politics-of-threat/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/peace-as-a-technology-of-war-taiwan-and-the-politics-of-threat/Peace can be as disturbing as war when it functions not as an alternative to violence, but as its enabling condition. In the case of Taiwan, the rigid opposition between...Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:14:07 GMTtaiwan-issuehttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/is-now-the-best-window-for-military-unification-with-taiwan/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/is-now-the-best-window-for-military-unification-with-taiwan/Some Chinese analysts have recently argued that the present moment may represent the “best window of opportunity” for Beijing to resolve the Taiwan issue by force. Why Now Is the...Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:58:04 GMTchinese-foreign-policytaiwan-issueu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/u-s-china-competition-in-africa-is-about-investment-not-aid/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/u-s-china-competition-in-africa-is-about-investment-not-aid/The United States has long approached its relationship with Africa through the lens of aid, including humanitarian assistance, development programs, and soft-power initiatives often channeled through USAID and multilateral institutions....Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:48:07 GMTbelt-and-road-initiativeu-s-chinahttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/women-and-resistance-in-china/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/women-and-resistance-in-china/The following is the text of remarks given by Leta Hong Fincher (Research Associate, Weatherhead East Asia Institute & author of Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China)...Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:45:45 GMTamerican-politicschinese-politicschinese-societyhttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/reflections-on-a-rocky-decade/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/reflections-on-a-rocky-decade/Thank you Rickey, for that kind introduction and to Barbara Smith, Yawei, and the team at the Carter Center for inviting me here today. It is an honor to be...Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:41:14 GMThttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/events/2026-jimmy-carter-forum-women/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/events/2026-jimmy-carter-forum-women/The 2026 Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations convened scholars, former officials, and emerging voices around the theme of women in U.S.-China relations.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTcarter-forumus-china-relationspeople-to-peoplehttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/the-rigorous-pragmatism-of-chinese-syrian-relations/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/the-rigorous-pragmatism-of-chinese-syrian-relations/The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in late 2024 forced Beijing to reassess its Syria policy from the ground up. For over a decade, China’s engagement with Damascus rested on…Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:21:52 GMTchinese-foreign-policyhttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/has-president-trump-got-china-right/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/has-president-trump-got-china-right/On the eve of the founding of PRC, Mao Zedong sought support from Washington by inviting Ambassador Leighton Stuart to visit with him in Beijing. However, Washington’s instruction was “no…Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:12:13 GMTu-s-chinaxi-jinpinghttps://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/president-trumps-quiet-diplomacy-behind-u-s-china-japan-phone-calls/https://uscnpm.aadayus.org/analysis/president-trumps-quiet-diplomacy-behind-u-s-china-japan-phone-calls/On November 7, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that a mainland Chinese “attack” on Taiwan would constitute an “existential crisis situation” for Japan—implying that Tokyo might deploy the Self-Defense…Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:18:09 GMTu-s-china