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:...
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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…
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...