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...
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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:...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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....
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…
President Trump’s 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…
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…
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...
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…
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…
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...
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…
Chinese Public Expects 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...
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...