Media Highlights
The Hill: US outreach to China is raising questions and doubts in Korea
September 14, 2023 by: Seong-Hyon Lee and Zoe LeungShare this ArticleWhen Biden remarked, “I don’t want to contain China” during a prominent visit to Vietnam this week, Beijing seemed unconvinced. Immediately, China’s state-controlled media criticized Biden’s...
The Interpreter: Beijing’s plan for Taiwan challenges its offshore wind push
September 14, 2023 by: Joseph Webster and Zoe LeungShare this ArticleMilitary considerations are slowing China’s offshore wind energy deployment. The coastal province of Fujian, just opposite Taiwan, is critical to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern...
The Diplomat: In the Name of Energy Security, China Is Doubling Down on Both Renewables and Coal
June 29, 2023 by: Zoe LeungShare this ArticleWith Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupting fossil fuel supplies and prices, global attention to energy security has heightened. Ensuring affordable and secure supplies of energy resources, or energy security, is an uphill...
David Firestein Speaks with BBC World News
June 19, 2023Share this ArticleOn June 19, 2023, Bush China Foundation President and CEO David Firestein spoke to BBC World News on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China from June 18-19. David spoke about the importance of this high-level visit and...
The Hill: Could Taiwan’s next president impact a potential cross-strait crisis?
May 7, 2023 by: Zoe Leung and Cameron WaltzShare this ArticleAmid simmering cross-strait tensions, experts and officials alike have predicted that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could happen in the next 10 years, if not sooner. However, the headlines shroud the crucial...
WSJ: China’s Xi Jinping Takes Rare Direct Aim at U.S. in Speech
March 6, 2023 by: Chun Han Wong, Keith Zhai and James T. AreddyShare this ArticleChinese leader Xi Jinping issued an unusually blunt rebuke of U.S. policy on Monday, blaming what he termed a Washington-led campaign to suppress China for recent challenges facing his...
VOA News: Flashpoint Ukraine: Growing Concerns that China May Provide Lethal Aid to Russia
February 27, 2023 by: Lori LundinShare this ArticleBush China Foundation President and CEO David Firestein was featured on the most recent episode of VOA News’ program “Flashpoint Ukraine” and discussed the possibility of China sending aid to Russia as it continues...
South China Morning Post: US-China tensions may be rising, but among Gen Z, the two countries have never been more aligned
February 8, 2023 by: Euhwa TranShare this ArticleRelations between the United States and China remain at a low watermark with limited hope for significant improvement. In spite of this, young people in both countries are more like-minded than any generation before...
Spyscape: Intimidation or Accident? The Psychology Behind China’s Spy Balloon
February 6, 2023 by: Caroline ByrneShare this ArticleWhy would China fly a suspected spy balloon into North America and leave it to float across the states just days before the US Secretary of State was to meet his counterpart in Beijing? Was it a power play or were...
Nikkei: Kim Jong Un has started his succession planning
January 25, 2023 by: Seong-Hyon LeeShare this ArticleUntil now, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has kept his private life very private. But unexpectedly, his daughter Kim Ju Ae has made three public appearances over the past two months. South Korean intelligence...
Taipei Times: Taiwan, India need to keep talking
January 18, 2023 by: Sana HashmiShare this ArticleThere is a constant debate regarding countries’ responses to a potential “Taiwan contingency,” but relatively little discussion on how to deter China from invading Taiwan. What must be reinforced is that the...
David Firestein appears on McCuistion TV: “China’s Overreach and Its Derailment “
January 15, 2023Share this ArticleIn this episode of McCuistion TV, Bush China Foundation President and CEO David Firestein discusses key issues in the U.S.-China relationship including economic ties, Chinese leadership and its comparison to Soviet Russia, demographic...
Beijing Review: Calls for China-U.S. carbon neutrality technology cooperation
November 8, 2022 by: Tao XingShare this ArticlePromoting green, clean and sustainable energy development to achieve the goals of carbon peaking and neutrality is core to addressing climate change. In this field, China and the U.S. share many interests and much space...
Wall Street Journal: We Want to Rebuild U.S. Relations With China
July 6, 2022 by: Maurice R. GreenbergShare this ArticleThe deteriorating state of affairs between the U.S. and China has destabilized the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Many Chinese companies do business in the U.S., as do American companies in...
The Arab Weekly: ‘Track II diplomacy’ could be key to peace
June 20, 2022 by: Lin GaoShare this ArticleOne of the key tools of international peacekeeping of recent decades has been an unofficial but concerted effort called “Track 2 diplomacy”. So named because it takes place outside of official, so-called Track 1 channels,...