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Editorial: Zeroing out on zero-COVID
June 2, 2022 by: William C. KirbyShare this ArticleThere is no such thing as “ zero-COVID.” As the Omicron variant spreads to China’s capital city, Beijing, the question is not if, but when and how, China will begin to “live with COVID-19” rather than continue to...
Taiwan Insight: Taiwan’s COVID-19 Surge: From “Zero-COVID” to “Living with COVID”
May 27, 2022 by: Tsung-Mei ChengShare this ArticleFor more than two years since the global COVID-19 pandemic began in January 2020, Taiwan was remarkably successful in containing its spread and escaped the scourge of the deadly coronavirus. As of 9 April this year,...
The Cipher Brief: Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next
February 23, 2022 by:Kenneth DeklevaShare this ArticleFollowing a masterful combination of long-term strategy, gray zone tactics, hybrid warfare, and management of the information space, Russia’s President Putin has at last slipped up, and invaded sovereign Ukrainian...
David Firestein speaks on CGTN’s “The Point”
February 21, 2022Share this ArticleBush China Foundation President and CEO David Firestein spoke on CGTN’s “The Point” with Liu Xin, reflecting on President Nixon’s historic visit to China 50 years ago this week. The discussion focused on what the global community can...
Barron’s: North Korea No Longer Wants America’s Attention
February 8, 2022 by: Seong-Hyon LeeShare this ArticleIt’s easy to think of North Korea’s latest raft of missile tests as another attempt to get the attention of the United States. That’s not the case. The usual frame of analysis on North Korea’s behavior needs an...
CNBC: China’s authorities need to find ‘more creative ways’ to get more digital yuan users, says professor
February 3, 2022Share this ArticleWinston Ma of the New York University School of Law and Senior Fellow at the Bush China Foundation discusses China’s efforts to get more people to use the digital currency and what its central bank’s “ultimate plan” is for it. This...
The Diplomat: Taiwan Provides Powerful Lessons on Democratic Resilience
January 27, 2022 by: Zoe Leung and Alan H. YangShare this ArticleGlobal democracy is in retreat. The United States is now a “backsliding democracy” for the first time according to the 2021 Global State of Democracy Report. At the same time, China uses the word...
Foreign Policy: Washington Must Step Up Its Engagement in Central Asia
Janurary 27, 2022 by: Sebastien Peyrouse and Beth SannerShare this ArticleThis month, protests in Kazakhstan sparked by a sharp increase in gas prices and caused by discontent with the government spread across the country. The unrest and the ensuing violence serve not...
BBC World Business Report: WTO lets China impose tariffs on the US
January 26, 2022Share this ArticleThe World Trade Organisation has authorised China to impose retaliatory duties on US imports to a value of more than 600 million dollars per year. Beijing had challenged American tariffs levied on Chinese exports ranging from solar...
The Hill: Who are the next generation of communist Chinese leaders?
January 15, 2022 by: Zoe Leung and Eric YangShare this Article2021 not only marked the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) but also the third resolution on party history, ensconcing Xi Jinping as a core leader on par with Mao Zedong and Deng...
The Cipher Brief: Negotiate Like Putin
January 14, 2023 by: Kenneth DeklevaShare this ArticleRussia’s President Vladimir Putin never attended Harvard Business School’s esteemed negotiation course, but in the current Ukraine crisis, he has performed brilliantly, and yes, he could teach Harvard’s finest...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Our need for supply chain diplomacy
January 9, 2022 by:John Kent and David FiresteinShare this ArticleThere was a time in the not-so-distant past when the United States and the People’s Republic of China had no formal diplomatic ties, and very few goods were traded between the two countries. That began...
The Cipher Brief: Biden’s Ravens: Leaders to Watch in 2022
December 20, 2021 by: Kenneth DeklevaShare this ArticleAs President Joe Biden concludes his first year in office, his administration continues to face numerous national security challenges. According to many, Biden’s vast political experience and political advantages...
SupChina Podcast: How do Chinese people view the United States?
November 26, 2021 Hosted by: Kaiser Kuo; Guests: Yawei Liu and Michael CernyShare this ArticleOn this episode of the SupChina Podcast, Senior Fellow Yawei Liu spoke on the important facets of the Chinese perspective, popular Chinese sentiment toward the United States...
BBC Newsday: US and Chinese leaders hold virtual summit
November 16, 2021Share this ArticleUS President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have concluded their first face-to-face virtual summit, Chinese state media said. Mr Biden said both countries had a responsibility to ensure their rivalry did not “veer...