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Blog Post
The US and China: Not Number One
December 21, 2020 | Shining Tan, Scott Kennedy
From Trustee China Hand

It is almost universally believed that the United States and China are locked in a strategic competition of epic proportions. But in many areas of social significance, both the US and China are not number-one. 

Blog Post
China’s COMAC: An Aerospace Minor Leaguer
December 7, 2020 | Scott Kennedy
From Trustee China Hand
Today our program is issuing a video report, China’s Stalled Aircraft Dreams, which documents China’s failed efforts over many decades to develop their own commercial aircraft.

Report
Post-pandemic Infrastructure and Digital Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific
November 2, 2020 | Daniel F. Runde, Conor M. Savoy, Owen Murphy The Indo-Pacific region is experiencing significant challenges as a result of the pandemic. This CSIS brief highlights how U.S. leadership can collaborate with the necessary institutions and organizations to competitively assist with economic recovery and development efforts.

Book
The Emperor’s New Road: China and the Project of the Century
September 28, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman Taking readers for a journey along China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Jonathan E. Hillman warns that China is repeating the mistakes of previous great powers and reveals the perils of Beijing’s global push toward the center of everything.

Report
Becoming a Chinese Client State: The Case of Serbia
September 24, 2020 | Heather A. Conley, Jonathan E. Hillman, Maesea McCalpin, Donatienne Ruy This CSIS report examines Chinese economic activities in Serbia to shed light on China’s political and economic objectives, its mechanisms for influence, and the implications of its activities, including a second wave of digital infrastructure projects.

Report
After Disruption: Historical Perspectives on the Future of International Order
September 2, 2020 | Emma Bates The pandemic threatens to disrupt world order. What comes next? Looking across four centuries of upheaval, historians offer their insights. History suggests that if America and its allies cannot adapt, others will be waiting to build a new order in their own likeness.

Commentary
The Forgotten Power of Trade
August 6, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman The world’s largest economy has largely forgotten how to use economic power. As it leans heavily on the stick, the United States must rediscover the power of the carrot in foreign affairs.

Blog Post
America’s Huawei Challenges
July 31, 2020 | Scott Kennedy, Shining Tan
From Trustee China Hand
This post discusses two kinds of challenges to developing and implementing an effective strategy.

Report
China and Russia: Economic Unequals
July 15, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are attempting to put economics at the center of their strategic partnership, but a closer look at four dimensions of China-Russia connectivity reveals a partnership of unequals that will become even more lopsided in the future.

Commentary
An Open Alliance for Digital Trade
May 27, 2020 In competing with China, the United States and its democratic allies should place the free flow of data and an open global digital economy at the heart of their strategy, writes Sam duPont.

Blog Post
TikTok on the Clock: A Summary of CFIUS’s Investigation into ByteDance
May 13, 2020 | Shining Tan
From Trustee China Hand

As quarantine has put normal life on pause, TikTok, the short-video social platform from China, has exploded in popularity and influence in the United States and around the world. 

Report
America Challenges China's National Talent Programs
May 5, 2020 China’s Thousand Talents Plan, created in 2008 to overcome the brain drain of Chinese talent that has remained abroad, has generated deep concerns about IP theft. This paper analyzes the program and offers policy recommendations for China and the United States.

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