President’s dispute with South Korea reflects widening cracks in the US-built security order in the region

Some have characterized the intensifying U.S.-China competition as “a new Cold War.” Is this an accurate framing for the relationship?

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The conversation focused on Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. President Biden...

Gen. Michael Minihan cited presidential elections in both Taiwan and the United States in 2024 as part of his rationale.

The U.S. commander of the Indo-Pacific region dismissed the prevailing assessment for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2027.Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the Indo-Pacific Command, told lawmakers on...

State media says university-leavers should put their professional ambitions on hold and consider lower-skilled roles

Xi Jinping hasn’t left China for one year, seven months and 22 days, the longest such stint of any Group of 20 leader. The question is whether his absence from major events will hinder progress on...

Ryan Hass— Ideologues prefer to understand the U.S.-China relationship as a contest between good versus evil. They take comfort in clean divisions between democracies versus autocracies. They like...

A full-blown crises would mean a different kind of test for the United States.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Xi Jinping and nationalistic Chinese see recent U.S. actions as an effort to contain another superpower rather than compete with it — and they’re pushing back.

Taiwan has formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the government said on Wednesday, less than a week after China said it too had...

HIs newly personable approach with world leaders is a departure from a combative style in recent years. But it's being challenged at home by pandemic protests.

Alarmed by the rising Chinese military threat, the man famous for long-term bets has exited a multibillion-dollar investment. Beijing was no doubt delighted.

Ryan Hass has been appointed the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Here’s why that spells bad news for Washington.

On a recent visit, a series of conversations brought home to me just how pernicious our falsehoods have been.

China would prefer to take over neighboring Taiwan without military action but is working to get to a position where its military could prevail even if the United States intervenes, U.S. intelligence...

Pro-democracy politicians, who had hoped to ride widespread discontent to big gains in the fall, saw the yearlong delay as an attempt to thwart their momentum.

These tariffs instead resulted in collateral damage to the U.S. economy.

What Xi gains—and loses—from backing Putin.

On trip to Beijing and Shanghai last week, the U.S. commerce secretary found a “China Dream” shaken by recent stumbles.

Baltimore Center StageBaltimore, Maryland (October 21, 2021) 8:00 P.M. EDT MR. COOPER:  With that, I want to welcome the 46th President of the United States, President Joe Biden.  (Applause.) So,...

Despite their great power rivalry, America and China are more similar than most people think. Both are living through a Gilded Age and struggling to end the excesses of capitalism.

Reduced access for foreign experts is making it even harder for governments to understand decision-making in Beijing

Richard Bush and Ryan Hass, co-authors of a new Brookings Press book on U.S.-Taiwan relations in the context of China’s challenge, argue that tensions between the PRC and Taiwan can only be resolved...

China’s Communist Party is pushing the narrative that the pandemic has proved the superiority of its authoritarian model. The muscular message is finding fans at home.

On September 7, Brookings will host an event to examine choices and trade-offs for the U.S. in managing competition with China.

The authors of the strategy hope Biden won’t throw it in the garbage.

Cross-strait conflict is not ‘inevitable’ and American goal is to avoid military flare-up, says Air Force’s chief of staff.

America can’t wish away its toughest challenger.

In polls, Americans’ views of China are starting to resemble their views of the Soviet Union decades ago. That could make it harder to mend ties.

Washington can learn from Beijing’s overreaction.

Policymakers in Washington must be able to distinguish between the image Beijing presents and the realities it confronts.

Huawei's smartphone business has recovered from US sanctions, with sales up as a high-end model took Chinese market share from Apple.

A chanting crowd called for China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to step down, a rare act of defiance reflecting growing anger after nearly three years of lockdowns.