Since Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in early August, tensions in the region have remained high. Experts and commentators regularly speculate about a Chinese invasion of the island in the not-too-distant future, as well as about the likeli

Modesty Is a Virtue

Jul 14th, 2022 30m 26s

Competing with China in the 21st century requires more than just a sound foreign policy. It requires strengthening America from within. One area where much work is needed in the United States is education, including the education of our young w

China Is a Significant, but Not an Existential, Threat

Jun 30th, 2022 32m 53s

Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently declared that “China is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the…power to do it.” By contrast, Blinken’s predecessor, Secretary of State Mike Pomp

Kungfu vs. MMA

Jun 13th, 2022 22m 32s

Chinese Kungfu looks great in the movies, but does it work for real fighting? A few years ago, a Chinese mixed martial artist fought a Chinese Tai-chi master and knocked him out in 20 seconds. Since then, many questions have been asked about th

China Is Wrong About America

May 19th, 2022 32m 15s

China likes to point to America’s racial disparities and discontent to deflect criticisms of grave human rights abuses and political oppression under Chinese authoritarian rule. Lately, Beijing has even argued that U.S. domestic challenges, suc

Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong about China

Apr 29th, 2022 29m 21s

Conventional wisdom in foreign policy circles these days says that constructive engagement with China in decades past has been an unmitigated disaster, but just because lots of people in Washington say the same thing does not make it true. We s

Condemning Anti-Asian Violence and Holding China Responsible for COVID

Mar 10th, 2021 26m 35s

Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about anti-Asian racism. From New York to San Francisco, there have been reports of slurs, taunts, and violence. Recently, several horrific attacks committed by young black men agains

"Kung Flu" Is Funny; America Is Not a Racist Country

Aug 14th, 2020 49m 7s

COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests have turned race and racism into hot topics in both the United States and China. Throughout the pandemic, President Trump has been condemned as a racist for labeling the coronavirus “Kung Flu,” “Chin

Confronting China Without Starting a War

Aug 6th, 2020 30m 34s

Washington seems to be having conflicts with Beijing on almost every front. There’s everything from the trade war to China’s culpability in spreading the coronavirus to its repression of civil liberties in Hong Kong. News headlines regularly sc

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