Will China Seize Taiwan?

“China must be, and will be reunified,” Chinese PresidentXi Jinpingdeclared in a speech in January. Xi spoke of “peaceful reunification” withTaiwan, but he warned, “We do not forsake the use of force…

Peter Gries* and Tao Wang

The Age of Uneasy Peace

By Yan Xuetong In earlyOctober 2018,U.S.Vice PresidentMike Pencedelivered a searing speech at aWashingtonthink tank, enumerating a long list of reproaches againstChina. From territorial disputes…

Yan Xuetong

There Is No Grand Bargain With China

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Ely Ratner

Disappearing Acts

The question sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: What do an actress and former head of Interpol have in common? However, the answer is no laughing matter. Actress Fan Bingbing and former…

Thomas J. Shattuck