Are China’s Multinational Corporations Really Multinational?
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in East Asia Quarterly's Volume IV/Number II, April-June 2012 issue. Following the Chinese government’s mandate that companies should "go out" (走出去) or...
View ArticleConceptualizing Future United States-China Relations
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With the unveiling of China’s new leadership, observers and journalists the world over are all contemplating the same question: Will the new group at the top of the Communist Party be able to engineer...
View ArticleFalling Out of Love With China
Now that China is becoming a world power, it is beginning to recognize the importance of its global image and the need to enhance its “soft power.” It is tracking public opinion polls worldwide and...
View ArticleBreaking Down China's Reform Plan
China’s much-anticipated Third Plenum of the Eighteenth Central Committee concluded on November 12, 2013. The initial communique underwhelmed China watchers worldwide. Even Chinese citizens were left...
View ArticleThe Illusion of Chinese Power
Conventional wisdom has it that the China juggernaut is unstoppable and that the world must adjust to the reality of the Asian giant as a—perhaps the—major global power. A mini-industry of “China...
View ArticleChina at the Crossroads: Ten Major Reform Challenges
After thirty-five years of successful reforms first launched by Deng Xiaoping and his colleagues at the famous Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee in December 1978, many China watchers (and...
View ArticleHow Obama Should Approach Xi in Beijing
Watch the John L. Thornton China Center's "Obama in China" conference proceedings, which include keynote addresses by former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and current Deputy National Security...
View ArticleObama in China: Preserving the Rebalance
Event Information November 5, 2014 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ESTFalk Auditorium Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 This November, after focusing on foreign policy concerns...
View ArticleA Step Forward in US-China Ties
The November 11 bilateral summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama in Beijing was a welcome step forward in Sino-American relations. While some tensions were evident behind the scenes and...
View ArticleChina, U.S. Should Make New Ties
After several years of drift and decline, relations between China and the United States ended 2014 in a modestly improved condition. The presidential summit in Beijing in November not only produced...
View ArticleChina's security and foreign policies: Comparing American and Japanese...
Event Information February 27, 2015 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ESTFalk Auditorium Brookings Institution 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event As China’s economic power has...
View ArticleXi's visit to the U.S.: Reserving differences while finding common ground
China’s President Xi Jinping and his team should be very pleased—and very relieved— with the outcome of the summit meeting with President Obama this week. They got in and out of Washington without any...
View Article2015: China’s year of diplomatic highs and domestic lows
This has been a complex year for China and its government – a mix of “sweet and sour”. The sweetness came mainly in the external (foreign policy) domain, while the sourness was more evident...
View ArticleChina at the Crossroads: Ten Major Reform Challenges
After thirty-five years of successful reforms first launched by Deng Xiaoping and his colleagues at the famous Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee in December 1978, many China watchers (and...
View ArticleHow Obama Should Approach Xi in Beijing
Watch the John L. Thornton China Center’s “Obama in China” conference proceedings, which include keynote addresses by former National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and current Deputy National Security...
View ArticleA Step Forward in US-China Ties
The November 11 bilateral summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama in Beijing was a welcome step forward in Sino-American relations. While some tensions were evident behind the scenes and...
View ArticleChina, U.S. Should Make New Ties
After several years of drift and decline, relations between China and the United States ended 2014 in a modestly improved condition. The presidential summit in Beijing in November not only produced...
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