One of the clearest reasons for cautious stability in China-U.S. relations in 2026 lies in the trajectory of the preceding ...

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Russia and China claim to be appalled, too, but to use a classic diplomatic expression, the leaders in Beijing and Moscow ...

The first came during President Richard Nixon’s visit to China in 1972, when the United States abandoned its policy of containment and instead sought rapprochement with Beijing. This was an effort to ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Historically, Southeast Asian countries, with rare exceptions like the Philippines ...

Tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in the weeks leading up to a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. In response to recent U.S.

BEIJING, Oct. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily: On Oct. 30, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea. The two heads of state ...

The following speech was delivered by the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd to the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on March 14, 2025. It is reproduced here in full. Thank you for your service. It ...

The second day of the large-scale war games, called “Justice Mission 2025,” saw the Chinese military encircle Taiwan on ...

The United States and China need to work together to address the fentanyl crisis, which has cost hundreds of thousands of American lives. When the two countries do cooperate – such as in 2019 when ...

In the repeated cycles of confrontation and détente that define U.S.-Chinese relations, a paradox has emerged. Economic relations between the two countries are more fraught than ever: in early October ...

The question I am often asked these days is, “What is our China policy?” Unfortunately, there is no clear answer, but the best word to describe it is incoherent. On the one hand, many in the Trump ...