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Save to My PortfolioCan President Obama Pull a Cairo-Speech Moment in China?

Cheng Li and Jordan Lee, November 09, 2009, ForeignPolicy.com

Can President Obama Pull a Cairo-Speech Moment in China?President Barack Obama's maiden trip to China was his first face-to-face opportunity to shape U.S.-China relations. In this preview of the president's visit, Cheng Li and Jordan Lee examined new openings for Obama to press Beijing on harder questions, and the fine line he would have to walk between respect for China and pulling all his punches, while reflecting candidly on American ideals. Read More

China, International Relations, Asia

UPCOMING EVENT

Save to My PortfolioChina on the World Stage: Climate Change, Regional Blocs and Resource Investment

Monday, November 30, 2009
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

The world and China’s place in it have transformed over the past year in response to pressure from the most severe global financial crisis in decades. While the economic crisis accelerated China’s emergence as a global superpower, it has yet to fully assess the consequences of its new position on the world stage. On November 30, Brookings and the Australian National University will co-host a discussion on China’s emerging position as a global power. Read More

China, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics, Climate Change, China's Economy

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Save to My PortfolioObama Shows Commitment to Asia

Michael Fullilove, November 20, 2009, The Sydney Morning Herald

On the heels of President Obama's recent trip to Asia, Michael Fullilove reassures Australians about the United States' commitment to the Asia-Pacific, saying that they should take the president at face value when he says "Asia and the United States are not separated by this great ocean; we are bound by it." Read More

Asia, Diplomacy, China, Japan, South Korea

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Save to My PortfolioBuilding Bridges between China and the United States

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, November 12, 2009

As part of a multi-nation Asia trip that began last week, President Obama, now in China, met with Chinese Premier Hu Jintao to foster greater understanding and cooperation between the U.S. and China. Kenneth Lieberthal discusses the importance of the meeting between the two leaders.

China, Asia, Global Financial Crisis, Foreign Policy, The Presidency

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Save to My PortfolioTaiwan's Economy: Recovery with Chinese Characteristics

Merritt T. Cooke, November 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Taiwan's Economy: Recovery with Chinese CharacteristicsIn the inaugural installment of CNAPS’s Taiwan-U.S. Quarterly Analysis series, Terry Cooke explores the causes and effects of Taiwan’s pursuit of economic normalization with China. Articles in this series will be written by leading experts on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and will contain in-depth analysis of bilateral and multilateral policy challenges for Taipei and Washington. Read More

Taiwan, China, Global Financial Crisis, Global Economics, Trade

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Save to My PortfolioAn Awkward Dance: China and the United States

Eswar Prasad and Grace Gu, November 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution

An Awkward Dance: China and the United StatesWhile the economic entanglements between the U.S. and China have increased over the last decade, so has the tension. With President Obama visiting China and other Asian nations, Brookings expert Eswar Prasad and Grace Gu of Cornell University discuss the tightening embrace between the two countries—in terms of flows of goods and services, financial capital and people—and the implications. Read More

Global Economics, China, China's Economy, U.S. Economy, Fiscal Policy

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Save to My PortfolioThe China Awaiting President Obama

David Shambaugh, November 10, 2009, The Brookings Institution

The China Awaiting President ObamaAs President Obama prepared for his first visit to China, expectations were high for growth in the U.S.-China relationship. In this Northeast Asia Commentary written prior to the president's visit, Nonresident Senior Fellow David Shambaugh analyzes today’s political and economic landscape in China. Shambaugh currently serves as a Senior Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of World Economics and Politics, a division of the China Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Read More

China, Diplomacy, International Relations, China's Economy

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioChina’s Changing Views of America: Insights and Obstacles

Monday, November 09, 2009
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

The efforts of China's America-watching community over the past 30 years, and their effect on China's perception of the United States, have been crucial to a constructive relationship between the two countries. On November 9, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings and the U.S.-China Education Trust co-hosted a discussion on China’s changing views of America. Read More

China, Foreign Policy, Asia, Diplomacy, International Relations

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Save to My PortfolioConvergence and Divergence in Taiwan's U.S. Policy

Shih-chung Liu, November 09, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Convergence and Divergence in Taiwan's U.S. PolicyIn this CNAPS Working Paper, Liu Shih-chung examines the fluctuations in Taiwan-U.S. relations during 2004-2008. While outlining developments in the bilateral relationship, Liu provides an insider’s view of different influences on Taiwan’s policy-making process including the leadership, the bureaucracy, other internal political forces, and external actors such as China and the United States. Read More

Taiwan, International Relations, China, Diplomacy

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioObama Goes to Asia: Understanding the President’s Trip

Friday, November 06, 2009
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Obama Goes to Asia: Understanding the President’s TripIn mid-November, President Barack Obama began his first trip to Asia as president with a visit to Tokyo. He also traveled to China, South Korea and Singapore, where took part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Prior to the president's trip, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion of President Obama’s trip and the issues he was likely to face. Read More

Asia, China, Japan, Environment, Trade

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Scouting Report: Previewing President Obama's First Trip to China

Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC

The Scouting Report: Previewing President Obama's First Trip to ChinaChina’s continued ascension presents policy challenges for both Beijing and Washington. President Barack Obama made his first trip to China from November 15-18. Kenneth Lieberthal and Fred Barbash, Politico's senior editor, took questions about the president’s trip to China in this edition of the Scouting Report. Read More

China, Diplomacy, The Presidency, Energy Security, Climate Change

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Save to My PortfolioThe Scouting Report Web Chat: Previewing President Obama's First Trip to China

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, November 04, 2009, The Brookings Institution

The Scouting Report Web Chat: Previewing President Obama's First Trip to ChinaChina’s continued ascension presents policy challenges for both Beijing and Washington. President Barack Obama will make his first trip to China from November 15-18, where he will address a multitude of issues ranging from climate change to trade and the economy to military ties between the two nations. On November 4, Kenneth Lieberthal took questions in a live web chat with Politico senior editor Fred Barbash about President Obama's first trip to China. Read More

China, Diplomacy, The Presidency, Energy Security, Climate Change

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSame Rules, New Dimensions For Mongolia's National Security: Adapting to the New Geo-Economic Environment

Munkh-Ochir Dorjjugder, October 20, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Same Rules, New Dimensions For Mongolia's National Security: Adapting to the New Geo-Economic Environment Since its peaceful Democratic Revolution in the early 1990s, Mongolia’s national security strategy has evolved through three phases and is now entering a fourth. Munkh-Ochir Dorjjugder writes that the theme of balancing external actors to ensure sovereignty and security remains the same, but that Mongolia is now adding economic and human elements to its approach to security. Read More

Asia, Russia, China

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Save to My PortfolioObama’s China Trip: Forging Middle Class Ties

Cheng Li and Jordan Lee , October 07, 2009, China Brief

Cheng Li and Jordan Lee write that when President Obama travels to Beijing in November on his maiden China trip, he should recognize it is becoming a middle class country like the United States. Li and Lee believe focusing on China’s middle class may be a way to find more common ground in U.S.-China relations that will become more important as time goes on. Read More

China, Politics, International Relations

In Brief

China is modernizing at an astonishing rate, emerging as a major economic power and playing a growing role in the global community. This pace of change is affecting not only China's domestic situation, but the international security and economic environments as well. China’s continued ascension will present policy challenges for both Beijing and the rest of the world for years to come.

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Kenneth G. Lieberthal

Kenneth G. Lieberthal

Director, John L. Thornton China Center

Dr. Lieberthal is director of the John L. Thornton China Center and senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings. Lieberthal served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council from August 1998 to October 2000. His government responsibilities encompassed U.S. policy toward Northeast, East and Southeast Asia.
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Richard C. Bush III

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Richard Bush’s two-decade public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. He currently focuses on China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security. He is the author of, among other works, A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America, Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait , and At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942.
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Geng Xiao

Geng Xiao

Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center

International economist Geng Xiao conducts research on the Chinese economy including China’s productivity revolution, the property rights infrastructure in China and financial sector reform.  He is the director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy. 
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Cheng Li

Cheng Li

Director of Research, John L. Thornton China Center

A director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Cheng Li focuses on the transformation of political leaders, generational change and technological development in China.
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