RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Cheng Li and Jordan Lee, November 09, 2009, ForeignPolicy.com
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
UPCOMING EVENT
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Cheng Li, November 23, 2009, China Leadership Monitor
Cheng Li examines the concept of "intra-Party democracy," which China's leaders have recently characterized as the lifeblood of the Chinese Communist Party, and as crucial to its continued primacy. Li argues that intra-party democracy is important for institutionalizing the new rules and norms of Chinese elite politics, and that it is an experiment which will have profound implications for China's political future. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
VIDEO
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.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Merritt T. Cooke, November 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Eswar Prasad and Grace Gu, November 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution
While 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David Shambaugh, November 10, 2009, The Brookings Institution
As 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
PAST EVENT
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Shih-chung Liu, November 09, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In 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
PAST EVENT
Friday, November 06, 2009
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
In 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
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC
China’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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Kenneth G. Lieberthal, November 04, 2009, The Brookings Institution
China’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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Munkh-Ochir Dorjjugder, October 20, 2009, The Brookings Institution
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