Cheng Li

People walk along near the Bund, in front of Lujiazui financial district of Pudong, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

China’s middle class in dynamic Shanghai

Cheng Li and Bill Finan

Friday, May 21, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month: Safeguarding Asian American inclusion and belonging

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Middle-class Shanghai: Reshaping US-China engagement

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden arrives with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (not pictured) at a China-US Business Dialogue in the Beijing Hotel in Beijing August 19, 2011. China and the United States "have a responsibility to strengthen macro-economic policy coordination and together boost market confidence," Xi told visiting Biden on Thursday, according to Chinese state media. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS)

Biden’s China strategy: Coalition-driven competition or Cold War-style confrontation?

May 2021

People walk along Nanjing Pedestrian Road, a main shopping area, during the Labour Day holiday, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Cvr: Middle Class Shanghai

Middle Class Shanghai

By Cheng Li

2021

The Long Museum West Bund was founded in 2014 by Shanghainese entrepreneur couple Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei. The museum site was previously the terminal for coal shipping on the Huangpu River. Visitors to the museum can still see the view of a coal hopper unloading bridge from atop a retainer column built in the 1950s.

Shanghai’s dynamic art scene: China’s cosmopolitan middle class and the value of international cultural exchanges

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Do US-China educational exchanges serve American interests?

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Stronger: Adapting America’s China strategy in an age of competitive interdependence

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed China flag in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

How coronavirus scientists offer a formula for better US-China relations

Cheng Li and Senqi Ma

Wednesday, March 17, 2021