Global China Project

The Global China Project focuses on advancing recommendations for how the United States should respond to China’s actions that implicate key American interests and values.

Foreign Policy

The Great Hall of the People, where the National People's Congress will be held is seen in Beijing, March 5, 2015. Around 3,000 delegates to the annual meeting of China's parliament, the National People's Congress, will meet in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 5 for a session that normally lasts around 10 days. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EB350M8U01

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The choices America makes in its competition with China will have far reaching consequences. Given the stakes involved, it is essential that American leaders deeply interrogate trade-offs and second-order effects of policy options. To support this process, the Brookings Institution is launching Phase 3 of its Global China Project. The Brookings Institution will use this phase to convene experts to rigorously examine decisions facing U.S. policymakers on China.

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Phase 3: Debate series

Dozens of freighters dock for loading and unloading at the Qingdao section of the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Sept 27, 2023.

Economic Development Is US security dependent on limiting China’s economic growth?

Cameron F. Kerry, Mary E. Lovely, Pavneet Singh, Liza Tobin, Ryan Hass, Patricia M. Kim, Emilie Kimball

October 3, 2023

Past Event

October 04

2023

U.S. Foreign Policy Does the US need to seek to limit China’s economic growth in order to protect itself?

The Brookings Institution, Washington DC

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT

Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army take part in training in temperatures below minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit) at China's border with Russia in Fuyuan

Foreign Politics & Elections Should the US pursue a new Cold War with China?

Patricia M. Kim, Matthew Turpin, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Jessica Chen Weiss, Eun A Jo, Ryan Hass, Emilie Kimball

September 1, 2023

Past Event

September 07

2023

China Should the US pursue a new Cold War with China?

The Brookings Institution, Washington DC

11:00 am - 12:15 pm EDT

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Lost in translation

Global China’s “Lost in translation: Decoding Chinese strategic narratives” series critically examines key strategic concepts, popular theories, and prevalent debates in the Chinese political system, and discusses their implications for U.S. policy.