Recent Events

After a slow start, China has emerged as one the fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. To date, debates about potential national security risks from these investments have dominated headlines. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of the impact of growing Chinese FDI on U.S. communities – until now.

Sheila Smith discusses the implications of the Sino-Japanese relationship on U.S.-China relations.

Bill Hayton, a journalist with extensive experience in the South China Sea, examines the quality of the evidence behind the claims to the region which originated in debates in the 1930s; the claims have been repeated ever since without consideration of their basis in fact.

Michael Meyer's new book, In Manchuria, is a combination of memoir, reportage, and historical research, presenting a unique profile of China's northeast. 

Professor Hu Biliang discusses China’s new urbanization program for the period 2014-2020 and suggests how the government might minimize negative effects of the new policy.

Susan Brownell, a world-renowned authority on Chinese sports and the Olympics, discusses the significance of the bid for China, what it says about China and about the rest of the world.

Jerome Cohen and Ezra Vogel reflect on normalization and how academic study of China has changed over the course of their careers.

Eric Liu pieces together a sense of the Chinese-American identity at a time when China is emerging at the center of the global scene.

Richard Bernstein discusses his new book, China 1945, which examines the first episode in which American power and good intentions came face-to-face with a formidable Chinese revolutionary movement.

The National Committee's sixth annual forum on China's economy will include Justin Lin Yifu and other leading Chinese economists predicting what might happen in 2015.

China’s management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime’s longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears the emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest, as has occurred in many cities around the world, because such cities might threaten the survival of the regime. To combat the threat, many regimes, […]

Zhou Dan discusses LGBT rights in China in an off-the-record roundtable discussion.