All Mapped Out: How China’s Charting Its Course as a Superpower

on April 6, 2017

In February, the French daily Le Monde published a map reportedly circulated by the Chinese military. It showed the People’s Republic in the center of the globe with all else shrinking away toward the edges: “The world turned upside down for anyone used to looking at the maps in common use since the 16th century,” as Le Monde put it.

Economy, History, Politics
Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Golf, Mao Zedong, Corruption, Infrastructure

As the U.S. Steps Back, China Must Step up on Climate Leadership

By Joanna Lewis & Li Shuo on April 6, 2017

Presidents Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet today at Mar-a Lago, Florida, and given the tense state of U.S.-China relations and the political leanings of the Trump administration there is much at stake for cooperation between the countries on the climate agenda. To maintain this most important bilateral relationship in the world, both a high-level paradigm shift of China’s diplomatic approach and a considered assessment of feasible areas of cooperation are needed.

Jared Kushner Is One of Trump's Top Advisers on China

By Eric Levitz on April 6, 2017

When President Trump meets with his Chinese counterpart at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, he will not have the assistant secretaries of State and Defense for East Asia at his side — because his administration has failed to hire anyone for either of those positions.

Economy, Politics
Xi Jinping, Trade, China-North Korea Relations, Henry Kissinger, Jared Kushner

Nury Turkel

on April 5, 2017

Nury Turkel is an attorney in Washington, D.C. specializing in a wide range of legal issues including aviation, trade and investment, immigration, legislative advocacy, and regulatory compliance focusing on anti-bribery investigation and enforcement. In addition to his law practice, Turkel serves as Chairman of the Board for the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) in Washington, D.C., which works on Uighur human rights research and documentation projects.

Turkel has testified before the U.S. Congress and given presentations at various universities, government institutions, and foreign policy forums. He has written commentaries on policy and legal matters in major U.S. publications and has appeared on radio and television programs.

Turkel received his Bachelor’s degree from China’s Northwest A&F University. He has a Master of Arts in International Relations and a Juris Doctorate degree from American University. He is proficient in several languages, including Turkish and Chinese.

Xiaoxia Liu

on April 5, 2017

Xiaoxia Liu was born and raised in China and migrated to the U.S. in 2012. She received a B.A. in Television and Radio from City University of New York Brooklyn College. In her sophomore year, she studied abroad at Dongguk University, in Seoul, South Korea, where she developed an interest in making a documentary about North Korea. As a multimedia storyteller, she utilizes the power of video and visuals to share narratives with a global audience to bridge cultural gaps and raise social concern about developing countries. Liu is an intern with ChinaFile at Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations. She has a strong interest in North Korea, the South China Sea, and U.S.-China relations.

Xi Is Ready for the Summit. Trump Can’t Possibly Be. So What Should He Do?

By Robert Daly on April 5, 2017

At the summit in Mar-a-Lago, U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to alter deeply-rooted Chinese policies despite having no China strategy. China’s Communist Party Secretary Xi Jinping hopes that by making deals on secondary matters important to Trump, he can indefinitely postpone America’s development of a strategic response to China’s rise. I offer a framework for an American China strategy at the end of this piece.