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U.S.-China Week

A news and analysis brief on U.S.-China relations by Graham Webster (@gwbstr).

May 15, 2017

U.S.–China Week Issue 100

Welcome to Issue 100 of U.S.–China Week. This week’s big show is the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing — President Xi Jinping’s intensely promoted conference on his government’s signature Belt and Road Initiative. U.S. involvement was minimal, with the late-announced participation of…

Graham Webster

May 8, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Kushner EB-5 scheme, PACOM denied, U.S. helps rights lawyer’s family, tech national security reviews

Welcome to Issue 99 of U.S.–China Week. In a speech at the State Department, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed a few…

Graham Webster

May 1, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Cui speech, THAAD deployed, CFIUS trajectories, 100 days

Welcome to Issue 98 of U.S.–China Week. Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai gave a speech last week in New York that, while characteristically careful, revealed a few important details…

Graham Webster

Apr 24, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Carrier confusion, China’s 100-day plan, anti-dumping, conflicts of interest

Welcome to Issue 97 of U.S.–China Week. Continuing his trip in the Asia-Pacific, Vice President Mike Pence announced that President Donald Trump will attend a U.S.–ASEAN…

Graham Webster

Apr 17, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Trade-North Korea linkage, Pence in region, currency turnabout, Scarborough calm

Welcome to Issue 96 of U.S.–China Week. Vice President Mike Pence is currently on a trip to South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and Australia. The White House provided…

Graham Webster

Apr 10, 2017

U.S.–China Week: 10 points on the Xi–Trump meet

Welcome to Issue 95 of U.S.–China Week. First, a bulletin for those in or near New Haven. This week at Yale Law School, the Paul Tsai China Center and I are hosting a Conference on Cyberspace and U.S.–China Relations on Wednesday. We’re welcoming…

Graham Webster

Mar 21, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Tillerson’s ‘mutual respect,’ Scarborough outpost, trade winds, Chinese students in Iowa

Welcome to Issue 92 of U.S.–China Week, coming to you on Tuesday this week due to travel. New at SupChina, I have a long-ish article examining China’s…

Graham Webster

Mar 13, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Xi’s trip to Mar-a-Lago; THAAD in, Park out

Welcome to Issue 91 of U.S.–China Week. Coming to you this week from Berkeley, Calif., where I am attending the EastWest Institute’s Global Cyberspace Cooperation Summit, this edition is abbreviated due to travel. On the…

Graham Webster

Mar 6, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Yang Jiechi meets Trump, NPC, NK missiles, Huntsman for deputy at State? China’s cyber co-op strategy

Welcome to Issue 90 of U.S.–China Week. Thank you to all who wrote in over the last week with extremely helpful feedback on…

Graham Webster

Feb 27, 2017

U.S.–China Week: Yang Jiechi in U.S., Trump vs. Mnuchin on currency; U.S.–DPRK talks canceled, CFIUS expansion?, SCS

Welcome to Issue 89 of U.S.–China Week. Starting this week, you will notice some experimental changes in the formatting and content…