U.S.-China Week

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…