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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 18: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 18, 2017 in Beijing, China. Tillerson is on his first visit to Asia as Secretary of State. (Photo by Lintao Zhang - Pool/Getty Images) Did Tillerson’s Beijing Visit Box Him in, or Start a Reboot?
Two perspectives on where American diplomats must go next.
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JINING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: (CHINA OUT) People wearing raincoats participate in 2014 Confucius Memorial Ceremony on September 28, 2014 in Jining, Shangdong province of China. Memorial ceremony to mark the 2,565th birthday anniversary of Confucius was held in Jining on Sunday. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) How China’s History Shapes, and Warps, Its Policies Today
For Beijing, the past is exceptionally useful, and usefully exceptional.
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BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 05: Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the opening of the 3rd Session of the 12th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2015 in Beijing, China. The government work report presented: the main targets of economic and social development; a projected 2015 GDP growth of about 7 percent; and consumer prices rising about 3 percent. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Don’t Call it the New Chinese Global Order (Yet)
The United States has many strengths. The question is how many it will squander in coming years.
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(L-R) Actor Pedro Pascal, director Zhang Yimou, actress Jing Tian and Matt Damon attend the premiere of Universal Pictures' "The Great Wall," February 15, 2017, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. / AFP / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Is the Search for a China-Hollywood Blockbuster Doomed?
The flailing 'Great Wall' aspires to be a bicultural extravaganza. The result is a mess.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ‘The Chinese Learned that Trump Blinks’
In a call with China's President, Trump recognized, or at least nodded at, the one-China policy he'd earlier questioned.
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China’s Youth Admire America Far More than We Knew
The Communist Party's is responding with a sweeping ideological crackdown on its universities.
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HAMBURG, GERMANY - AUGUST 13: A container ship from China Shipping Line is loaded at the main container port August 13, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany. Northern Germany, with its busy ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Kiel, is a hub of international shipping. Hamburg is among Europe's largest ports. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) How Trump Can Win With China
Beijing has been seriously outmaneuvering Washington for years. Trump is off to a lousy start, but here’s how he can turn it around.
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A picture taken on August 11, 2011 show two CRH380BL bullet trains (bottom) sitting at Beijing south railway station. State-owned Chinese train manufacturer China CNR Corp said it is recalling 54 of its CRH380BL bullet trains being used on a new high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai because of "flaws". AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) While the West Fiddles, China Races to Define the Future
Trump will need to work with Beijing, or we risk living in a world that the Chinese Communist Party will create.
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A policeman stands befoe a pile of ivory waiting to be crushed as workers destroy ivory during a public event in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province on January 6, 2014. China crushed a pile of ivory reportedly weighing over six tonnes on January 6, in a landmark event aimed at shedding its image as a global hub for the illegal trade in African elephant tusks. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Don’t Get Too Excited About China’s Ivory Ban
Enforcement of the laudable rule will remain an issue, while ivory demand in countries like Japan and the U.S. is actually rising.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Was Rescued from a Chinese Orphanage. My Friend Wasn’t.
We were both disabled by polio, but I was adopted by Americans. Returning to China 10 years later showed how sharply our destinies had diverged.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Stand Up to China? Mongolia’s Got a Playbook
Ulaanbaatar just welcomed the Dalai Lama, despite warnings from Beijing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Facebook Must Stay Out of China
A Faustian pact with Beijing would almost certainly make user behavior around the world visible to Chinese state security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Trump Strike a Grand Bargain With China?
The candidate used broad and blustery rhetoric to discuss the Communist state. Here's what his actual policy might look like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Spent Election Night Being Comforted by a Chinese Law Professor
Results aside, he still felt China had something to learn from American democracy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet China’s State-Approved Muslims
Adapting to Beijing's dictates has allowed Hui Islam to survive. But true believers say it's losing its soul.
