Issues/China’s Foreign Relations

China’s Foreign Relations

- Podcast
Three Speeches in October
- Paul Haenle, Robert Daly
- November 15, 2019
In October 2019, Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Delaware Senator Chris Coons, delivered speeches laying out their respective visions for the U.S.-China relationship. In this episode, Paul Haenle spoke with Robert Daly about American and Chinese reactions to the speeches.
- Q&A
Why You Should Care Whether Japan and South Korea Keep Sharing Intel
- Tong Zhao
- November 14, 2019
Japan and South Korea appear poised to let thorny political disagreements torpedo intelligence swapping on North Korea’s nukes and missiles. That would leave both countries and the United States all worse off and have broader regional security implications.
- Podcast
Are China-Russia Relations Getting Too Close for Comfort?
- Paul Haenle, Dmitri Trenin, Eugene Rumer, Alexander Gabuev
- October 31, 2019
Discussion of U.S.-China-Russia relations often focuses on how American policy is driving Moscow and Beijing closer together. This analysis, however, ignores important factors limiting cooperation between China and Russia and preventing the two countries from forming an alliance.
- Commentary
What Will Happen At the India-China Summit?
- Han Hua
- October 10, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are meeting on October 11, 2019. The summit in Mamallapuram, India, is a chance to work through the recent strains in the two countries’ relationship.
- Article
Will the Trade Conflict Confound China’s Ambitions?
- George Magnus
- September 30, 2019
China’s economy faces uncertainty and choppy waters in the years ahead, a trend that the trade conflict with the United States seems likely to deepen.
- Quick Take
How Has the U.S.-China Relationship Changed Over Seventy Years?
- Paul Haenle
- September 30, 2019
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the relationship between the two superpowers has been transformed.
- Podcast
Part 2: Is the U.S.-China Relationship in Free Fall?
- Paul Haenle, Da Wei
- September 30, 2019
In Washington, there is no longer widespread support for engagement with China, while in Beijing, debates over the role of the state in the economy, driven by a fear of falling into the middle-income trap, are limiting progress in implementing economic reforms.
- Quick Take
Three Lessons China Has Learned About Global Governance
- Lyu Jinghua
- September 26, 2019
- - 中文
How has Beijing’s approach to multilateral institutions evolved in the seventy years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China?
Charting the Evolution of China’s Foreign Aid System
- Tang Xiaoyang
- September 12, 2019
- - 中文
Historically, China has forged its own distinctive foreign aid practices. In March 2018, Beijing established the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) to integrate and streamline its development aid programs.
- Podcast
Part 1: Is the U.S.-China Relationship in Free Fall?
- Paul Haenle, Da Wei
- September 05, 2019
President Trump’s use of tariffs has hardened Chinese views and limited Beijing’s ability to make concessions, even if they are in China’s self-interest, without appearing weak.

Chen Qi
Resident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Chen Qi is an expert on U.S.-China relations, global governance, and China’s foreign policy. Chen runs the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy’s U.S.-China Track II dialogue.
Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies
Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
Matt Ferchen
Nonresident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Ferchen specializes in China’s political-economic relations with emerging economies. At the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program on China’s economic and political relations with the developing world, including Latin America.
François Godement
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Paul Haenle
Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair
Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.
Douglas H. Paal
Distinguished Fellow
Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Pang Xun
Resident Scholar
Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Pang Xun is a resident scholar at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, where she is part of the China and the Developing World Program.
James L. Schoff
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Schoff is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and regional engagement, Japanese technology innovation, and regional trade and security dynamics.
Shi Zhiqin
Resident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
An expert on European issues, Shi Zhiqin runs a program on China-EU Relations at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.
Sun Xuefeng
Resident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Sun Xuefeng specializes in the rise of great powers and international relations theory. At Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program examining the international and regional implications of China’s rise.
Michael D. Swaine
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Swaine is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies.
Tang Xiaoyang
Deputy Director
Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Tang Xiaoyang is a resident scholar and the deputy director of the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and an associate professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University. His research interests include political philosophy, China’s modernization process, and China’s engagement in Africa.
Dmitri Trenin
Director
Moscow Center
Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
Yan Xuetong
President, Carnegie–Tsinghua Management Board
Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Yan Xuetong is one of China’s leading experts on China’s foreign policy, national security, and U.S.-China relations. At Tsinghua University, he is dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations.
Zhang Chuanjie
Resident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Zhang Chuanjie’s expertise and program at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy examines the impact of Chinese public opinion on China’s foreign policy.
Zhang Lihua
Resident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Zhang Lihua is a resident scholar at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy. She is also a professor at the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University.
Zhao Kejin
Resident Scholar
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Zhao Kejin is an expert on China’s foreign policy and diplomacy. At the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program that examines the development of China’s public diplomacy.
Tong Zhao
Senior Fellow
Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Tong Zhao is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.