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Introducing CFR’s China Strategy Initiative
Competition with China poses a challenge unlike any the United States has faced before. To meet the challenge, CFR's new China Strategy Initiative will answer the questions that go to the heart of American China strategy through fresh analysis, granular policy recommendations, and convenings with experts from around the world.
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Core Questions and Programs
The China Strategy Initiative will launch cross-cutting programs to address four foundational questions.
The Open Source Observatory will acquire, digitize, and translate vast quantities of Chinese-language material and make it publicly available.
China 360° will pull expertise from across CFR to understand China’s global activities and how countries respond to them.
The China Policy Accelerator will produce actionable policy recommendations on what the United States should do not just abroad but at home, from fixing the defense industrial base to securing critical infrastructure from cyberattack.
The Global China Forum will launch conversations with experts from the United States, China, and other countries around the world.
Research Priorities
Explore CFR’s work on the key issues in China strategy.
Inside China
Taiwan
China’s Gray-Zone Offensive Against Taiwan Is Backfiring
with David Sacks via Foreign Affairs
Would Trump Abandon Taiwan?
Blog Post by David Sacks
Reading Lai Ching-te’s National Day Speech and Its Implications for Cross-Strait Relations
Blog Post by David Sacks
Defense and Security
Economics and Technology
How German Industry Can Survive the Second China Shock
with Brad W. Setser and Sander Tordoir via Center for European Reform
What to Know About the New U.S. AI Diffusion Policy and Export Controls
Post by Michael C. Horowitz
Europe Should Emulate Biden’s Restrictions on Chinese Smart Cars
Blog Post by Liza Tobin, Guest Contributor
Geopolitics and Diplomacy
No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy
China, Russia, and Ukraine: December 2024
Article by Anya Konstantinovsky, Research Associate
China in Latin America: December 2024
Article by Julia Huesa, Research Associate and Steven Holmes, Research Associate
Transnational Challenges
Washington and Beijing Don’t Understand Each Other’s Fentanyl Positions
Featuring Yanzhong Huang and Marcel Arsenault via Foreign Policy
Fentanyl Supply Chains in China: Chinese Fentanyl Makers and Domestic Circulation
Blog Post by Zongyuan Zoe Liu
China’s Battle Against Air Pollution: An Update
Blog Post by Yanzhong Huang
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Why China Would Struggle to Invade Taiwan
Although China’s ambition to gain control of Taiwan is clear, doing so through force would prove enormously difficult and costly.
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Tracking China’s Control of Overseas Ports
This interactive map tracks China’s growing maritime influence through investments in strategic overseas ports.
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U.S.-China Relations
The United States and China have one of the world’s most important and complex bilateral relationships. Since 1949, the countries have experienced periods of both tension and cooperation over issues including trade, climate change, and Taiwan.
More From the China Strategy Initiative
China Strategy Initiative Launch Event
Join us for the launch of CFR's China Strategy Initiative on Monday, June 24
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Conversation With Jake Sullivan—the Future of U.S.-China Relations
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discusses U.S.-China relations and the Biden administration’s policy priorities for the relationship going forward.
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A Conversation With Lina Khan: Antitrust, Innovation, and China’s Competitive Challenge
FTC Chair Lina Khan discusses anti-trust, innovation, and U.S.-China competition.
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America’s China Strategy, With Rush Doshi
Rush Doshi, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow for Asia Studies and director of the China Strategy Initiative, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how America should navigate its geopolitical rivalry with China.
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Security is likely to take priority over trade tensions in a second Trump administration.
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The Biden administration released new export controls on Monday, January 13, placing restrictions on advanced AI chips, cloud access, and model weights. The measures’ implementation will rely on the Trump administration’s support.
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As the Chinese society ages, China not only loses its comparative advantage in labor but also faces a severe pension funding challenge. Chinese leaders have competing priorities but they do not have the resources to fund them all.
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Vietnam’s rising trade surplus with the United States may threaten its close strategic and economic bilateral ties under the second Trump administration.
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In December, China countered U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s claims about the Panama Canal. Brazilian labor authorities uncovered “slavery-like conditions” at a construction site for Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD. Mexico introduced new tariffs targeting Chinese textiles and e-commerce platforms.
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China and Russia are deepening energy ties, with natural gas exports exceeding contractual agreements. At the same time, in face of economic pressures, Russia is selling stakes in uranium deposits to Chinese companies, bolstering Beijing’s regional influence. Western nations have imposed more sanctions on Chinese companies aiding Russia’s military and are increasingly concerned by Chinese and Russian activity in the Arctic.
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Despite ongoing and high-profile corruption issues, China’s military continues to rapidly modernize.
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The Philippines risks losing strategically and economically by oscillating between the United States and China— without securing lasting benefits from either.