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China Strategy Initiative Launch Event
Join us for the launch of CFR's China Strategy Initiative on Monday, June 24
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.
Watch Introduction Video
Core Questions and Programs
The China Strategy Initiative will launch cross-cutting programs to address four foundational questions.
Research Priorities
Explore CFR’s work on the key issues in China strategy.
Domestic China
Taiwan
Defense and Security
Economics and Technology
Protecting the Foundation: Strengthening Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Testimony by Chris McGuire
Trump’s China Truce on Tariffs Comes at Cost to U.S. Credibility
Expert Brief by Zongyuan Zoe Liu
India, the United States and the Future of the International Trade Order
Article by Manjari Chatterjee Miller
Geopolitics and Diplomacy
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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Tracking China’s Investment in Overseas Airports
This interactive map tracks China’s growing network of investments in overseas airports. Users can plot the location of each airport and view satellite images alongside detailed information on which Chinese entities are involved in each project, the share of Chinese ownership (if any), the total dollar value of Chinese investment and the physical attributes of the runways, among others.
![Cambodian carrier Angkor Airways is seen at Phnom Penh international airport August 31, 2006. Angkor Airways is a new airline which will fly between Taipei and the western Chinese city of Chengdu, and Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea (CAMBODIA)]()
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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.
![A massive, loaded container ship being tugged from a shipyard.]()
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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.
![A Taiwanese soldier stands in a line during the Han Kuang military exercise.]()
More From the China Strategy Initiative
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Are We Ready? | The China Reckoning, With Rush Doshi
ush Doshi, the C.V. Starr senior fellow for Asia Studies and director of the China Strategy Initiative at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the United States is reckoning with the rise of China and a world of renewed geopolitical competition.
![China's President Xi Jinping attends a "Senior Chinese Leader Event" held by the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool]()
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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.
![Image of Lina Khan and Michael Froman.]()
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The China-Philippines Standoff, With Derek Grossman
Derek Grossman, senior defense analyst at RAND and professor of policy analysis at the RAND School of Public Policy, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the confrontations between China and the Philippines over their competing claims in the South China Sea and the consequences for the United States.
![The Chinese naval training ship "Qi Jiguang" arrives at the Port of Manila for a four-day goodwill visit, in Manila, Philippines, June 14, 2023. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez]()
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In September, tensions escalated between Mexico and China over proposed tariff hikes. China denounced U.S. strikes in the Caribbean as a threat to regional security. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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In October, Chinese soy imports from Brazil and Argentina increased as U.S. soy was shut out prior to a U.S.-China trade truce at the end of the month. Discussion on Mexico’s proposed tariff on imports from China was paused until November. BYD launched sales of its electric vehicle in Argentina and a Chinese food delivery service started operating in Brazil.
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In October, China intensified coercive activities in the South China Sea while expanding military sales, diplomatic engagement, and economic initiatives across various states in South and Southeast Asia, underscoring its push for regional influence despite persistent geopolitical frictions.
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Mr. McGuire’s testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee argues that export controls related to semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) and advanced semiconductors are one of the most power…
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In September, China coupled sharper maritime pressure on the Philippines with widening regional diplomacy and investment, spanning security cooperation, infrastructure development, and high-tech industries.
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In September, China and Russia strongly signaled their opposition to the Western-led global order by expanding their diplomatic, economic, and military ties.
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Across the developed world, citizens and their governments are reconsidering what types of spending best advance their interests at home and abroad. From 2018 to 2023, foreign aid from wealthy govern… -
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In September 2025, China imposed steep tariffs on EU pork, Foreign Minister Wang Yi toured Central Europe amid rising tensions with Russia, and accusations of spying were dropped in London.
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Several Latin American countries’ trade deficits with China widened, and some mulled over trade measures to stem the surge in Chinese imports. A new report showed China is deprioritizing Latin America as an investment destination. The Panama ports saga continued.
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China's engagement in the Indo-Pacific was dominated by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit.