US-China relations

photo of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking with a large group of reporters

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March 9, 2026

Rubio’s Promise to “Unleash Chiang” Won’t Land Well in China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

photo of the Chinese-Canadian summit meeting in Beijing, January 2026; the Chinese delegation sits at a table on the left; the Canadian delegation sits at a table on the right; there are flowers set between the tables and both countries' flags in the background between tables

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February 4, 2026

What Does the New Partnership Between Canada and China Tell Us about Future Chinese Foreign Policy?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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October 31, 2025

China Has the Most to Gain from New Nuclear Tests

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

photo of four Chinese nuclear ICBMs on display during the country's 2025 Victory Day parade; soldiers stand guard in the foreground and a large building topped by many Chinese flags is in the background

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October 1, 2025

Could China’s New Nuclear Weapons Signal a New Era of Arms Control?

Robert Rust
China Analyst

photo of a young smiling girl sitting on her father's shoulders and waving little US and Japanese flags

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August 26, 2025

Amid US-China Rivalry, What Do Asian Nations Really Want?

Robert Rust
China Analyst

photo of the United Nations General Assembly in session; on either side of the dais where two people are seated are two large display boards showing the results of a vote, and between the boards is the seal of the UN

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April 8, 2025

Neither Global Development nor Nuclear Disarmament Happen Unilaterally

Robert Rust
China Analyst

US President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk past rows of Chinese soldiers standing at attention holding rifles and wearing dress white uniforms

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February 25, 2025

Can China and the United States Cooperate Under Trump 2.0?

Robert Rust
China Analyst

photo of a 2023 meeting between the US and China; President Xi Jinping and members of his staff sit on the left side of the table and President Joe Biden and members of his staff sit on the right side; flags of both countries are in the background

Adam Schultz/The White House

October 4, 2024

How to Avoid Misunderstanding Chinese Nuclear Weapons Policy

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

At a 2021 protest in San Francisco, the Rise Up With Asians Rally & March, a person in a crowd holds a sign in focus that reads, "denounce ignorance and anti-asian rhetoric!"

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August 10, 2023

The United States and China Must Collaborate, Not Compete, to Meet Today’s Existential Threats to Humanity

Johanna Chao Kreilick
Former President

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is pictured waving from an airplane as he departs from Beijing, China, on June 19, 2023.

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June 28, 2023

Blink and It’s Gone: a Weekend in Beijing

Robert Rust
China Analyst

Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Deng Xiaoping during the state dinner for the Vice Premier of China.

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

September 21, 2020

Council on Foreign Relations Gives Terrible Advice on Taiwan and China

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

September 29, 2019

The United States and China Should Start Over

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager