AnalysisJapan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Finally Says Something… Juan Zhang • 12/09/2025Source. For decades, the Taiwan issue has been the central, non-negotiable pillar of Chinese diplomacy—a matter Beijing defines…
InterviewsInterview with Zhou Wenxing: Cross-Taiwan Strait Relat… Juan Zhang • 12/07/2025During this in-depth interview, Dr. Zhou Wenxing, an Associate Professor at Nanjing University’s School of International Studies and…
AnalysisIn Call With Trump, Xi Says Taiwan Issue Extends Beyon… Juan Zhang • 11/25/2025Source. Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump in a call Monday that Taiwan’s “return to…
AnalysisTakaichi’s Taiwan Remarks Ignite East Asia, Triggering… Juan Zhang • 11/17/2025On November 7, Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a budget committee in the House of…
InterviewsThrottling the Nationalist Spirit w/ Frances Yaping Wa… Juan Zhang • 07/08/2025Cover art for The Art of State Persuasion. Oxford University Press. 2024. In this interview, we speak with…
InterviewsAn Interview with Jacob Dreyer: A Shanghai-Based Ameri… Juan Zhang • 07/08/2025In July 2025, The New York Times published a widely discussed opinion piece titled “Trump’s America Is Beginning…
AnalysisWhy China Opposes a Nuclear-Armed Iran Juan Zhang • 06/24/2025PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the signing of a 25-year China-Iran cooperation agreement. March 27, 2021. While…
AnalysisChinese Opinion on the Los Angeles Riots Juan Zhang • 06/24/2025California National Guard and Protesters. June 2025. Across the Pacific, Chinese people are closely following the protests unfolding…
AnalysisFudan Scholars: Tariff War Gives Way to Global Strateg… Juan Zhang • 06/05/2025Wu Xinbo, director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University. The U.S.-China competition has entered a…
AnalysisTrump’s AI Push in the Middle East Juan Zhang • 05/27/2025Donald Trump state visit to Saudi Arabia. 2025. In his recent three-day trip to the Middle East, President…
InterviewsA Temporary Truce and the Long Road Ahead w/ USCBC’s S… Juan Zhang • 05/27/2025On April 29, at the height of escalating tensions in the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S.-China Business Council…
AnalysisFears of a China Initiative Revival Stir Anxiety Among… Juan Zhang • 04/16/2025The outside of the U.S. Department of Justice. Washington, D.C. A growing number of Chinese American scholars are…
AnalysisThe Three Layers of the China-U.S. Rivalry: Trade, Glo… Juan Zhang • 04/16/2025This Chinese commentary was published on April 5, 2025, on a WeChat public platform. Although the full consequences…
AnalysisChina Bites Back on Trade Juan Zhang • 04/10/2025One quick announcement: China Focus is proud to be co-organizing Emerging Voices for U.S.-China Cooperation 2025, a conference…
InterviewsRedNote, Deep Seek, and Education Exchange w/ Ryan All… Juan Zhang, Miranda Wilson • 04/08/2025While hot-button issues like Taiwan and tariffs get a lot of media attention, Dr. Ryan M. Allen talks…
AnalysisTaiwan Deports Mainland Spouse Amid Rising Cross-Strai… Juan Zhang • 04/08/2025“Chinese national and social media influencer Liu Zhenya being escorted by Taiwanese police officers after her press conference…
InterviewsCultural Revolution Echoes Heard in America w/ David M… Juan Zhang, Miranda Wilson, Yawei Liu • 03/29/2025“Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong.” Created by Red Guards Congress of Colleges and Universities in the Capital. 1967.…
AnalysisPanama’s Port Deal Provokes Strong Backlash from… Juan Zhang • 03/20/2025As the news of the United States’ successful “purchase” of the Panama Canal began to settle in the…
InterviewsThe Urgency of Strengthening U.S.-China Academic Excha… Juan Zhang • 03/19/2025On March 2, Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, Professor and…
AnalysisChinese Experts Dismiss U.S.-Russia Reset as a Threat… Juan Zhang • 03/04/2025Dumpster fire. One month into the Trump 2.0 administration, perhaps the biggest surprise on foreign policy front has…
InterviewsDeepSeek and U.S.-China AI Competition w/ Brian Wong Juan Zhang, Yawei Liu • 03/04/2025(a section of) Two Cats Peeping Fish. Cheng Zhang. In this interview, we speak with Brian Wong, an…
AnalysisTaiwan 2025 Juan Zhang • 02/11/20252025 is a year that deserves close attention regarding the Taiwan issue. Top State Department officials’ distinct views…
AnalysisChinese Students Alerted as U.S. Universities Issue Tr… Juan Zhang • 12/12/2024Credit Ryan Jacobson via Unsplash Before Trump takes office next month, a number of major U.S. universities have…
AnalysisBiden Administration’s Final Clash with China on the C… Juan Zhang • 12/06/2024As the Biden administration approaches to leave office, restrictions on the Chinese semiconductor industries have intensified. On December…
AnalysisHu Xijin: Trump’s Policy is the Driving Force of De-Do… Juan Zhang • 12/05/2024$10 one of our contractors had in her car. Photo by Nick Zeller. De-dollarization has become the center…
InterviewsUsing the Pipa to Bridge Two Cultures: An Interview wi… Juan Zhang • 12/05/2024Wu Man (center) playing with musicians from Iran and India in the Silk Road Ensemble Over 30 years…
AnalysisU.S.-China Educational Exchange under a Second Trump A… Juan Zhang • 11/25/2024China is no longer the top source of international students in the United States. India has surpassed China…
AnalysisWhat Trump’s Return Means for U.S.-China Relatio… Juan Zhang, Miranda Wilson, Nick Zeller, Chris Mao • 11/11/2024Our team asked experts in the United States and China about predictions for the next four years of…
AnalysisDa Wei on the U.S. Election and U.S.-China Relations Juan Zhang • 11/04/2024A delegation from The Carter Center’s China Focus initiative recently met with Da Wei (center) at the Center…
InterviewsAn Interview with John Givens: Responding to “Is Asia… Juan Zhang • 10/03/2024In this interview, we focus on the research of John Wagner Givens, Associate Professor of International Relations at…
AnalysisA Victim of Geopolitical Tensions: The Fate of the His… Juan Zhang • 09/23/2024“Negotiations are ongoing and will likely resume after the U.S. election. The core of the agreement remains in…
AnalysisAsian American Civil Rights Organizations Alarmed by “… Juan Zhang • 09/13/2024Professors Anming Hu, Gang Chen, Franklin Tao, along with his wife spoke with Asian American Scholar Forum Executive…
AnalysisZheng Yongnian on Asia as the Site for World War III Juan Zhang • 09/04/2024A-10 Thunderbolt II during Ulchi Freedom Shield 24 at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 22, 2024, courtesy…
AnalysisWhat is Beijing Trying to Say? Possible Reasons Behind… Juan Zhang • 08/20/2024In the midst of the heated U.S. presidential race, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s recent interview on X with…
InterviewsPossible Trump Policy, Education Exchange, & Less… Juan Zhang • 08/13/2024Among China experts in the United States, very few have Dennis Wilder’s unique expertise: an accomplished lifelong career…
AnalysisHow Chinese Media Reported the Attempted Assassination… Juan Zhang • 07/18/2024An examination of China’s official media and reports reveals that the Chinese reports heavily cited major English news…
