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The Growing Bond Between China and Central Asia: An Interview with Abbos Bobokhonov, Part 1

Read The Monitor's interview with Dr. Abbos Bobokhonov, a Fulbright visiting scholar at GSU and expert on China-Central Asia relations.

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An Interview with John Givens: Responding to “Is Asia the Powder Keg for World War III?”

Read our interview with Dr. John Givens, a professor of International Relations at Spelman College.

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What Keeps Xi Jinping Up at Night? An Interview with Dennis Unkovic

Read The Monitor's interview with Dennis Unkovic about his new book The Fragility of China.

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China Vérité: Ying Qian on Documentary Cinema, Part 1

Ying Qian, associate professor at Columbia University, discusses documentary film theory and its history in China

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History, Gender, and Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Film: An Interview with Cui Zhou

A conversation with Dr. Cui Zhou on Chinese film and its relationship with American film, historical representation, gender, and ethnic minorities.

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Stephen Fisher on Global Climate Opinion

Stephen Fisher on the significance of the United Nations Development Program’s Peoples’ Climate Vote Survey.

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An Interview with Ying Zhu: Chinese Filmmaking, Hollywood, and U.S.-China Relations

Kay Zou talks with Ying Zhu, Professor Emerita at the City University of New York and Founder and Chief Editor of Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images about the history of Sino-Hollywood relations.

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An Interview with Dr. Renard Sexton: China’s Relations with Taiwan, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the U.S.

Miranda Wilson speaks with Renard Sexton, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory University, about cross-strait relations, Beijing’s interests in Afghanistan, and the new posture of the Philippine government in U.S.-China relations.

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An Interview with Carla Freeman: U.S. and NATO Positions in Asia

Bikai Chen talks to United States Institute of Peace Senior Fellow on China Carla Freeman about U.S. positions throughout Asia, including the impacts of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and NATO’s relations in the Indo-Pacific.

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An Interview with Michael Szonyi: Ming Dynasty, The Art of Being Governed, and U.S.-China Relations

Michael A. Szonyi, Frank Wen-xiung Wu Professor of Chinese history in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, is a scholar of late imperial Chinese history. He specializes in using historical anthropology and fieldwork to study the social history of China's southeastern coast. After researching the history of the military households of the Ming dynasty, he published The Art of Being Governed: Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China.

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An Interview with Dr. Chen Jian: Zhou Enlai: A Life

Read the U.S.-China Perception Monitor's interview with Dr. Jian Chen discussing his new biography of Zhou Enlai.

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An Interview with Rachel Myrick: The Impact of Partisan Politics on U.S. Foreign Policy

Read the U.S.-China Perception Monitor's interview with Dr. Rachel Myrick.

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An Interview with Dr. Angel Hsu: Climate Change & U.S.-China Relations

Read about the April China Town Hall hosted by The Carter Center and National Committee on U.S.-China Relations as well as our interview with Dr. Angel Hsu of UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Interview with Donald Clarke: TikTok, the Chinese Legal System, and Suggestions for the U.S.

Interested in the TikTok dispute? Read the U.S.-China Perception Monitor's interview with Donald Clarke.

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Interview with James Steinberg: The Significance of Strategic Reassurance for U.S.-China Relations

James Steinberg served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. During this time, he proposed the concept of "strategic reassurance" to deal with the US-China relations.

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Interview with Yasheng Huang: Why is Chinese Society so Stable?

Read the U.S.-China Perception Monitor's interview with Yasheng Huang.

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An Interview with Logan Wright: What Challenges are the Chinese Economy Facing?

Read the U.S.-China Perception Monitor's interview with Logan Wright about the future of China's economy.

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Interview with Andrew Mertha: The Past, Present and Future of U.S.-China Relations

In this interview, Professor Mertha discusses the role of Chinese and U.S. leaders in navigating the relationship between the two countries, the interaction of U.S.-China relations with domestic politics, his views on engagement policy, the prospects for the development of Sinology in the US, the Taiwan issue, and the role of Cambodia in the U.S.-China competition.

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Interview with Samuel Abrams: U.S. Presidential Election, Immigration, China, and More

Read the U.S.-China Perception Monitor's interview with Samuel Abrams about the U.S. Presidential Election, Immigration, China, and more.

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An Interview with Sarah Mellors Rodriguez: Reproductive Realities in China

Sarah Mellors Rodriguez's new book, Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021 (Cambridge University Press, 2023) thoroughly examines continuities and shifts in China’s politics of reproduction through a broad timeframe. Building on a rich archival base and records, In this interview, we talk to Dr. Rodriguez about Reproductive Realities and issues on abortion, birth control, and gender equality.

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An Interview with Denis Simon: The Past, Present, and Future of the U.S.-China Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement

The U.S.- China Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement is an agreement initially signed in 1979 that serves as a blueprint for all cooperation between China and the U.S. in the fields of science and technology. This agreement has allowed Chinese and U.S. experts to work together in solving vital global issues, including the climate crisis […]

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Yuhua Wang on US-China Relations and the Legacies of Mao and 1989

Dr. Yuhua Wang is a professor in the Department of Government at Harvard University.

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