Historically, China has shown a tendency to enact rapid changes in response to external pressures or implement difficult domestic reforms amid the complexities of the world. In 1999, then Chinese premier Zhu Rongji strategically pursued China’s entry into the World Trade Organization to leverage external forces for a transformative shift towards a market economy. Similarly, […]
Competition with China has become the biggest through line of a highly polarized Washington over the past decade, and a bipartisan commission that advises U.S. lawmakers on China is calling for some drastic measures to help the United States win that competition. Among the 32 recommendations from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual […]