China Scholar Insights

#18 China Scholar Insights: The Evolution of the Global Power Structure Under the Rise of the Global South and China’s Role

The Global South’s collective rise, a key global transformation, reshapes the global power structure, with China playing a constructive role through…

Dec 22 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang

#17 China Scholar Insights: China-Japan Relations

The growing influence of Japan's right-wing politics on Taiwan signals a turbulent future for China-Japan relations.

Dec 18 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Xuhan Bai, Didi Chen, Zongqin Wei, Xinman Liu, Yining Li, and JiaJi Fan

SUN Chenghao: What Trump’s 2025 NSS Means for China

NSS signals a foreign policy orientation that is more domestically focused, more economically driven, more skeptical of alliances, more transactional…

Dec 8 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

#16 China Scholar Insights: Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence

For the global governance of artificial intelligence, building an inclusive, rules-based framework that balances innovation with security and ethics is…

Dec 3 • Chenghao Sun, Yining Li, Didi Chen, JiaJi Fan, Zongqin Wei, Xinman Liu, Xuhan Bai, and Xueyu Zhang

#15 China Scholar Insights: China-U.S. Crossroads Trump and Xi Face the APEC Moment

Their meeting at the 2025 APEC summit will mark a pivotal juncture in how the world’s two largest economies manage competition without tipping into…

Dec 1 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang

#4 Ask China: China’s Response to Global Reactions on Rare Earth Regulations

Amid rising global competition over resources, China’s rare earth policy highlights lawful governance, supply chain stability, and cooperation to…

Oct 28 • Chenghao Sun, Zhengyi Fan, Zhuoyu Wang, Wen Yiran, and Xueyu Zhang

#3 Ask China: A Chinese Perspective on Middle East Conflict

Amid fragile transitions marked by ceasefire efforts and shifting alliances, China’s engagement focuses on dialogue, development, and multilateral…

Oct 17 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Zhengyi Fan, and Zhuoyu Wang

#14 China Scholar Insights: The Prospect of China-U.S. Relations

The relationship’s stability hinges on maintaining bounded competition amid ongoing tensions.

Oct 2 • Chenghao Sun, WANG JINGYI, Yutong PEI, RUILIAN XIAN, Ngoc (Jade) Bui, Wen Yiran, Xuhan Bai, and Hannah Shirley

#2 Ask China: A Chinese Perspective on the Post-world War International Order

China must skillfully leverage a multipolar mindset to respond to a multipolar world, mobilize great power coordination to maintain stability, and avoid…

Sep 4 • Chenghao Sun, Yinuo Wang, Yijie Li, Jiayu Yao, Yuxuan Zhang, Xueyu Zhang, Hannah Shirley, and Liangyu Gao

#1 Ask China: Chinese Perspective on Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Has China provided support to Russia? Under what conditions do Chinese scholars believe a ceasefire could be achieved? What are the main concerns…

Aug 26 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Jiayu Yao, Yijie Li, Yinuo Wang, and Hannah Shirley

#13 China Scholar Insights: China-U.S. AI Competition

AI has emerged as a pivotal factor in 21st-century global geopolitics, with the primary great-power competition centered on the U.S. and China.

Jun 20 • Chenghao Sun, Yutong PEI, Jiaying Wang, RUILIAN XIAN, Wen Yiran, Ngoc (Jade) Bui, Xueyu Zhang, and Hannah Shirley

#12 China Scholar Insights: The China-U.S. Relations

While a complete resolution of differences may not be feasible in the near term, a framework for managing tensions and avoiding conflict is essential.

Jun 5 • Chenghao Sun, Liangyu Gao, Xuhan Bai, Lingzhi Hu, HNIN Lei Lei Wai, Jiaying Wang, Xueyu Zhang, and Hannah Shirley

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