China Scholar Insights

SUN Chenghao: Reading China-U.S. Summit

For China, this meeting was first and foremost a “tone-setting summit,” aimed at preventing China-U.S. relations from sliding into uncontrolled…

May 18 • Chenghao Sun and Xueyu Zhang

#23 China Scholar Insights on the Taiwan Issue

With Trump’s visit to China soon, considerable attention has been focused on the future trajectory of the Taiwan issue.

May 12 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Didi Chen, XinYue Zhang, JiaJi Fan, and Zhuofan Liu

#22 China Scholars Insights: US-Japan Relations

The US-Japan relations will continue to be restructured and upgraded amid multiple structural contradictions.

Apr 15 • Chenghao Sun, Zongqin Wei, Kexi Wu, Yining Li, CHEN WENG U, and Xuhan Bai

#21 China Scholar Insights: The Iran War Quagmire

The trajectory of the current military operations remains inherently uncertain.

Mar 23 • Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, XinYue Zhang, JiaJi Fan, Zhuofan Liu, and Didi Chen

#20 China Scholar Insights: The Conflict and Peace between Russia and Ukraine

Future negotiations will test the strategic patience and pragmatism of all parties, requiring China to advance its interests and multilateral…

Jan 20 • Chenghao Sun, Didi Chen, JiaJi Fan, Zongqin Wei, Xinman Liu, Yining Li, Xuhan Bai, and Xueyu Zhang

The Rise of “Donroe Doctrine” and Its Impact on China by SUN Chenghao and CHEN Xiyan

Will China be pushed out of the Western Hemisphere by the US?

Jan 14 • Chenghao Sun, Xiyan Chen, and Xueyu Zhang

#19 China Scholar Insights | Behind the NSS: How America’s New Security Strategy Shapes Relations with China

Chinese Scholars believe “America First” strategic retrenchment not as abandoning global hegemony, but as selective resource prioritization and cost…

Dec 30, 2025 • Xinyi Li, Chenghao Sun, Xueyu Zhang, Stefanie Perner, CHEN WENG U, YUMI YAMADA, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, and Yujie Shao

#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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • Chenghao Sun, Stefanie Perner, Yujie Shao, XinYue Zhang, Zhuofan Liu, YUMI YAMADA, CHEN WENG U, Xinyi Li, and Xueyu Zhang

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