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#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…
 • 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?
 • 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…
 • 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…
 • 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.
 • 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…
 • 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…
 • 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…
 • 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…
 • 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…
 • 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.
 • 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…
 • Chenghao Sun, Yinuo Wang, Yijie Li, Jiayu Yao, Yuxuan Zhang, Xueyu Zhang, Hannah Shirley, and Liangyu Gao
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