China Scholar Insights

Open or Closed? Where Are China’s AI Models Headed?

Due to commercial pressure and associated risks with open-weight mode, Beijing is likely to pursue a hybrid and tiered ecosystem where open and closed…

Aug 17 • Chenghao Sun

Meili Vergnolle and SUN Chenghao: The New China-EU Trade Consultation Mechanism

Against the backdrop of rising protectionism and unilateralism, the choice of institutionalized dialogue between China and Europe is itself a limited…

Aug 12 • Meili Vergnolle, Chenghao Sun, and Xueyu Zhang

Chinese Scholars’ Perspectives on the 250th Anniversary of the United States

We examine how Chinese scholars evaluate the United States at 250, balancing its internal structural challenges against its capacity for…

Jul 13 • Chenghao Sun, Yining Li, Yijie Li, and Xueyu Zhang

#24 China Scholars Insights: China-U.S. Summit

China and the U.S. remain pivotal actors in effectively tackling various global issues.

Jun 10 • Chenghao Sun, Xuhan Bai, Kexi Wu, Yining Li, Zongqin Wei, and CHEN WENG U

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

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