Category: U.S.–China Week

  • The intractable U.S. economic demands (2018.04.15)

    Two weeks ago I announced that after three years and 121 issues, U.S.–China Week would become the Transpacifica newsletter—shifting to a biweekly publication schedule, covering selected issues in U.S.–China relations and Chinese policy, and emphasizing analysis over news summary. My site Transpacifica.net had always been the home of U.S.–China Week, and I look forward to continuing the conversation…


  • U.S.–China Week is now the Transpacifica newsletter

    Dear U.S.–China Week reader, Since the last edition in December, U.S.–China relations have taken several dramatic turns. Issue 121 of U.S.–China Week noted that a draft of the U.S. Section 301 report on Chinese trade and investment practices was circulating, and the final report was just released. Dramatic rhetoric between the United States and North Korea has…


  • U.S.–China Week: U.S. strategy calls China ‘revisionist power’ and ‘competitor’; drumbeat of China-focused trade moves (2017.12.18)

    Welcome to Issue 121 of U.S.–China Week. I’m back in Oakland after a busy trip to Beijing, Shanghai, and Wuzhen, Zhejiang, where I had the chance to attend the Chinese government’s World Internet Conference. This edition covers the new National Security Strategy and a gathering tide of trade and investment action by the U.S. government, but…


  • U.S.–China Week: Trade confrontation brewing? (2017.11.27)

    Welcome to Issue 120 of U.S.–China Week, and greetings from Beijing. Some exciting professional news: I have signed on as a fellow at New America, where I’m part of a team developing our new Drop me a line if you have ideas for digital policy issues that need exploration. I remain (newly) based in Oakland, Calif., and continue to…


  • U.S.–China Week: Trump’s trip, CFIUS revision, loose talk of war with North Korea (2017.11.13)

    Welcome to Issue 119 of U.S.–China Week. This edition comes after a period of busy travel and an energy-sapping cold (for me) and (for everyone) a torrent of fragmentary news emerging from President Donald Trump’s travel in East Asia, including a state visit to China. I thus do not aim for a comprehensive retelling, but rather an…