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People first: The root of global governance

There are moments in history when the world shifts so profoundly that the frameworks we have relied on for decades to understand international relations no longer suffice. I believe we are living through one such moment.

A new horizon for international solidarity

Tianjin knows what unequal terms feel like. In the 19th century, this port city was among the locations where China was forced to open its doors under the threat of foreign gunboats, signing treaties in which its own sovereignty meant nothing

Sharp silhouette, soft power

First Lady diplomacy is the softest of soft power: unelected, unscripted and unfailingly photographed. It operates in the spaces between formal negotiations: the arrival tarmac, the state banquet, the cultural tour. And fashion is its most visible dialect

Beyond the trap and the shackles

The meetings between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. in September were of interest far beyond the two countries

In pursuit of stability

Economic and trade consultations enhance the stability of the external environment for China-U.S. economic and trade cooperation and boost market confidence

Flags, flyovers and the work of cultural diplomacy

People-to-people exchange helps determine whether the U.S. and China understand one another

Beyond the AI 'race' metaphor

In that sense, the deeper question raised by the summit is whether the world’s leading technological powers can learn to compete and cooperate without allowing technological rivalry to harden into domination or permanent confrontation

Lessons from the U.S.-China summit

The world today is going through profound changes unseen in a century
The enabling power

China is actively fulfilling its role as a great enabling power