AnalysisStart ReadingOn March 12, 2022, a Chinese scholar and researcher affiliated with China’s State Council named Hu Wei published a commentary on our website criticizing China’s position on the war in Ukraine, correctly predicting that it would make China, like Russia, an international pariah. The article was viewed more than 1.5 million times, including hundreds of thousands of times in China, before being censored by the Chinese government. Hu was placed under investigation and later faced repercussions for publishing the article. Today, he offers his reflections on the first year of...…AnalysisStart ReadingOn March 12, 2022, a Chinese scholar and researcher affiliated with China’s State Council named Hu Wei published a commentary on our website criticizing China’s position on the war in Ukraine, correctly predicting that it would make China, like Russia, an international pariah. The article was viewed more than 1.5 million times, including hundreds of thousands of times in China, before being censored by the Chinese government. Hu was placed under investigation and later faced repercussions for publishing the article. Today, he offers his reflections on the first year of...WW…

Desmond Shum, Red Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China (Scribner, 2021); 310 pp. hardback.Billed as a “tell-all” about the scandals of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as it leads China’s re-entry into the global system, I found this tale of business and personal deals quite rich. Shum’s main takeaway is that the CCP only cares about its power, and in the process, its children, who will be the ones to lead next while protecting the current leaders in their retirement. And especially the core of the Party—the original cadres that fought...…Desmond Shum, Red Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China (Scribner, 2021); 310 pp. hardback.Billed as a “tell-all” about the scandals of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as it leads China’s re-entry into the global system, I found this tale of business and personal deals quite rich. Shum’s main takeaway is that the CCP only cares about its power, and in the process, its children, who will be the ones to lead next while protecting the current leaders in their retirement. And especially the core of the Party—the original cadres that fought...WW…

Image: Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on October 4th, 2021. The long-awaited address highlights the Biden-Harris Administration’s current and future approach to the U.S.-China bilateral trade relationship. Tai stresses the importance of strengthening the U.S. domestic economy while also realigning trade policies towards China. But reaction from the U.S and China to Tai ‘s speech has been mixed. Some applauded her introduction of new concepts such as and to the bilateral trade relationship; others were...…Image: Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on October 4th, 2021. The long-awaited address highlights the Biden-Harris Administration’s current and future approach to the U.S.-China bilateral trade relationship. Tai stresses the importance of strengthening the U.S. domestic economy while also realigning trade policies towards China. But reaction from the U.S and China to Tai ‘s speech has been mixed. Some applauded her introduction of new concepts such as and to the bilateral trade relationship; others were...WW…

Correction July 17, 2022: The following translation draws from a commentary that circulated on WeChat allegedly authored by He Weifang (贺卫方), a legal intellectual and former professor at Peking University Law School. The U.S.-China Perception Monitor can confirm this commentary is actually authored by Zhang Hongliang (张宏良), a professor at the Minzu University of China and frequently associated with China’s new left. In the commentary’s comparison between China and fascist Germany, there are undertones of antisemitism in his ahistorical narrative of income inequality. The U.S.-China...…Correction July 17, 2022: The following translation draws from a commentary that circulated on WeChat allegedly authored by He Weifang (贺卫方), a legal intellectual and former professor at Peking University Law School. The U.S.-China Perception Monitor can confirm this commentary is actually authored by Zhang Hongliang (张宏良), a professor at the Minzu University of China and frequently associated with China’s new left. In the commentary’s comparison between China and fascist Germany, there are undertones of antisemitism in his ahistorical narrative of income inequality. The U.S.-China...WW…

The Carter Center China Focus is grateful to (University of Oxford) for data analysis and visualization and (University of California, Merced) for comments and advice. For all inquiries, please contact (Carter Center) at yawei.liu@cartercenter.org.Between March 28 and April 5, 2022, the Carter Center China Focus conducted a survey of Chinese public opinion regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Results demonstrate that 75% of respondents agree that supporting Russia in Ukraine is China’s national interest, and that roughly 60% of respondents support China mediating an end to the conflict....…The Carter Center China Focus is grateful to (University of Oxford) for data analysis and visualization and (University of California, Merced) for comments and advice. For all inquiries, please contact (Carter Center) at yawei.liu@cartercenter.org.Between March 28 and April 5, 2022, the Carter Center China Focus conducted a survey of Chinese public opinion regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Results demonstrate that 75% of respondents agree that supporting Russia in Ukraine is China’s national interest, and that roughly 60% of respondents support China mediating an end to the conflict....WW…

On the evening of January 30, 2022, the Chinese Embassy in the United States held an online Spring Festival reception. Former US President Carter and Carter Center President Alexander sent holiday greetings to the Chinese people through Ambassador Qin Gang. You can read the letter below.Your guide to understanding wargames, and how to interpret the recent findings of wargames over Taiwan by CSIS and CNAS.The following translation is of a commentary by Annie Lee, a student in the Department of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University.Tom Watkins served as the Michigan state superintendent of...…On the evening of January 30, 2022, the Chinese Embassy in the United States held an online Spring Festival reception. Former US President Carter and Carter Center President Alexander sent holiday greetings to the Chinese people through Ambassador Qin Gang. You can read the letter below.Your guide to understanding wargames, and how to interpret the recent findings of wargames over Taiwan by CSIS and CNAS.The following translation is of a commentary by Annie Lee, a student in the Department of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University.Tom Watkins served as the Michigan state superintendent of...WW…

This translated commentary was written by blogger Xiang Dongliang (项栋梁) on a public WeChat account named Basic Common Sense (基本常识项栋梁). The original commentary is still in Chinese, but an archived version can be found and . It was first published on August 3, 2022.Not familiar with former Global Times editor Hu Xijin? Read our full profile of him .I wrote before Pelosi even left that using only basic common sense I could tell there was no way a war was going to happen this time. Why do I write an article specifically to refute something so obviously unlikely to happen? Because someone is...…This translated commentary was written by blogger Xiang Dongliang (项栋梁) on a public WeChat account named Basic Common Sense (基本常识项栋梁). The original commentary is still in Chinese, but an archived version can be found and . It was first published on August 3, 2022.Not familiar with former Global Times editor Hu Xijin? Read our full profile of him .I wrote before Pelosi even left that using only basic common sense I could tell there was no way a war was going to happen this time. Why do I write an article specifically to refute something so obviously unlikely to happen? Because someone is...WW…

Update on March 13, 2022: The following article was submitted by the author to the of the US-China Perception Monitor. The article was not commissioned by the US-China Perception Monitor, nor is the author affiliated with the Carter Center or the US-China Perception Monitor.Hu Wei is the vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor’s Office of the State Council, the chairman of Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, the chairman of the Academic Committee of the Chahar Institute, a professor, and a doctoral supervisor. To read more by Hu, to read his article on...…Update on March 13, 2022: The following article was submitted by the author to the of the US-China Perception Monitor. The article was not commissioned by the US-China Perception Monitor, nor is the author affiliated with the Carter Center or the US-China Perception Monitor.Hu Wei is the vice-chairman of the Public Policy Research Center of the Counselor’s Office of the State Council, the chairman of Shanghai Public Policy Research Association, the chairman of the Academic Committee of the Chahar Institute, a professor, and a doctoral supervisor. To read more by Hu, to read his article on...WW…