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Even China isn’t convinced it can replace the U.S.

5/4/2023 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , New York Times

Ideology in China is itself malleable, rather than a rigid cage that determines policy, government professor Jessica Chen Weiss writes in a New York Times opinion.

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The U.S. should deter — not provoke — Beijing over Taiwan. Here’s how.

2/21/2023 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , The Washington Post

What will fundamentally change the calculus between the U.S. and China? Jessica Chen Weiss analyzes the situation in The Washington Post.

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America and China Don’t Need to Knock Each Other Out to Win

10/19/2022 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , New York Times

Competition and conflict between the United States and China have continued to intensify, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, in New York Times commentary.

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China’s leaders say that Biden offers a ‘new window of hope.’ Their experts are more skeptical.

1/21/2021 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , Washington Post

What will a new U.S. administration mean for U.S.-China relations? Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, gives four areas to watch as Biden takes office.

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America, don’t try to out-China China

9/2/2020 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , The New York Times

Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, and Ali Wyne, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute, have some advice for U.S. officials about their relationship with China, in this New York Times opinion piece.

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Four things to know about the U.S. decision to close the Chinese consulate in Houston

7/23/2020 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , Washington Post

The United States has ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston to close by Friday afternoon. This move, the Trump administration’s latest, could make it harder to repair the U.S.-China rift, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, in an op-ed in the Washington Post.

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How coronavirus changes the political outlook in China and the U.S.

4/23/2020 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , Washington Post

China’s role in the Covid-19 outbreak has elicited a growing backlash, including dueling campaign ads from Democrats and Republicans, writes Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, in a Washington Post op-ed.

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‘Ours Will No Longer Be a Nation Subject to Insult and Humiliation’

10/1/2019 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , The New York Times

Jesscia Chen Weiss writes in this New York Times opinion piece about current events such as the trade war and Hong Kong protests and their impacts on China.

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What’s the response in China to the trade war?

5/15/2019 by : Jessica Chen Weiss , The Washington Post

Jessica Chen Weiss, associate professor of government, writes in this Washington Post opinion piece that even though China is rolling out nationalist propaganda in reaction to increased U.S. trade sanctions, Chinese leaders may actually be willing to find creative solutions for the current trade impasse.

Still, she says, there are signs that anti-U.S. protests could begin.