Zhao offers a quick history of China's foreign policy since 1949 and then offers a provocative assessment of it today.
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Locking down. Again.

China's locking down to cope with its most widespread covid-19 outbreaks since 2020.
China, Ukraine and the United States

The Canadian embassy in Beijing has shared its support for Ukraine with Chinese via a sign on its wall and via Weibo.
China and Ukraine have been building a significant economic relationship, one that has occasionally troubled the United States. Here we look at these ties in the context of Russia's invasion.
Similar nightmares, different dreams

In the midst of the Cold War, strategic calculations in Washington and Beijing brought the two countries together.
The Olympics Return to Beijing

Beijing becomes the first city to host both summer and winter games. International scrutiny of Chinese policies and practices has increased since the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Happy Year of the Tiger! 祝您虎年快乐!

The USC U.S.-China Institute wishes you a Happy Lunar New Year! 祝您虎年快乐!
Through Chinese Eyes

By many measures, America is no longer seen as positively as it once was in China. We track some of these changes.
In Memoriam: Michael Parks, 78

We remember Michael Parks, who covered China for the Baltimore Sun and as the Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times.
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