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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Ely Ratner, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Affairs, June 15, 2021
Ely Ratner offered the comments below at the start of his testimony before the Senate Armed Forces Committee. Ratner was confirmed by unanimous consent in July 2021.
Chairs Issue Statement about Forced Labor in Apple’s Supply Chain in Xinjiang
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to ensure that Apple’s supply chains are free of forced labor.
Video: The Rise of China and Asian Americans

A panel discussion on how the growth of the Asian American community in the U.S. impacts the country's leadership in business, trade, science and technology.
Increasing Military Spending

Global military expenditure rose 2.6% last year. The U.S. and China outspend the rest of the world.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Chinese Companies Listed on Major U.S. Stock Exchanges, May 5, 2021

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the United States Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, and to provide recommendations, where appropriate, to Congress for legislative and administrative action.
Xiaoxing Xi on Defending Chinese Researchers
Following his experience being falsely accused as a spy by the FBI, Xiaoxing Xi spoke to us on defending Chinese colleagues against injustice, safeguarding open fundamental research on university campuses, and protecting American leadership in science and technology.
Congressional Research Service, South China Sea Disputes, Feb. 2, 2021
This CRS report was written by Ben Dolven, Susan Lawrence and Ronald O'Rourke.
Congressional Research Service, Illicit Fentanyl and China's Role, Jan. 29, 2021

This short CRS report was written by Liana Rosen and Susan Lawrence.
Biden's China Team

How will the Biden administration work with, or against, China? We look at the views of his Cabinet nominees to get an idea.
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