China Currents

A Journal of the China Research Center

2023: Vol. 22, No. 2

Editor’s Note

This issue of China Currents provides analysis and insights into frictions that have arisen by virtue of China’s emergence as a major force in…

Smart Rabbits: American Small Businesspeople, Trade Wars, and the Future of U.S.- China Relations

There is a Chinese proverb about a smart rabbit, 狡兔三窟,jiǎo tù sān kū in Mandarin. A smart rabbit has three burrows. If one is…

Taiwan Symposium: Taiwan, Strategic Ambiguity, and U.S.-China Engagement

In recent years, U.S.-China relations have experienced unprecedented challenges. While both Beijing and Washington publicly deny the coming of a second Cold War, strategic…

Taiwan Symposium: Taiwan, the Almost Invisible Not Quite Country

As a liberal democracy that protects human rights, the only country in Asia that legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, a longstanding U.S. ally, and…

Taiwan Symposium: The Road to Peacefully Resolving the Taiwan Issue

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. That war is still raging. Instead of sending troops, Washington is shoring up the war effort by…

China-India Relations: An Interview with Dr. John Garver

China’s President, Xi Jinping, did not attend the G20 meeting held in New Delhi, India, the weekend of September 9-10, 2023. While we do…

China on My Mind: A Memoir

My book, China on my Mind, is both an autobiography and the story of access to China for 50 years. Today we are engaged…