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The 2022 China Focus Essay Contest English entry winners are William Yuen Yee, who recently graduated from Columbia University, and Natasha Lock, who is a recent graduate of Yenching [...]

How Trump's cavalier approach to foreign policy in Asia undermines American leadership.

By Rachel Schoner No superpower lasts forever: the Roman, Mongol, and British Empires were mortal and, in time, faced their death. The United States is no different. After the Second […]

The UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and the 21st Century China Center are host to some of the world's leading China watchers. In this column, we sit [...]

Following the death of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, the Korean Peninsula has seen a chain of explosive incidents: on March 6th, the DPRK launched a […]

Check out the 21st Century China Center podcast episode featuring Ambassador Barshefsky and Professor Gordon Hanson discussing US-China trade policy. On March 8th, the 21st Century [...]

China Focus and the 21st Century China Center at UCSD GPS proudly announce the 2017 China Focus Essay Contest. The third annual contest invites students from the University of [...]

Susan Shirk is research professor and chair of the 21st Century China Center at the School, and one of the most influential experts working on U.S.-China relations and Chinese politics. […]

From the outset of his presidency, concrete indications of Donald Trump’s plans for China-related policy have been elusive. On the campaign trail, Trump frequently cast China as an exploitative [...]

The ascension of Donald Trump to the oval office has cast a cloud of uncertainty on US-China relations. Will Mr. Trump take a more aggressive stance on issues of trade? […]