David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor and Director of China Policy Program at George Washington University, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University
Sep 28, 2015
The 2015 Obama-Xi Summit must be judged a success. Although areas of disagreement are real and run deep, and not easily resolved progress was made, trust was built, and the two great powers on the planet have stabilized their relations. The question is: How long will it last?
Sep 25, 2015
On September 22, 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to the U.S. Mr. Xi came at a critical moment, especially as recently there have been signs of emerging strategic rivalry in U.S.-China relations.
Curtis S. Chin, Former U.S. Ambassador to Asian Development Bank
Sep 23, 2015
President Xi's impending visit to the U.S. brings to the light the current state of the Sino-U.S. relationship in all its uncertainty. Strong communication between President Obama and President Xi will be key for cooperation.
Sep 23, 2015
As the United States enters a presidential election campaign and prepares for the first state visit of a new Chinese leader, the U.S.-China relationship is at an important inflection point.
Douglas Paal, Vice President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Sep 22, 2015
If Americans focus on Chinese activities in the South China Sea, cyberspace, and the currency markets during the upcoming state visit of President Xi Jinping to the United States, they will be mistaking the urgent for the important.
Minxin Pei, Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government , Claremont McKenna College
Sep 22, 2015
As Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his trip to the United States in Seattle, home to many of the world’s leading technology firms, most observers are looking ahead to his subsequent meeting with President Barack Obama. Can the summit reverse the downward spiral in US-China relations that began with Xi’s accession to power in 2013?
Yu Sui, Professor, China Center for Contemporary World Studies
Sep 21, 2015
Sino-US relations have gone beyond bilateral scope and are showing increasing global significance. Reality calls for both sides to consider each other’s reasonable concerns, learn from each other, and push aside barriers to their collaboration as they pursue common goals and interests.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Sep 21, 2015
On balance, common interests outweigh differences, and President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US will give both sides a fresh opportunity to re-commit to cooperation, accommodate each other’s core interests, and manage differences to avoid disrupting bilateral relations.
Cui Liru, Former President, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Sep 21, 2015
For both sides, statesmanship and long-term political commitment is essential at critical moments, as was repeatedly evidenced in the Sino-US relations since the ice-breaking contact in early 1970s. Washington and Beijing must look beyond semantics and embrace a new type of relationship that meets both sides’ goals of peace and progress.
Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor, US Naval War College
Sep 21, 2015
If China can be nudged to align various policies to be more in line with U.S. interests in a way that allows China, too, to save face and claim its required victories at home, this summit will have been worthwhile, and better than having not met at all.