Stephen Harner, Former US State Department Official
Jun 06, 2013
One of the crucial factors in defining the success of Sunnylands will be the discussion of the US pivot to Asia. The current situation and future plans of the US shift are cause for instability in the region. Positive change can only come if the US relinquishes some responsibility to China and other regional powers.
David Shorr, a strategic thinker and veteran program manager
Jun 05, 2013
When Barack Obama and Xi Jinping meet this week for an unusual two-day summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the two presidents will lay the ground for their joint stewardship of a bilateral relationship often described as the world’s most important.
Jun 04, 2013
As Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping prepare for their upcoming meeting in California this week, Ian Bremmer and Jon Hunstman Jr. discuss the ways in which they must seize the opportunity to improve relations or risk seeing bilateral relations sour for the next decade.
Ruan Zongze, VP, China Institute of Int'l Studies
Jun 04, 2013
As the two Presidents of China and the United States prepare to meet, Ruan Zongze writes that a co-operative Sino-US relationship will help the world advance towards a better future; on the contrary, their confrontation will lead to global retrogression.
David Gosset, Founder, Euro-China Forum
Jun 03, 2013
The world should be optimistic ahead of the Obama-Xi summit in California. The two-day meeting will likely feature conversation about issues such as cyber-security and the trade. However, the main goal will be for the two statesmen to become familiar and establish a working relationship so they can pursue future goals both for their countries and for the international community.
Shen Dingli, Professor, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
May 30, 2013
The casual style of the summit at the Sunnylands estate, without much diplomatic protocol, offers a unique opportunity, writes Shen Dingli. Instead of mutual suspicion, China and the US should jointly open a new window at Sunnylands and breathe the air of freshly discovered trust.
David Shambaugh, Gaston Sigur Professor and Director of China Policy Program at George Washington University, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution of Stanford University
May 30, 2013
The meeting between the American and Chinese presidents in June is the most important summit meeting on the diplomatic calendar this year, writes David Shambaugh.
Donald Kirk, Journalist
May 29, 2013
South Korea President Park Geun-hye’s visit to the United States was overshadowed by a scandal surrounding Park’s spokesman. While some believe the scandal distracted from Park’s agenda, Donald Kirk postulates that the trip helped cement ties between South Korea and the US, offering hope for future six-party talks with North Korea.
Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
May 27, 2013
China's new ambassador to the United States (and a rising star in Beijing) sets out his vision for U.S.-Chinese relations, discusses whether China is a revisionist power, and how it plans to deal with cyber security -- and Japan.
Jin Canrong, Professor, Renmin University
May 27, 2013
China and the United States of America have recently announced almost simultaneously the June 7-8 summit between President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama at the Annenberg estate at Rancho Mirage, California, which has caught worldwide attention. No doubt, the forthcoming summit will have extraordinary importance to China-US relationship and to world stability and development.