Chen Dongxiao, President of the Shanghai Institutes of International Studies, unpacks the burdens and opportunities ahead, and what it will require to correct the global course.

The US and China are two major countries at loggerheads. But international researchers like Shen Yamei say trade and foreign policies introduced by the Trump White House are being extended by President Joe Biden, who in his first six months in office has adopted similar positions towards America's relationships with the world. Shen Yamei is Director for American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies.

Not Talking Feeds Suspicion | Craig Allen Geopolitical differences continue to hamper investment and growth across US-China trade, especially in technology-related businesses that vary from medicines to aerospace. Craig Allen, President of The US-China Business Council, says the two countries must learn to focus on the competitive side of their relationship, while managing "antagonism" and expectations. This is his conversation with our Host, James Chau.

Craig Allen is President of The US-China Business Council. He says there are positive signals for both countries, pointing to significant two-way trade, including 20% growth in US exports to China in 2020. But, while contentious terms such as "decoupling" are not used by the Biden administration, technology restrictions on both sides are hampering opportunity. He speaks from Washington DC with our Host, James Chau.

Stephen Roach is one of the world's key minds in understanding the U.S. and China. In this interview with James Chau, he discusses the the world's two largest economies and how they are reshaping geopolitics and opportunity. Will they decouple? What would that mean? And can they help the world's poorest people?

Any relationship experiences change. But in the case of the United States and China, the shifts currently undergoing require everyone to adapt quickly. We spoke to Sara Hsu, Visiting Scholar at Fudan University and CEO of China Rising Capital Forecast, a fintech startup covering Chinese financial policies and developments.

As a young child born, Charles Ray's imagination was captured by the National Geographic magazines he read in a relative's home. As an adult, he joined the US foreign service, moving to China in the early 1980s where he served in Guangzhou and Shenyang

In my recent essay for Foreign Affairs, I propose a new engagement consensus between the United States and China to build upon what might be called the G2RS, a vision of the two powerhouses, plus a G2 of responsible stakeholders.