China Focus is an online magazine & scholarly forum dedicated to coverage of the Greater China region. Sponsored by the @21CenturyChina Center @GPS_UCSD.
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A new report by 18 experts from @21CCC & Task Force on U.S.-China Policy @AsiaSociety proposes "selective openness" for Chinese FDI in the U.S. - balancing national security w economic growth across clean energy, life sciences, robotics, cybersecurity etc.
china.ucsd.edu/_files/21ccc-…
"If strategic hedging is the political expression of an emerging order, supply-chain diversification is its economic expression, and it is reshaping the region’s industrial geography."
Sajan Sanoop Koshy analyzes the new dynamics of the Asia-Pacific:
chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/10/…
This week's summit puts the tension between U.S.-China competition and cooperation in sharp focus. @ColumbiaSIPA's Xinwen (Sheena) Liang and Yu Ning Ho argue that "competitive co-governance" offers a way forward, particularly on climate policy.
chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/08/…
Xi Jinping arrives in Washington today, the follow-up to Donald Trump's spring visit to Beijing. In May, we asked @UCSanDiego experts what they hoped would come from that initial summit—issues that remain open questions.
Revisit their thoughts here:
chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/05/…
Debates over AI safety have heated up as Trump and Xi are set to meet this week. Where is U.S.-China cooperation feasible, who are the key actors, and what steps do we take from here?
Yaqi Li examines the landscape of AI governance research. Read now: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/07/…
Asia's middle powers are navigating interlinked networks centered on ASEAN, the U.S., and China in pursuit of an open, resilient, and independent region.
Hao Nan explores this three-track structure defining shifting political and economic strategies. chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/07/…
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How should the U.S. handle Chinese clean energy investment? Prof. Michael Davidson @east_winds and co-authors explores this in a new @BrookingsInst piece. Read: ow.ly/XhTY50ZkJyl
#CleanEnergy #UCSanDiego
Washington’s technology decoupling campaign may be weakening the very coalition it needs to sustain it.
@MaxwellSU's Hanyue Zhang examines how the "alliance tax" is shaping middle powers' strategies toward both the United States and China. chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/07/…
Submarine cables are now more than infrastructure. They are potential points of leverage and miscalculation in U.S.–China competition.
Patrick Luczak & Abraham Wu discuss the guardrails needed to manage that risk: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/06/…
Beijing and Washington are racing to secure lithium. But without a governance framework to guide transparent bidding, community consent, and shared infrastructure, that race is reducing, not expanding, usable supply.
Quinn Ennis explains: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/06/…
Announcing the winners of the 2026 China Focus Essay Contest! Selected essayists represent institutions in five different countries, covering everything from submarine cables to multilateralism.
We will be releasing winning essays over the next weeks.
chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/06/…
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Even the most secretive economies leave clues.
UC San Diego researchers show how “forensic economics” uses satellite data, price signals and more to understand places like North Korea: bit.ly/4wOsznE
#UCSanDiego #NorthKorea #Economics #ResearchInnovation
东盟正成为中美竞争的新前线。面对中国影响力的扩大，特朗普政府可能重拾“胡萝卜与大棒”：以关税施压，以军事援助拉拢。但这种交易式外交真的能在东南亚奏效吗？
黄翔堃、黄盈芳讨论: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2025/09/…
Poker or Pokemon? @21CenturyChina's @vshih2 asks whether the Trump administration is playing the right game in his evaluation of the Trump-Xi summit in @thewirechina.
thewirechina.com/2026/05/18/…
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Our latest China 360 issue on AI and Politics @mollyeroberts and the Trump-Xi Summit @vshih2
& @ChinaFocusBlog:
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President Trump has arrived in Beijing for his summit with President Xi. We asked scholars what they would like to see come out of the visit—and what we can realistically expect. See what they said: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2026/05/…
Featuring @GPS_UCSD and @21CenturyChina Center's @CarolineFreund, @vshih2, @SusanShirk1, @bnaughton, and Hao Wang.
Xudong Zhu argues that "Europe built its prosperity on a structure that now seems distorted: security guarantees from the United States, cheap energy from Russia, and China’s industrial chain." That arrangement may no longer be tenable.
Read more: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2025/09/…
As global politics grows more fragmented, even old rivalries can shift in unexpected ways. Luke Matthews looks at what the future of cautious Sino-Indian "neighborly" relations could mean for U.S. strategy: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2025/09/…
The contrasting success of China's robotics v. aerospace sectors illustrates its uneven push for tech self-reliance and leadership. 2025 contest-winner Pablo Dufour explores a "state caught between what it can build and what it cannot yet own."
Read: chinafocus.ucsd.edu/2025/08/…
