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Renowned China experts join SAIS

Published June 12, 2024

Jessica Chen Weiss, Jeremy Wallace will join a new SAIS institute designed to foster deeper understanding and informed policymaking on the evolving role of China in the world

A large crowd gathers outdoors at night to view Taiwan election winners on a giant video screen

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Understanding the Taiwan elections

Published Jan 19, 2024

Tensions were already heightened between mainland China and Taiwan before the polls opened on Jan. 13. With the results in, what's the next chapter in this complex story?

Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji wrestling with his mom

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Is panda diplomacy over?

Published Nov 8, 2023

For the first time in over 50 years, the panda enclosure at the National Zoo will be empty. What does that mean for U.S.-China relations?

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An end to Hong Kong as we know it?

Published July 4, 2020

Beijing enacts new security law aimed at stamping out opposition to ruling communist party, extinguishing business interests and fragile democratic freedoms along with it

Chinese sanitation worker rests on roadside

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East Asia responses offer mixed lessons

Published May 13, 2020

How COVID-19 has been handled in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Singapore, and Japan are a reflection of key capabilities in some countries, erosion of civil liberties in others