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Recent events highlight the potential for conflict between China and the U.S., and the larger picture of U.S.-China relations remains fundamentally perplexing.  Is our relationship one of economic partners complicated by politics, or of adversaries that happen to share economic ties?  As our “frenemy,” is China more a geopolitical foe or economic partner, a co-manager […]

The Chinese government has sentenced writer Li Tie to 10 years imprisonment for his online articles, in which he urged respect for ordinary citizens, called for democracy and political reform, and urged basic human rights. Journalists around the world have noted with sorrow — but not surprise — this incredibly harsh and hypocritical decision. That […]