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Michael D. Swaine

Cold-war-china
Asia-Pacific

New Years resolution? Taking the US-China heat down a notch

How China' perceives our 'hostilities' — and vice-versa — could make all the difference

Inauguration of Taiwan’s new president triggers usual pearl-clutching
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Inauguration of Taiwan’s new president triggers usual pearl-clutching

These cartoonish characterizations of China’s motivations undermine any attempts for a credible deterrence strategy

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Biden-Xi phone call doesn’t go far enough

Same conversation, but US and Chinese officials offer two different official readouts

The lost opportunity of the Biden-Xi meeting
Asia-Pacific

The lost opportunity of the Biden-Xi meeting

The leaders made some progress on reducing tensions, but a more fulsome detente remains distant.

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Asia-Pacific

Actually, China's military isn't going global

The New York Times fear-mongers about purported worldwide base expansion, but the reality is more complicated, and less scary.