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C.V. Starr & Co. Annual Lecture on China: A Conversation With Kevin Rudd
Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd discusses the ideological worldview driving Chinese behavior both domestically and on the world stage, as well as that of President Xi Jinping, who now holds near-total control over the Chinese Communist Party. Rudd argues that Xi’s worldview differs significantly from those of the leaders who preceded him, and that this ideological shift is reflected in the real world of Chinese policy and behavior.
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Reporting from China, With Jane Perlez
Jane Perlez, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and a longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the decline of foreign reporting from Beijing and its consequences for U.S.-China relations.
![FILE PHOTO: Trucks loaded with shipping containers pass over Donghai Bridge to exit Yangshan Port outside of Shanghai, China, February 7, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura]()
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China Reacts to Trump’s Election, With Zoe Liu (Transition 2025, Episode 7)
Zoe Liu, the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Trump’s victory is being viewed in China and what his presidency will mean for the future of U.S.-China economic relations. This episode is the seventh in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2025 presidential transition and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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Recent Work
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China's trade surplus is rising. China's reported current account surplus is rising even faster.
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President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign against China has ignited a trade war with mutually disastrous economic consequences and no clear end in sight.
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The Democratic Party, once the largest pan-democratic opposition party in Hong Kong, has begun the process of dissolving itself. This marks a milestone in Beijing's efforts to push Hong Kong toward illiberal rule.
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Chinese authorities are steadily pivoting in the direction of actively promoting births. The 2025 government work report issued at the national legislative session in March witnessed a further evolution of Beijing's pro-natalist policies.
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Differences over Taiwan’s status have fueled rising tensions between the island and mainland. Taiwan is the likeliest potential flash point in U.S.-China relations.
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Approaching 90, the Dalai Lama has written what's likely his last book--about Tibet's struggles with China and its future.
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In the Dalai Lama’s new memoir, Voice for the Voiceless, the spiritual leader directly addresses Tibet’s struggle for autonomy.
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Jane Perlez, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and a longtime foreign correspondent for the New York Times, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the decline of foreign reporting from Beijing and its consequences for U.S.-China relations.
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The iPhone is priced correctly in China’s customs trade data. A seemingly banal observation that leads to big questions about China’s post 2022 balance of payments methodology.
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Numbers of marriages in China dropped dramatically in 2024. The continuing decline in marriages likely signals further declines in birth rates, intensifying China's demographic headwinds.
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Beijing has rolled out policy frameworks aimed at expanding eldercare and dementia services for an aging China but it is unclear how effective they will be.