Commentary and Analysis

As China tightens security in Hong Kong, many American businesses consider retreat and relocalization

Carol Giacomo of the New York Times, Stefan Kornelius of Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Edward Luce of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder to analyze global news.

Americans are generally distrustful of China's handling of international relations, but recent polling finds that Americans have a more negative view on China than ever before.

Data from the 2019 Chicago Council Survey and the Council's January 2020 omnibus poll show that there are distinct and notable differences among generations when it comes to China.

Oriana Skylar Mastro, political scientist and expert on Chinese military and security policy, takes a minute to discuss China's approach to projecting influence as a global military power and what it means for the US and its allies.

Seriously addressing the region’s plastic apocalypse will require moving beyond blunt moves such as plastic bag bans.

We may never know if the spread of the new virus could have been prevented by earlier, concerted action. But the fact that China chose secrecy and inaction turned the possibility of an epidemic into a reality.

Four in ten Americans (38%) see the development of China as a world power as a critical threat, in line with how Americans have felt about China’s development since 2004.

The Johnson government defied Washington and approved the use of Chinese technology as part of its 5G network.

Rochelle Terman and Paul Poast join Deep Dish to debate the two competing options for prodemocracy movements - "America first" and "Spider-Man."