Commentary and Analysis

Paul Heer joins Deep Dish to argue that engagement is necessary in shaping the US-China relationship.

Despite Washington and Beijing’s apparent satisfaction with the meeting, the tensions at the heart of the relationship show no signs of abating, Paul Heer writes.

The US public's perception of China has changed significantly since Xi Jinping took office, Craig Kafura says.

"It will take years of continued improvements to rebuild American confidence and trust in China," Craig Kafura says.

Dina Smeltz unpacks new Council data that show Americans across political parties are concerned about China's rise.

The biggest obstacle to American understanding of China appears to be Washington’s seeming determination to misunderstand it, Paul Heer argues.

Balancing power or increasing risk? Deep Dish explores what a multilateral defense pact for Asia might mean.

Freshly returned from a trip to China, three local execs share impressions on the current state of U.S. relations there — and what that country's recent downturn means for Chicago's economy.

A June congressional report revealed the two companies are taking advantage of a U.S. shipping provision that allows them to avoid paying tariffs on orders and to “circumvent” a U.S. law that aims to protect Uyghurs in China from being forced to produce cotton products.

"A China beginning to lose the underpinnings of its new-found international influence could prove even more dangerous," John Austin writes.