What does China want from the global economy? As leaders gather for this year's Summer Davos meeting, The Economist's Simon Rabinovitch explains what Beijing is trying to achieve and why the world is paying attention.

With Washington prioritizing deal-making over competition, Beijing’s confidence is growing—and the risk of miscalculation is rising. Could China use America’s time-out from strategic competition to surpass it economically, technologically, and geopolitically?

Is every move against China strengthening the US—or is it just making us weaker? Jessica Chen Weiss breaks it down.

Trump and Xi are meeting in Beijing to try to reset US-China relations at a moment of growing instability. Oriana Skylar Mastro breaks down China’s ambitions and what could come next.

The Iran war is presenting the greatest test yet of the limits of America's power in an increasingly multipolar world.

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.

August 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Debi Jin and Craig Kafura, Jeff Chiu / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most younger Americans don't see China as a critical threat to the United States and favor a policy of friendly cooperation and engagement., Amid intensifying US-China tensions—f...

October 28, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), While Republicans remain focused on limiting China's rise, a majority of Americans now favor a policy of cooperation and engagement with Beijing., US President Donald Trump and Chinese P...