In this guest authored analysis, Lina Benabdallah discusses the impacts U.S.-China rivalries have on African countries and the African perspectives on the future of U.S.-China competition.
Is it a Risk for America that China Holds So Much U.S. Debt?
Many worry that China’s ownership of American debt affords the Chinese economic leverage over the United States. This apprehension stems from a misunderstanding of sovereign debt and of how states derive power from their economic relations.
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APEC, ASEAN, and the Trump-Xi Meeting: A Conversation with Henrietta Levin and Gregory Poling
Inside the PLA’s Accelerating Modernization: A Conversation with John Culver
The Future of Sino-Middle Eastern Relations: A Conversation with Dr. Mohammed Alsudairi and Dr. Andrea Ghiselli
Hong Kong’s Struggle of Decolonization and Democracy: A Conversation with Dr. Ching Kwan Lee
Hosted by Bonny Lin, the ChinaPower Podcast dissects critical issues underpinning China’s emergence as a global power.
The WEF ranks China 111th in 2025 in terms of women’s participation in the political system, below the United States (55th) and India (69th) but above Japan (125th).
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