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Open Questions is a series of South China Morning Post interviews with global opinion leaders. SCMP Plus subscribers enjoy early access to these articles.
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AIIB
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Connectivity, economic integration can ease tariff pressures, says AIIB’s Jin
As Jin Liqun’s decade-long tenure as Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank president draws to a close, the finance veteran surveys the landscape for multilateral development.
19 Jun 2025 - 12:48PM
US-China relations
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Trump and Xi won’t allow ‘free-fall’ in relations, Hass says
12 Jun 2025 - 4:10PM
Mainland China
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Yu Yongding and Kenneth Rogoff on yuan’s future as international currency
5 Jun 2025 - 2:24PM
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China technology
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US tech controls make China “more creative,” Zhang says
Angela Zhang, an expert on Chinese technology regulations, says that US export controls have spurred innovation among China’s technology companies.
29 May 2025 - 3:29PM
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Donald Trump
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China-US tariff truce likely to carry on if talks make progress, Cutler says
Trade expert Wendy Cutler expects the US and China to extend a mutual reduction in tariffs, if negotiations are productive, because both countries have been hurt by their trade war.
22 May 2025 - 2:09PM
US-China trade war
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Trade deal likelihood ‘quite high’
Chinese economist Yao Yang says both sides realise the widespread pain coming from the US-China trade war, which means they will probably reach an agreement.
8 May 2025 - 3:22PM
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US-China relations
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Trump’s policies seen eroding US power
Princeton politics professor Rory Truex on the US-China relations reset, Washington’s ‘new cold warriors’ and US visa curbs on Chinese students.
2 May 2025 - 12:10PM
US-China trade war
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Despite an escalating trade war, US and China haven’t yet decoupled: CSIS political scientist Scott Kennedy
The China specialist at CSIS expects ‘more to come’ in the tariff stand-off between Washington and Beijing and possible spillover beyond trade issues.
24 Apr 2025 - 2:06PM
Taiwan
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Taiwan issue is likely to be resolved peacefully within 10 years: Yan Anlin
Yan Anlin, an expert on Taiwan studies, sees more opposition to the island’s independence than support for it but believes that military conflict cannot be ruled out.
17 Apr 2025 - 3:11PM
US-China relations
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Trump’s trade war may spur China’s ascent
Former UK diplomat Kerry Brown doesn’t see China yielding in the tariff tit-for-tat with the US. He says Britain is just trying to survive for the moment as ‘America is fighting with everyone’.
10 Apr 2025 - 2:28PM
US-China relations
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Xi-Trump meeting is ‘far away’: former CIA official says China needs to take steps on fentanyl
Dennis Wilder says China needs to stop using the fentanyl issue as a political card. He says that before Trump and Xi meet, negotiations are in order and that the US stance towards Taiwan hasn’t changed.
3 Apr 2025 - 2:00PM
Science
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China’s mathematics aspirations lifted by return of talent
Fields Medal winner Shing-Tung Yau reflects on the gap between mathematics development in the US and China.
27 Mar 2025 - 2:00PM
China economy
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Beyond US-China, imbalances are igniting trade disputes
Finance professor Michael Pettis on how a rebalancing of China’s economy could put more money into households to drive consumption.
20 Mar 2025 - 2:00PM
China economy
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Tech boost is no panacea for fixing China’s economic ills, Morgan Stanley economist says
Robin Xing, Morgan Stanley’s chief China economist, says the revival of animal spirits spurred by DeepSeek must be supported by broader consumption measures and social welfare reforms.
13 Mar 2025 - 4:52PM
US-China relations
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China should cut red tape to free up hi-tech start-ups
Political scientist Zheng Yongnian discusses the ‘middle technology’ trap, says China could play a role in post-war Ukraine reconstruction.
6 Mar 2025 - 2:00PM
Two Sessions 2025
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Beijing’s leaders should focus on cutting red tape to help private sector reach full potential, China watcher says
Former Post editor Wang Xiangwei expects more talk than concrete action from the upcoming ‘two sessions’.
27 Feb 2025 - 4:41PM
Chinese culture
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China’s Confucian traditions coexist with Marxism
Political theorist Daniel A. Bell discusses how Confucian values mesh with China’s state policies and how ‘political meritocracy’ differs from electoral democracies.
20 Feb 2025 - 3:34PM
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US-China relations
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No simple containment policy on China, former US official says
Rick Waters, former ‘China House’ head, discusses US-China divisions, an uptick in Taiwan Strait risks and the evolving Chinese diplomatic corps.
14 Feb 2025 - 10:07AM
US-China relations
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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump
The researcher surveys the dividends of ‘Made in China 2025’ and shares why he thinks Trump’s contradictions could benefit bilateral relations.
10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PM
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US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss
The academic and former US State Department adviser on why Washington’s deterrence strategy must include assurances as well as threats.
10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AM
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US-China relations
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‘Small yard, high fence’ seen growing under Trump 2.0
American studies expert Yuan Zheng predicts four more turbulent years, but doesn’t rule out a softer approach from the new US president.
23 Jan 2025 - 4:44PM
Taiwan
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Trump unlikely to use Taiwan as ‘bargaining chip’
Foreign policy analyst Bonnie Glaser on China’s ‘grey zone’ policy toward Taiwan and why the South China Sea is riskier than the Taiwan Strait.
17 Jan 2025 - 6:15PM
US-China relations
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Why the US-China gap is more about trust than trade
Robert Hormats, former adviser to Henry Kissinger, sees technology as the oil of the 21st century in a two-way rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
9 Jan 2025 - 2:00PM
US-China relations
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Trump may make China decisions faster than in first term – former state department official
Former US diplomat Daniel Russel discusses how Barack Obama’s ‘pivot to Asia’ has turned out and evaluates the outlook for the region under a more experienced Donald Trump.
2 Jan 2025 - 2:00PM
China-EU relations
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New ‘China shock’ to test car sector, Columbia historian Adam Tooze says
Professor Tooze urges Europe to focus on Chinese electric vehicle joint ventures instead of tariffs and fears a return of ‘the atomic card’.
26 Dec 2024 - 2:00PM
SCMP Highlights
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China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024
From a Nobel laureate and economists to scholars and historians, here are some of our best Open Questions interviews of the year.
23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM
Science
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Historian traces Chinese knowledge exchanges with the West
Chinese scientific historian Han Qi discusses how the Silk Road was a conduit for technology transfer from China to the West, with examples ranging from ‘the four great inventions’ to astronomy and traditional Chinese medicine.
19 Dec 2024 - 2:00PM
China's economic recovery
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China can offset trade curbs by shoring up local demand, economist says
Chinese economist Zhang Yansheng discusses how expanding non-US trade investment and boosting local demand can counteract Trump’s trade curbs.
13 Dec 2024 - 10:18AM
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