We are delighted to welcome 3 new Contributors to our project community: Leah Anderson, executive director of the SNF Paideia Program; Mark Lambert, the former head of “China House” at the State Department; and Dan Schneiderman of Penn Washington. Read more here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

We assembled our 4th cohort fellows on campus @perryworldhouse.bsky.social for 2 days of intensive discussions about their early stage policy papers at the start of their fellowship year. Many thanks to Sarah Beran for her keynote remarks, and all the great discussants who offered feedback!

We closed out our Spring lecture series on campus @upenn.edu with a visit by none other than @kaiserkuo.bsky.social, speaking about the troubling rise of “civilizational discourse” in both the U.S. and China — and the habits of mind needed to avoid further spiraling in the bilateral relationship

We are thrilled to announce the selection of our fourth fellowship cohort, sixteen truly outstanding next generation China scholars and analysts you can read more about here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us... Check out the full announcement at: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

We were delighted to welcome Jonathan Cheng of @wsj.com to @upenn.edu the past few days, including to discuss his perspectives on the current state of U.S.-China relations — grounded in his on-the-ground reporting from Beijing since August 2019 — and also to meet with our Student Fellows

The recently published working papers by our third cohort Science and Technology fellows can be found at global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with the authors today, April 10 from 2-3 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

And here is the video of yesterday's wide-ranging panel discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK51...

We were delighted to welcome 5 fellows to campus yesterday for a panel "Anticipating the Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing." Margaret Jackson, Rosie Levine, @jwdwerner.bsky.social, @margaretklewis.bsky.social, @carlminzner.bsky.social discussed the future of U.S.-China relations with @neysunm.bsky.social

Thank you to Peking University Prof. Wang Jisi for visiting @upenn.edu yesterday to meet with our students and discuss his recent @foreignaffairs.com essay co-authored with David M. Lampton

In the lead-up to the May 14-15 leadership summit, on Tue April 7 we are convening five of our current & alumni fellows to share their expectations for the meeting and what it may portend for the near-term future of U.S.-China relations. More details on this hybrid event below:

We are still accepting applications for our Student Fellows program during the 2026-27 school year. Applications are open to any current undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania and will be accepted until April 10. Learn more at bit.ly/4c1f5vl

Here's the video of our webinar discussion yesterday on "Limiting Financial and Economic Exposures" with our third cohort Trade & Economics fellows Matt Mingey and Carrie Shang presenting their working papers, moderated by alumni fellow @chorzempa.bsky.social

The recently published working papers by our third cohort Trade and Economics fellows can be found at global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with the authors tomorrow, March 26 from 5-6 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

Here's the video of our webinar discussion yesterday on "Rethinking Diplomacy and Deterrence" with our third cohort National Security fellows Elsa Kania, @pu-xiaoyu.bsky.social & @neilthomas123.bsky.social presenting their working papers, moderated by alumni fellow @brianthart.bsky.social:

Today we published working papers by our third cohort National Security fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with these authors on Friday, March 13 from 12-1 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

Here's the video of our webinar discussion yesterday on "Prioritizing Education in U.S.-China Relations" with our third cohort Research, Education, & Academic Freedom fellows @Yingyi Ma, @emilymatson.bsky.social, & Ali Wyne, expertly moderated by alumna Rosie Levine:

Today we publish working papers by our third cohort Research, Education, & Academic Freedom fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with these authors on Friday, March 6 from 2-3 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

We just published working papers by our third cohort human rights, law, and democracy fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar with these authors on Friday, February 27 from 12-1 PM ET. Registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

We hosted @brookings.edu expert Jonathan Czin at @upenn.edu this week, where he gave a public lecture on “How Xi Jinping Views U.S.-China Relations.” Thanks to Jon for also taking time to meet with our undergraduate student fellows and to record an episode of our China Studies podcast.

We are delighted to publish working papers by our third cohort Climate & Environment fellows: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live and recorded webinar featuring these authors tomorrow February 20 from 12-1 pm ET, registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

We are thrilled to issue the call for applications (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...) for our fourth fellowship cohort, made possible by generous support from @carnegie.org and the Henry Luce Foundation. Applications are due March 17.

Our third cohort fellow Ali Wyne featured in this week's @thewirechina.bsky.social Q&A!

In January, we brought 20 leading next generation China scholars and experts from throughout Europe to Washington, DC for a full week of intensive dialogues with U.S. policymakers. In Friday's webinar, five of those experts will share their general take-aways from the DC meetings

For those who missed last week's timely discussion in-person, here's video of our program on "European Policy Perspectives on China" ft. Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova, @samgeall.bsky.social, @rudyakmarina.bsky.social & Konstantinos Tsimonis, moderated by @neysunm.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgIb...

It has been our great privilege to convene this exceptional group of leading experts on China, from throughout Europe and the UK, in Washington DC this week for a very full range of dialogues about current prospects and challenges for Transatlantic coordination on China policy.

Thank you for the kind shoutout from Mark Sidel & @kaiserkuo.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Sinica Podcast, referencing our dialogues in China as “the most successful series of engagements across academic and policy fronts of almost any U.S. organization.” open.substack.com/pub/sinica/p...

What’s next for U.S.-China relations following the Trump-Xi meeting in Korea? In Thursday's webinar, five of our alumni fellows (Mary Gallagher, @profangelhsu.bsky.social, @mattingly.bsky.social, Meg Rithmire, @rorytruex.bsky.social) will comment on the present state of the bilateral relationship.