Here's the video of yesterday's great discussion ft @busbyj2.bsky.social, Elizabeth Donkervoort, @neilthomas123.bsky.social & Ali Wyne about the direction of U.S. policy towards China, informed by their fellowship cohort's intensive week of meetings in Washington DC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1It3...

In September, our current fellows assembled in Washington DC for a week of intensive dialogues with a wide range of policymakers & other relevant actors on U.S. policy toward China. In Friday's webinar, some of those fellows will share their broad insights and general take-aways from these meetings

Warmly welcome @vicshih.bsky.social to @upenn.edu today to meet with student fellows of @penn-us-china.bsky.social and share his insights about pursuing China Studies in these dramatic times

We are delighted to announce the selection of our second class of undergraduate student fellows, made up of ten outstanding students at the University of Pennsylvania. You can read more about them at our Project website here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

For those who missed this lively discussion in-person last week, here is the video of our program at JF Books on "New Perspectives on U.S.-China Policy" featuring @kyleichan.bsky.social, Elsa Kania, Yingyi Ma & @carlminzner.bsky.social from our current cohort of Project Fellows:

Delighted to be part of this important initiative.

Our third cohort fellows have enjoyed a wonderfully productive week in Washington DC! Many thanks to everyone in town who so kindly lent their time, energy & attention to dialogues such as the one below. Stay tuned for the products of all this work and discussion later this Fall.

Great audience (with outstanding questions!) for our third cohort fellows @kyleichan.bsky.social, Yingyi Ma, @carlminzner.bsky.social, & Elsa Kania tonight at JF Books

Looking forward to attending this next Wednesday as part of our Penn Project D.C. week agenda!

Many thanks to JF Books for hosting this event in Washington, DC next week featuring 4 of our current Project Fellows (Yingyi Ma, @kyleichan.bsky.social, Carl Minzner, & Elsa Kania) previewing the U.S.-China policy recommendations they are developing through our Project. Full details below:

We’re hiring! Please consider joining the team as we work to build up one of the leading hubs for academically-informed, policy-relevant thinking and analysis about China’s relations with the U.S. and the rest of the world too

We are delighted to invite applications for our new Program Manager position! This is a full-time position, with benefits, @upenn.edu. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through Friday, August 29. The full job posting is available on our website at: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

During our @penn-us-china.bsky.social workshop with Tsinghua CISS in Beijing in late June, Peking University Prof Wang Jisi delivered some informal lunchtime keynote remarks which have just been published together with his replies to various questions from our group: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cIQxV4ge9e...

We are deeply grateful to The Henry Luce Foundation for its generous new round of support for this Project, which will contribute to our ability to convene and work with three more fellowship cohorts in the coming years, beginning in Spring 2026. Full announcement at global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

Check out our Penn Project field notes from Beijing this summer. One key takeaway: China is confidently moving ahead in the fields of science & tech with an increasingly strong foundation in talent and innovation. I touch on what this means for US energy and national security.

There is video from our discussion of the latest state of play on US-China relations. China appears more serious about addressing climate change than the US at this stage, though certainly has problems meeting its climate ambitions. Watch for more more from us on our summer trip to Beijing.

Many thanks to @busbyj2.bsky.social, @jwdwerner.bsky.social, Yingyi Ma, Abby Coplin, Maggie Jackson, and Matt Mingey from our 3rd cohort of fellows for joining @neysunm.bsky.social online last night to discuss the cohort's June visit to Beijing and what were their key takeaways from the visit:

In late June, our current fellows traveled to Beijing for a week of intensive dialogues with a wide range of Chinese and foreign interlocutors. In this webinar on Wednesday 7/30, some of the fellows will share their key take-aways, in conversation with Project director @neysunm.bsky.social

With a 3rd round of U.S.-China trade talks now scheduled for July 27-30 in Stockholm, I'm very much looking forward to discuss the present moment in bilateral relations with my dear friend Trudy Rubin in this @fpri.bsky.social webinar next Thursday 7/31:

A June afternoon during my recent visit to Beijing, I visited the Center for International Security & Strategy at Tsinghua U to record this podcast interview with Prof Da Wei. One of my favorite conversations from throughout my 2 months in China, and I’m thrilled to see it posted on their feed today

Honored to have had the incredible opportunity to engage with outstanding Chinese academics on timely issues related to US-China relations at Tsinghua University in Beijing the other week.

It was a great honor to share my thoughts at some length on how the landscape of U.S.-China relations looks to me now, especially through the prism of academic exchange, as part of the @scmpnews.bsky.social Open Questions interview series:

Each year, the centerpiece of our @penn-us-china.bsky.social fellows’ visit to Beijing is a 2 day workshop at Tsinghua University. This year’s discussions were simply outstanding. Many thanks again to my friend Da Wei for hosting us, and also this year to Prof. Wang Jisi for his keynote remarks

Our third cohort of @penn-us-china.bsky.social fellows have arrived in Beijing! Now in the midst of a very full and engaging week of dialogues, with many different interlocutors, all around town.

After ten days together in China, my @upenn.edu students are on their way back home. I could not possibly be more proud of how they conducted themselves on this trip, representing the best of American values at every stop. One of the most inspirational things I’ve seen in my lifetime.

When you are an American abroad, it is genuinely moving to meet with the fine men and women who serve in our embassies, representing us.

Another highly fruitful collaboration with our Transatlantic and European Dialogue on China (global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...)

Such a great workshop - next stop, Beijing! :)

Just wrapped up a terrifically productive & stimulating 2 days workshop with our new cohort of @penn-us-china.bsky.social fellows. Thanks to @perryworldhouse.bsky.social for hosting our meeting on campus @upenn.edu. And stay tuned for lots more from this incredibly talented group in the months ahead

I’m very excited to be taking part in this wonderful program with this incredible group of thinkers on China policy. There’s no better time to be challenging old assumptions and insisting on new possibilities.

Take a look at the newly announced cohort of fellows in the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations. This amazing group joins two previous cohorts all making important contributions to policy discussions on a wide range of questions in U.S.-China relations. Follow them closely!

I am honored and excited to be part of this new cohort of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China relations.

I am so honored and excited to be part of the third fellowship cohort for the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations!

Honored to join the third fellowship cohort of the Penn Project on the Future of U.S.-China Relations Look forward to working with this amazing group as I prepare a policy paper on backchannel diplomacy Kudos to @neysunm.bsky.social and Amy Gadsden at Penn Global for leading this project!

We are thrilled to announce the selection of our third fellowship cohort, seventeen truly outstanding next generation China scholars and analysts you can read more about here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

Wonderful day in DC today with my @upenn.edu undergrad policy task force students. Thank you so much to everyone who lent their time and attention. And I couldn’t possibly be more proud of the students themselves, who totally rocked at every stop of a long and varied day.

Here is the video of my lively conversation with @zichen.bsky.social before a great audience at @fpri.bsky.social last night. It was a wide-ranging discussion about the present moment in U.S.-China relations, centering on this week's dramatic news: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jteD...

Over the years I’ve had many opportunities to discuss the state of U.S.-China relations with @zichen.bsky.social. Looking forward to do so again now on stage at @fpri.bsky.social tomorrow evening. (For those who can’t join in-person we will share the recording later.)

I’m very much looking forward to this in-person dialogue between myself and Prof. Wu Xinbo of Fudan University, hosted by the Foreign Policy Research Institute, in a couple of weeks: www.fpri.org/event/2025/a...

📺 "US-China-Taiwan Relations: What to expect in the Trump II Era" held at Ifri on March 11th with @neysunm.bsky.social, Che-Chuan Lee, Maïlys Pène-Lassus, and @marcjulienne.bsky.social: replay of the conference here 👇

I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this discussion at @ifri.bsky.social @ifri-asie.bsky.social yesterday, moderated by @marcjulienne.bsky.social. Difficult questions for a challenging time:

Great to see important pieces by three members of our project community — first cohort fellows Joel Wuthnow, @sheenagreitens.bsky.social, & @rorytruex.bsky.social — in the current issue of China Leadership Monitor published today: www.prcleader.org/current-issue

We concluded our second fellowship cohort webinar series with last night's stellar discussion featuring our Research, Education, & Academic Freedom team (Naima Green-Riley and Rosie Levine), in conversation with Penn Global Director Amy Gadsden. Watch at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYW_...

Our second fellowship cohort webinar series concludes later today with this important, conversation featuring Naima Green-Riley and Rosie Levine, moderated by Amy Gadsden. Please join us on the live zoom at 4 pm or catch the YouTube recording anytime at www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYW_...

We are delighted to publish working papers by the Research, Education, and Academic Freedom team of this year's fellowship cohort: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us.... Please join us for a live webinar featuring these authors TODAY from 4-5 pm ET, registration link at the QR code on the poster below:

China Econ and Trade nerds, apply to this!

China climate and environment scholars - consider applying to be part of the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations. I highly recommend the experience! Applications due 2/28. web.sas.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

One week to go before the application deadline of this Friday, February 28! Please circulate this call widely to relevant potential applicants, to help us benefit from as strong and diverse an applicant pool as possible.

Dangerous times call for sharp thinking: here's the video of the outstanding discussion last night featuring our second fellowship cohort’s National Security team (@brianthart.bsky.social, Amanda Hsiao, @vivianchang36.bsky.social), expertly moderated by Joel Wuthnow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8El...

These are great papers by @brianthart.bsky.social, Amanda Hsiao, & @vivianchang36.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to their conversation later today, moderated by Joel Wuthnow. Tune in live on Zoom or later on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=B8El...