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2026-04-02 |

Dong Ting: Why Bangladesh could be last hurrah for Asia’s development model

Bangladesh’s garment industry employs around 4 million workers. Their labour built something larger than an export sector – it built a tax base. The industry generates more than 80 per cent of the country’s export earnings and contributes roughly 11 per cent of its GDP. The taxes paid by workers and the wider economy they sustain fund a meaningful share of Bangladesh’s public schools and basic healthcare.

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2026-03-04 |

Historical Roots, Current Status, and Prospects of U.S.-Iran Negotiations Wen Jing

On February 6th, the United States and Iran held indirect negotiations in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The U.S. side was led by Middle East Envoy Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Kushner, while the Iranian side was headed by Foreign Minister Araghchi. Intriguingly, unlike previous negotiations, General Cooper, the highest-ranking military commander in the region as head of U.S. Central Command, participated as a member of the U.S. delegation. Why have these Oman negotiations garnered such global attention? What are the historical roots surrounding the nuclear issue, and what are the prospects for these talks? This article attempts to provide answers.

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2025-11-18 |

Xiao Qian: Steps toward AI governance in the military domain

Since October 2019, the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy Program and the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University have jointly organized a U.S.–China Track II Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and National Security. This article is co-authored by members of the U.S. and Chinese delegations who participated in the dialogue. The excerpt presented here reflects the perspectives of Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of CISS and Vice President of the Institute for AI International Governance at Tsinghua University.

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2025-09-16 |

DONG Ting: What is artificial intelligence's greatest risk?

Risk dominates current discussions on AI governance. This July, Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel and Turing laureate, addressed the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. His speech bore the title he has used almost exclusively since leaving Google in 2023: "Will Digital Intelligence Replace Biological Intelligence?" He stressed, once again, that AI might soon surpass humanity and threaten our survival.

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2025-09-15 |

Focusing on Peace and Development, Building the Community of Shared Future with Neighboring Countries

On September 9, 2025, the second Financial Review Asia Summit was convened in Sydney, Australia. Co-hosted by the Australian Financial Review (AFR) and the Asia Society Australia, the summit brought together prominent figures from the political and business communities of Asia and Australia to discuss development and business opportunities in Asia and assess potential risks arising from geopolitical shifts. Fu Ying, Former Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Australia, was invited to attend the event. She delivered a speech and engaged in a dialogue with Jessica Sier, North Asia Correspondent of AFR.

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2025-09-10 |

XIAO Qian: Behind America’s New AI Policy

America’s AI Action Plan reveals the close ideological alignment of the Trump administration with the “tech right,” such as permissionless innovation, anti-woke AI and pro-capital innovation culture.

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2025-09-05 |

DA Wei: Strategic Decoupling and Its Implications for US-China Relations

US–China relations under Trump’s second term have entered a fragile stalemate. While complete economic decoupling remains elusive, both sides are shifting toward strategic and psychological disengagement – reducing reliance on each other’s long-term strategies. This trend may reduce incentives for negotiation, heighten uncertainty over Taiwan, yet also enable future bilateral reorientation.

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2025-07-28 |

SUN Chenghao: Why I am hopefulabout US-China ties despiteTrump's tariff tangle

I recently traveled to Washington D.C. and New York, where I held in-depth discussions with a range of American counterparts from the strategic, academic and business communities on China-U.S. relations. These conversations gave me a more nuanced and layered understanding of both the current dynamics and the potential trajectory of bilateral ties in the next phase.

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2025-04-27 |

FU Ying: Imposing Tariffs on China Is Not a Choice to Tackle the US Fentanyl Issue

No single country can respond to the fentanyl challenge alone. What’s needed is joint effort and sustained cooperation – not economic coercion.

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2025-04-27 |

NIU Qiyang: Nuclear Weapons and China’s National Security: Consistency, Evolvement and Risk Management

This paper examines the evolving role of nuclear weapons in China's national security policy, emphasizing the interplay between consistency, adaptation and nuclear risks amidst changing global dynamics. Since its first nuclear test in 1964 and despite geopolitical changes later on, China has maintained that its nuclear weapons serve defensive purposes.

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2025-04-21 |

XIAO Qian: Can U.S. and China Rebuild Trust on AI?

Yes, they can. As the world’s two major powers in AI technology, the U.S. and China must work together to build capacity, contribute to AI for developing countries, bridge the digital divide and help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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2025-02-28 |

Reflections on Attending the 61st Munich Security Conference

This article is Ambassador Fu Ying's insights and reflections on the 61st Munich Security Conference（MCS） to be held on February 14, 2025

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