Krista Wiegand – The Conversation

President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are set to meet for the first time in a year. Saul Loeb/AFP cia Getty Images

November 14, 2023

Biden‑Xi meeting: 6 essential reads on what to look out for as US, Chinese leaders hold face‑to‑face talks

Matt Williams, The Conversation

Scholars writing for The Conversation take a deeper look at some of the issues expected to be on the agenda when the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies meet.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

June 21, 2023

China and the US are locked in struggle – and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations

Krista Wiegand, University of Tennessee

The US and China are engaged in a classic power struggle. The question is, who will come out on top?

A Marine amphibious assault vehicle takes part in a 2019 joint U.S.-Philippines exercise. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images

April 19, 2023

The US is about to blow up a fake warship in the South China Sea – but naval rivalry with Beijing is very real and growing

Krista Wiegand, University of Tennessee

The South China Sea is of strategic and economic importance to Beijing and the US, setting up a potential power struggle that could spark conflict.

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