Substance or Signal? Reading the Trump-Xi Summit

Webinar transcript

Oct 1 • Center for China Analysis

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September 2026

What Actually Happened at the Xi-Trump Summit

Article published in collaboration with ChinaFile

Sep 29 • Center for China Analysis

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What does successful summitry look like when neither side is seeking a grand bargain?

By Jing Qian, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Center for China Analysis

Sep 22 • Center for China Analysis

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What to Watch at the Xi-Trump Summit

Article published in collaboration with ChinaFile

Sep 18 • Center for China Analysis

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PLA Watch Special Issue

Tracking Shifts in Chinese Military and Gray Zone Activity Near Taiwan in 2026

Sep 10 • Center for China Analysis

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China Energy Brief: Issue 4

Why Disaster Risk Is Rising Up China’s Political Agenda

Sep 8 • Center for China Analysis and Asia Society Policy Institute

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August 2026

China Energy Brief: Issue 3

Observations from a Summer Beijing Trip

Aug 17 • Center for China Analysis and Asia Society Policy Institute

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Reporting Back from WAIC 2026: How China’s AI Ecosystem Is Adapting

Four experts assess how China is building around compute constraints across hardware, open models, safety, data, and governance.

Aug 13 • Center for China Analysis, Alvin W. Graylin, Paul Triolo, and Kristy Loke

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PLA Watch #26

Second Thomas Shoal; Taiwan Drills; Hospital Ship Deployments

Aug 10 • Center for China Analysis

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July 2026

Proposing a "Board of Technology" to Manage U.S.-China AI Tech Competition

By Paul Triolo and Jing Qian

Jul 27 • Center for China Analysis and Paul Triolo

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PLA Watch #25

SLBM launch; China-Russia exercises; promotions and purges

Jul 17 • Center for China Analysis

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China Energy Brief: Issue 2

What Beijing’s latest five-year plan reflects about its energy future

Jul 13 • Center for China Analysis and Asia Society Policy Institute

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