THE QUESTION
Advice for China's president?
Americans now view China as the biggest threat to U.S. economic and military interests. What leadership advice would you give to President Hu for creating a more positive political climate for U.S.-China relations?
Posted by Steve Pearlstein and Raju Narisetti on January 18, 2011 10:18 AM
FROM THE PANEL
President Hu's challenge
The thawing of tensions between the U.S. and China isn't going to come overnight--and it wasn't going to be achieved this week alone...
Posted by Robert Goodwin, on January 21, 2011 6:25 PM
Mutual understanding
Now, with sudden prosperity, Chinese leaders fear fragmentation and a demanding peasant population that has been left behind. Chinese leaders believe their continued authority depends on...
Posted by Michael Maccoby, on January 19, 2011 10:38 AM
Following Chinese precedent
I am convinced that symbolic gestures of goodwill between leaders are the sociological WD-40 that greases the wheels for intense negotiations...
Posted by D. Michael Lindsay, on January 19, 2011 10:30 AM
Hu Jintao's classic dilemma
Challenges to his leadership come indirectly, creating situations that box him in without a direct confrontation, as in the military's test of a new weapon apparently without his prior knowledge. But two can play that game...
Posted by Mickey Edwards, on January 19, 2011 10:25 AM
Expanding the center of all nations
China's success will not be defined by sheer size alone or by military might. Rather, it will be characterized by the quality of the relationships China builds and...
Posted by Alaina Love, on January 18, 2011 5:07 PM
Looting intellectual property
Rather than protesting the value of their currency--which is, after all, a vital national interest--the United States each year should determine the value of stolen and extorted IP and...
Posted by Slade Gorton, on January 18, 2011 10:24 AM
China and the art of communication
Politicians, economists and the media in the United States have connected China's undervaluation of the yuan and its multi-billion dollar trade surplus with a lack of domestic American jobs...
Posted by Coro Fellows, on January 18, 2011 3:35 AM
What the US and China share
I would encourage President Hu Jintao to focus on the areas of mutual interest to the U.S. and China--and there are many. For example, an expanding U.S. economy is ultimately good for...
Posted by Marshall Goldsmith, on January 17, 2011 11:12 PM
