President Joe Biden will meet face-to-face with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in San Francisco on Wednesday. Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, says a key factor for the meeting will be how much the two heads of state are able to publicly agree to disagree.

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Allen Carlson is an associate professor of government at Cornell University and an expert on Chinese foreign policy, he says that the Taiwanese president is walking a fine line on her U.S. visit.

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. 

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A U.S. delegation arrived in Taiwan to show support for the nation as leaders are expected to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen this week.

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A U.S. national security advisor is expected to meet with a top Chinese diplomat in the first high-level talks between the two countries since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. The meeting comes as Russia has allegedly asked China for military and economic aid – a claim both deny.

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President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit on Monday evening amid rising tensions between the countries.

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Allen Carlson, associate professor of government and an expert in Chinese politics at Cornell University, says the developments in Hong Kong stand as a warning that China will be one of the first issues on Biden’s foreign policy agenda come January.

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Allen Carlson, professor of government and director of Cornell University’s China and Asia Pacific Program, says the tentative peace between China and India brokered in the 1990s may have cracked this week, potentially ushering in a new and stormy chapter to the relationship between countries

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Allen Carlson, professor of government, says that the Chinese national security law serves as a final nail in the coffin of the ‘one country, two systems’ principle that has governed interaction between Hong Kong and China.

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On Thursday, China announced it was preparing to enact a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, bypassing the territory’s own legislative process. The announcement was made ahead of the country’s annual National People's Congress meeting, which is set to start on Friday. Allen Carlson, professor of government and an expert on Chinese politics, says the move is consistent with the Chinese government’s approach to areas it considers restive.

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