A bill banning Chinese citizens from buying property has some wondering if they’re welcome in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas —  Isaac Jing is starting to reconsider his future in Texas. The engineer works for a large tech company in Austin and owns a house in the city. He’s lived here since finishing grad school in Pennsylvania four years ago, and he invests in real estate as a side gig. But he worries that could change under a bill that would bar him from buying new property in Texas. The reason: He is a Chinese citizen. Details of the proposed law, which would also target citizens of Iran, North…

Why China Is Alienating the World: Backlash Is Building—but Beijing Can’t Seem to Recalibrate

In early 2017, China appeared to be on a roll. Its economy was beating estimates. President Xi Jinping was implementing the country’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative and was on the cusp of opening China’s first overseas military base in Djibouti. Most important, Xi seemed poised to take advantage of President Donald Trump’s determination to pick fights with U.S. allies and international institutions. In a speech in Davos in January of that year, Xi even compared protectionism with “locking oneself in a dark room.” Nearly five years on, Beijing is…

Biden’s ‘Taiwan Agreement’

President Joe Biden holds a meeting on infrastructure with labor and business leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C. July 22, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) President Biden sparked confusion last night when he referred to a seemingly nonexistent agreement between the U.S. and China over Taiwan. “China has . . . I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree, we will abide by the Taiwan agreement. That’s where we are and I made it clear that I don’t think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement,”…

The Fall Of Afghanistan And U.S. Foreign Trade

TOPSHOT – Taliban fighters in Kandahar on August 13, 2021. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via … [+] Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban upon U.S. withdrawal raises concerns about our country’s foreign trade in general. Will our export markets continue to buy our products, and will our import sources continue to supply us with goods and services? In most cases, the Afghan experience will have little impact, but watch out for what happens in countries dependent on U.S. military protection. Direct…

China And America: A New Game In A New Era – Analysis

By William H. Overholt* China and the United States are in a different game than the rising power/established power conflicts of the past. Most analyses of such rivalries are based on pre–World War II history and fail to notice that the game changed radically after World War II. Sometimes when alterations are made in the rules or implements of a game, the risks and the optimal strategies change. Leading scholars and strategists tend to misread the lessons of the past for Sino-American conflict because they fail to recognize that these…