Drew Thompson

Drew Thompson is Director of China Studies and the Starr Senior Fellow at The Nixon Center.

Society

Beijing Plays Kick the Can

| 10.18.10

China's next leadership change will likely be peaceful, but don't be surprised if it's not—and don't expect any major liberal reforms.

Security

| 09.09.10

Who won the latest staring contest between Beijing and Washington?

Politics

| 06.21.10

The country’s unrest is an opportunity for America and China to cooperate on an issue of mutual concern.

Economics

| 02.02.10

The Taiwan arms sale won’t wreck our relationship with Beijing—and Chinese threats to the contrary are mostly hot air.

Society

| 07.07.09

Ethnic strife in China’s frontier shows the brutal lengths to which the Communist Party will go to silence any dissent.