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China calls the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act an act of “blasphemy against real democracy, human rights, and free trade.”

China calls the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act an act of “blasphemy against real democracy, human rights, and free trade.”

American civil and political discourse has seen a growing number of reports about worrying Chinese governmental influence in the United States. Most recently, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence decried the “malign influence” of China in the United States, via students, politicians, and corporations acting at Beijing’s direction, and sometimes with Beijing’s money. And the White

Chinese state media on Wednesday celebrated 20 years of WTO membership, but American workers and defenders of freedom have less to celebrate.

There is a debate raging about China’s sharp power and how to defend against it, whether it’s investment screening, shuttering Confucius institutes, or forcing visa reciprocity for journalists. But how does a fractious, divided world not only resist Beijing’s sharp power but also find ways to constructively engage with China? Or to use a soccer metaphor, how can the