David Bachman’s article “Beijing Olympics may get points for boosting China’s international reputation, but Games are definitely gold for Xi Jinping’s standing at home” was published today in The Conversation. David Bachman is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies and former chair of the UW China Studies Program from 1992-2003. His research and

James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, is quoted on the historical context of Taiwan’s use of diplomatic strategy to advance economic objectives in a Jan. 26 article titled, “Taiwan’s $1 billion Lithuania fund is a high-stakes game of economic diplomacy.”  

In a video interview that aired on Jan. 24 on Taiwan-based TaiwanPlus news streaming service, James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, discusses why the legacy of Taiwan’s former president, Chiang Ching-kuo, is so contested. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is currently facing a political backlash within her own party after attending

On Dec 11th, Ken Pyle gives a feature interview about postwar Japan and his book “Japan in the American Century” in an article titled, “Unconditional Surrender: The Origins of Japan’s Deep Dependence on the US,” in Japan’s leading newspaper, The Asahi Shimbun.

Last week David Bachman was interviewed by the Kyodo News Service of Japan after the Biden-Xi virtual summit, which was held Nov. 15. The attached article is in Japanese. His quotes, in example below, were used by several other newspapers: “The online meeting between U.S. President Biden and Mr. Xi was important but no more so than

Congressman Adam Smith shares his take on opportunities and challenges of US-China foreign policy and more in this recording of the live public webinar event held on Oct. 8, 2021. Congressman Smith, of Washington’s 9th Congressional District, is a senior member in the House of Representatives in the U.S. Congress and serves as Chairman of

We are saddened to announce that Kyoko Tokuno, one of the longest serving senior lecturers at the Jackson School with Comparative Religion and Japan Studies, passed away on September 28, 2021, in Seattle. She was 77 years old.

Published Oct 25, 2021, the Al Jazeera article “Taiwan taps on United Nations’ door, 50 years after departure,” quoted James Lin with his insights on the topic of Taiwan.  An assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, James gives historical context to Taiwan’s push and challenges for reclaiming its membership seat at the UN.

On the new episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver aired October 24, John Oliver discusses Taiwan’s history of being governed by other countries, its fraught present-day relationship with China, and what its citizens would like their future to look like.  James Lin provided background info on the topic and received a “Special Thanks”

In “China’s Evergrande is in trouble. But so is China’s top-down political economy,” featured in the Monkey Cage of the Washington Post, Jackson School and China Studies Adjunct Professor and Professor of Political Science Susan Whiting analyzes four things to know about the distortions behind the real estate crisis in China. Susan Whiting (Ph.D., Michigan;