Report

China ‘under siege’

This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines how the US’s hardening China policy is seen in Beijing.

The China–US relationship has no doubt deteriorated in recent years. Washington’s policy of containing China through the application of restrictions on certain goods and markets, as well as China’s own economic downturn, has increased the tension between these two global powers.

Competition between the two parties is likely to increase as China pursues its own economic and scientific independence, and the country looks to broaden its international influence, particularly in the Global South.

This paper shines a light on the influences that shape China’s approach to the US by examining policy responses to four delicate issues – the struggle over the global order, economic security, regional flashpoints including Taiwan and the South China Sea, and the war in Ukraine.