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What Is a Threat to China and the US?

What Is a Threat to China and the US?
A riot police officer stands guard during a clearance operation during a demonstration in a mall in Hong Kong on July 6, 2020. The protest was a response to a new national security law introduced in the city that makes political views, slogans, and signs advocating Hong Kong's independence or liberation illegal. Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images
Christopher Balding
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Winston Churchill once stated that the United States and the United Kingdom were “two nations divided by a common language.” Too often, especially in negotiations or cross-cultural settings, we believe that each party assigns the same meanings to words we do. As the United States and China seek to address risks and threats posed by others, we need to better understand what each side perceives as the threat or risk posed by the other.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
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