The Great Debate: Are the United States and China Incompatible?

(L-R) David M. Lampton, Hyman Professor and Director of China Studies Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University SAIS, Susan A. Thornton, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Evan Osnos, Nonresident Fellow,Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings Institution, Thomas Wright, Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, and Evan Medeiros, Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies at Georgetown University, at the "The China debate: Are US and Chinese long-term interests fundamentally incompatible?" event at Brookings Institution in Washington on Oct. 30, 2018. Wu Wei/NTD

WASHINGTON—Observers of U.S.-China relations could be forgiven for experiencing a little vertigo.

Relations between the two countries have been changing rapidly and drastically. To help come to terms with the new situation, the Brookings Institution and Yale University staged a debate on Oct. 30.