March 14, 2026

China Initiative

U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017 Damir Sagolj/Reuters

The Chinese Communist Party is the greatest geopolitical threat to the America’s economic prosperity, national security, and liberty in recent history. China seeks to replace the United States as the world’s hegemon. It is essential that policy makers and academics recognize the economic, national security, and human rights challenges China poses, and prescribe policy solutions to maintain American supremacy.

Hence, in March 2021, the Cornell Review founded its China Initiative. The China Initiative will serve as the nexus for discussion on China policy on campus. It will host a Speaker Series that will bring together scholars and policymakers from a variety of perspectives to discuss U.S.-China relations. Additionally, the Cornell Review’s China Initiative will offer exclusive reporting and analysis of the CCP’s influence on campus and U.S.-China Relations.

Speaker Series Events:

A Conversation with Josh Rogin (September 1, 2021)

A Conversation with General Robert Spalding (April 22, 2021)

A Conversation with Chris Fenton ’93 (April 1, 2021)

Articles:

China Must Cancel Dual Degree Program with Peking University

China’s Sanctions on Scholars Leads to Growing Academic Backlash in the U.S.

China’s War on Religious Freedom

Let’s Talk About Racism… In Xinjiang

Concerns Raised as Cornell Considers Dual Degree Program with China’s Peking University

At Cornell, Pro-Hong Kong ‘Fight for Freedom’ Signage Repeatedly Vandalized, Destroyed

No NBC, China Is Not An Ally

Student Assembly weighs $5,000 special projects allocation for CSSA event

Author

  • Joe Silverstein

    Joe Silverstein is a senior at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, where he studies Government and International Relations. Joe has been published in Fox News, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, American Spectator, The College Fix, and other notable publications. Mr. Silverstein relaunched The Cornell Review in 2020 after a period of inactivity on campus.

    Joe is the founder and director of the Review's China Initiative, which hosts forums with various China experts and produces exclusive reporting on China's influence in academia. He can be reached at jis58@cornell.edu.

    Follow Joe on Twitter @SilversteinUSA, TruthSocial @JoeSilverstein, and Instagram @JoeSilverstein_.

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