Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

For this blog post, the initiative’s 2019-2020 student fellows were invited to join the initiative webinar “U.S.-China Decoupling: Separating Myth From Reality” and write an essay in response to the discussion. The event, moderated by Evan Medeiros, featured top international economists and industry leaders addressing the political and economic realities on both sides of the Pacific.

In this blog post members of the U.S.-China Research Group on Culture and Society reflect on the two societies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, how those responses have been shaped by systematic and cultural factors, and how it pertains to research group members’ scholarly work.