Cathy Sun

Harvard University

Cathy Sun is a senior at Harvard studying Economics & Statistics. She was a 2019-2020 student fellow in the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues Student Fellows program.

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Cathy Sun | August 24, 2020

Divorce Without Decoupling: The U.S. and China’s Messy Affair Response

Months into a global pandemic, pundits and Twitter citizens alike see the complete deterioration of U.S.-China relations as an inevitable cliff the two countries are barreling toward. With barbed hostilities and heated exchanges traded over a global…

Cathy Sun | May 3, 2020

COVID-19 and the New Low of U.S.-China Relations Response

As the global crisis surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, U.S.-China relations hang in an ever precarious balance that edges closer to complete deterioration each day. The once stable relationship between the two great power rivals…

Cathy Sun | January 31, 2020

Social Media and The New Age of Diplomacy Response

With the advent of mass communications and the Internet in the modern era, social media has rapidly transformed not only our social lives, but also political relations. On a global stage, political leaders and diplomats are increasingly using social…

Cathy Sun | November 18, 2019

A World Divided: The Threat of U.S.-China Decoupling Response

For spectators, the ongoing trade war between the United States and China may not be an urgent cause for concern on its own, but posed in a larger, longer-term picture for the international balance of power, it has far-reaching implications. The…