At their Beijing summit on May 14, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Donald Trump whether China and the United States could avoid the “Thucydides Trap,” in which rivalry between a rising power and an established one ends in war. During the talks, Xi also warned that mishandling Taiwan could bring the two […]
Author Archives: Bill Kelly
Bill Kelly is a retired lecturer in communication studies at the University of California at Los Angeles and author of the forthcoming book A New World Arising: Culture and Political Economy in Japanese, Chinese, Indian, and Islamic Civilizations.
