Commentary

Public writing and congressional testimony

"The Clash of Systems? Washington Should Avoid Ideological Competition With Beijing," Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2021 (with Tom Pepinsky). Featured on the Sinica podcast.

"The stories China tells: the new historical memory reshaping Chinese nationalism," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2021.

"America, Don't Try to Out-China China," op-ed in the New York Times, September 2, 2020 (with Ali Wyne).

"China's coronavirus statistics aren't the real problem," op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2020 (with Jeremy L. Wallace).

"Ours will no longer be a nation subject to insult and humiliation," op-ed in the New York Times Sunday Review, September 29, 2019.

"A World Safe for Autocracy? China's Rise and the Future of Global Politics," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2019.

Testimony before the U.S. House Intelligence Committee hearing on "China's Digital Authoritarianism," May 16, 2019.

"Will China Test Trump? Lessons From Past Campaigns and Elections,” The Washington Quarterly, December 2016 (with Kacie Miura).

Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Hearing on Reviewing President Xi's State Visit, October 7, 2015. (Full text of statement)

"Q&A: Jessica Chen Weiss on Nationalism in Chinese Politics," with Edward Wong, New York Times, September 24, 2015.

Testimony on "Nationalism and China's Maritime Disputes ,” Hearing before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 4, 2013. (transcript of oral testimony)

Online essays and blog posts

Public Talks, Podcasts, and Panels

Sinica podcast, "Avoiding ideological conflict with Beijing: Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss," interview with Kaiser Kuo, July 15, 2021.

Public lecture, "A World Safe for Autocracy: The Domestic Politics of China's Foreign Policy," Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, April 21, 2021.

Mitzi Sutton Russekoff ’54 Lecture, "The domestic politics of Chinese foreign policy and US-China relations," Cornell University, March 16, 2021.

Public lecture, "A World Safe for Autocracy: The Domestic Politics of China's Foreign Policy," SOAS University of London China Institute, February 8, 2021.

Presenter, “New Perspectives on US-China Relations: National Security,” University of Pennsylvania Project on the Future of US-China Relations, October 2, 2020.

Panel discussion, “The Pandemic and Great Power Competition,” with Kurt Campbell, Zhu Feng, Todd Sechser, and John Owen, University of Virginia Miller Center Democratic Statecraft Lab, September 16, 2020.

Lawfare ChinaTalk podcast, "What China Wants," Conversation with Jordan Schneider and Ali Wyne, August 10, 2020.

Conversation Six podcast with Ali Wyne, July 31, 2020.

Council on Foreign Relations Why It Matters podcast, "Exporting Authoritarianism," May 20, 2020.

Center for Strategic and International Studies, "Popular Nationalism in a Rising China," Interview with Jude Blanchette, May 19, 2020.

Public lecture, "US-China Relations in the Era of Covid-19," Stanford University Asia/Pacific Research Center, May 15, 2020.

Panel discussion, "The World Order Post Covid-19," SupChina US-China Series, May 8, 2020.

Panel discussion, "Are the United States and China in an Ideological Competition?" Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 21, 2019.

Council on Foreign Relations podcast, "Nationalism and the Chinese State," with Sheila Smith, September 11, 2019.

Sinica Podcast, "Making the World Safe for Autocracy: Jessica Chen Weiss on What Beijing Wants," Interview with Kaiser Kuo, August 29, 2019.

Chicago Council on Global Affairs podcast, "Deep Dish: What China Really Wants at Home and Abroad," June 21, 2019.

Media interviews and mentions

Quoted in Alex W. Palmer, "The Man Behind China's Aggressive New Voice," New York Times Magazine, July 7, 2021.

Quoted in Keith Zhai and Chun Han Wong, "China's Effort to Tame 'Wolf Warrior' Diplomats Is Stymied by Nationalism," Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2017.

The World, Public Radio International (PRI), "What will US-China relations look like under the Biden administration?" Interview with Marco Werman, February 11, 2021.

Quoted in Jeet Heer, "Biden's China Problem: Resisting a New Cold War in Asia," The Nation (magazine), January 14, 2021.

Quoted in Steven Lee Myers, "Buffeted by Trump, China has little hope for warmer relations with Biden," New York Times, November 9, 2020.

Quoted in Ben Westcott, "How China's Xi Jinping blew a golden opportunity with US president Donald Trump," CNN, October 31, 2020.

Quoted in Chris Buckley, "Distrust of China jumps to new highs in democratic nations," New York Times, October 6, 2020.

Quoted in Ann Scott Tyson, "Fueling US-China clash, years of disconnects," Christian Science Monitor, October 2, 2020.

Interview with Yvonne Man and David Ingles, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Markets: China Open, September 2, 2020.

Quoted in Javier Hernandez, "As relations with U.S. sink, China tones down 'hotheaded' nationalism," New York Times, August 15, 2020.

Quoted in Lily Kuo, "'China is powerful now': Beijing's aggressive global stance sparks wave of nationalism," The Guardian, July 31, 2020.

The World, Public Radio International (PRI), "Are the U.S. and China headed for a new Cold War?" Interview with Marco Werman, July 27, 2020.

Quoted in Edward Wong and Steven Lee Myers, "Officials push U.S.-China relations toward point of no return," New York Times, July 25, 2020.

Quoted in Anna Fifield, Carol Morello, Ellen Nakashima and Shane Harris, "China pledges to retaliate after U.S. orders closure of its consulate in Houston," Washington Post, July 22, 2020.

Quoted in David Pierson, Alice Su, and Shashank Bengali, "China reins in nationalists clamoring for an invasion of Taiwan," Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2020.

Quoted in David Wertime, "What's next for Hong Kong," POLITICO China Watcher, May 27, 2020.

Quoted in Mark Magnier, "Amid US-China rancour, salvos are fired in 280 characters," South China Morning Post, June 2, 2020.

Quoted in Michael Crowley, Edward Wong, and Ana Swanson, "Rebuking China, Trump curtails ties to Hong Kong and severs them with W.H.O.," New York Times, May 29, 2020.

Quoted in Lily Kuo, "China prepares to stage annual congress - and pretence of business as usual," The Guardian, May 20, 2020.

Quoted in Tom Mitchell, "What Xi Knew: Pressure Builds on China's Leader," Financial Times, May 20, 2020.

Quoted in Chun Han Wong and Chao Deng, "China's 'Wolf Warrior' Diplomats are Ready to Fight," Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2020.

Quoted in Ann Scott Tyson, "For US-China Groups, the Enemy is COVID-19, not China," Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2020.

Interview with Rishaad Salamat and Selina Wang, "Making Sense of US-China Relations," Bloomberg TV, May 17, 2020.

Quoted in Paul Shinkman, "China threatens to sanction U.S. politicians for coronavirus criticism," US News & World Report, May 14, 2020.

Quoted in Edward Wong and Ana Swanson, "Some Trump officials take harder actions on China during pandemic," New York Times, May 1, 2020.

Quoted in Christina Wilkie, "Trump pulls punches and clings to his China trade deal as backlash against Beijing grows," CNBC, April 25, 2020.

Quoted in Vivian Wang and Amy Qin, "As coronavirus fades in China, nationalism and xenophobia flare," New York Times, April 16, 2020.

Quoted in Mark Magnier, "Beijing’s coronavirus-era diplomacy ‘is outflanking America’s’, but some cite overreach," South China Morning Post, April 1, 2020.

Quoted in Ann Scott Tyson, "Beijing is challenging global 'rules.' But some are pushing back." Christian Science Monitor, March 2, 2020.

Quoted in Steven Lee Myers and Edward Wong, "Coronavirus worsens US-China ties and bolsters hawks in Washington," New York Times, February 19, 2020.

Quoted in Anna Fifield, "China thinks 'patriotic education' built a loyal generation. But in Hong Kong? Not so fast," Washington Post, November 29, 2019.

Quoted in Emily Cochrane, Edward Wong, and Keith Bradsher, "Trump signs Hong Kong democracy legislation, angering China," New York Times, November 27, 2019.

Quoted in Alice Su, “Beijing whips up NBA anger, then winds it down, disappointing Chinese nationalists,” Los Angeles Times, October 17, 2019.

Quoted in Steven Lee Myers and Chris Buckley, "American Basketball vs. Chinese Hardball: Guess Who Won," New York Times, October 13, 2019.

Quoted in Yanan Wang, "Nationalism over NBA fandom: Fans support 'motherland' China," Associated Press, October 12, 2019.

Quoted in "China grooms celebrities to help spread patriotism," Bloomberg News, October 11, 2019.

Quoted in Edward Wong, "China's Global Message: We Are Tough But Not Threatening," New York Times, October 2, 2019.

Quoted in Shibani Mahtani, Gerry Shih and Tiffany Liang, "With threats and propaganda, China tries to silence support for Hong Kong protests," Washington Post, September 6, 2019.

Quoted in Michael Crowley and Edward Wong, "Trump's Hong Kong Caution Isolates Him From Congress, Allies and Advisors," New York Times, August 15, 2019.

Quoted in Edward Wong, "U.S. Versus China: A New Era of Great Power Competition, but Without Boundaries," New York Times, June 26, 2019.

Quoted in Chris Buckley and Steven Lee Myers, "Hong Kong Protests Raise Stakes for Xi's Hard-Line Agenda," New York Times, June 13, 2019.

Quoted in Lucy Hornby, "Three decades after Tiananmen, China's youth loses faith in US," Financial Times, June 2, 2019.

Quoted in Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher, "How Xi's last minute switch on U.S.-China trade deal upended it," New York Times, May 16, 2019

Quoted in Lucy Hornby, Bryan Harris, and Aime Williams, "China detains second Canadian citizen," Financial Times, December 13, 2018.

Quoted in Peter S. Goodman and Jane Perlez, "Money and Muscle Pave China's Way to Global Power," New York Times, November 25, 2018.

Quoted in Michael Holtz, "Emboldened China - and its webizens - telling foreign firms to fall in line," Christian Science Monitor, May 11, 2018.

Quoted in Chun Han Wong, "Why Xi's hands are tied in trade talks with U.S.," Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2018.

Quoted in "Pick for top diplomat seen as tight with the president," Associated Press, March 14, 2018.

Quoted in Robert Delaney, "Experts applaud Trump for firing 'out-of-step' Tillerson and bringing clarity to his China and North Korea policies - and they say McMaster could be next," South China Morning Post, March 14, 2018.

Quoted in Catherine Lai, "Hurt feelings: how foreign brands are proving to be a soft target as China wields its power," Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2018.

Quoted in Michael Holtz, "With thaw toward S. Korea, Beijing shelves patriot games - for now," Christian Science Monitor, November 29, 2017.

Quoted in Robert Delaney and Zhenhua Lu, "US defence chief tells North Korea to cease threats that risk 'end of regime and destruction of its people,'" South China Morning Post, August 10, 2017.

Quoted in Jesse Johnson, "China cries 'fake news' in reaction to report about U.S. Navy chief Harris," Japan Times, May 9, 2017.

Quoted in Zeeshan Aleem, "I read Trump's trade adviser's anti-China book. It's wilder than you can imagine," Vox, April 6, 2017.

Quoted in Cary Huang, "Will dream shared by Xi Jinping and Donald Trump become a nightmare?" South China Morning Post, April 5, 2017.

Quoted in Hannah Beech, "Children's Books and China's Crackdown on Western Ideology," The New Yorker, March 16, 2017.

Quoted in "Trump has 1.3 billion reasons not to pick a fight with China," Bloomberg, January 25, 2017.

"US-China Flashpoints in the Age of Trump," A ChinaFile Conversation, January 18, 2017.

Quoted in Zeeshan Aleem, "Why Rex Tillerson's comments on the South China Sea have Chinese state media up in arms," Vox, January 13, 2017.

Quoted in Cary Huang, "Is Obama's Diplomatic Legacy About To Be Erased?" South China Morning Post, January 10, 2016.

Quoted in Chris Buckley, "Trump's and Xi's Differences Magnify Uncertainties Between U.S. and China," New York Times, December 19, 2016.

Quoted in Cary Huang, "Are Trump's America and Xi's China on a Collision Course?" South China Morning Post, December 17, 2016.

Quoted in Tom Phillips, "Chinese state tabloid warns Donald Trump: 'pride goes before a fall,'" The Guardian, December 12, 2016.

Quoted in Zeeshan Aleem, "Trump is trying to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip with China. Bad idea." Vox, December 12, 2016.

Quoted in Caren Bohan and David Brunnstrom, "Trump says U.S. not necessarily bound by 'one China' policy," Reuters, December 12, 2016.

Quoted in 蔡晓颖, "分析：特朗普上台后两岸关系会有重大变化吗?" BBC Chinese 中文网, December 8, 2016.

Quoted in Stephen Collinson, "Trump and China on collision course," CNN, December 5, 2016.

Quoted in Jesse Johnson, "80% of Japanese fear military clash around Senkakus, poll finds," Japan Times, September 14, 2016.

Quoted in "Mao's long shadow: a difficult discussion for China," AFP, September 8, 2016.

Quoted in Jesse Johnson, "China puts Japan in cross hairs with blistering, sustained attack over alleged role in sea ruling," Japan Times, August 2, 2016.

Interview with Michael Lipin, "What's Behind China's Pattern of Stoking & Quashing Nationalism?" VOA China 360 podcast, July 23, 2016.

Quoted in Julie Makinen, "In US-China game of chicken over South China Sea, KFC feels the heat," Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2016.

Quoted in Andi Wang, "Dried Mango Has Become An Unlikely Symbol of Chinese Nationalism," PBS NewsHour, July 16, 2016.

Quoted in "Has the South China Sea ruling pushed China closer to a future war with the US?" South China Morning Post, July 14, 2016.

Quoted in Eric Fish, "Surveys found majority of Chinese actually supported South China Sea arbitration," Asia Society Asia Blog, July 14, 2016.

Interview with Michael Holmes, CNN international, July 13, 2016.

Quoted in Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, "After South China Sea Ruling, China Censors Online Calls for War," Foreign Policy, July 12, 2016.

"China’s Claims in the South China Sea Rejected," A ChinaFile Conversation, July 12, 2016.

Quoted in Jennifer Staats, "Puzzled by China's Foreign Policy? Look Inside Instead," US Institute of Peace, April 28, 2016.

Quoted in Nicholas Wu, "Domestic Troubles in the South China Sea Crisis," China Hands, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring 2016.

Quoted in Chun Han Wong, "Beijing Charts Course Between Nationalism, Diplomacy in South China Sea," Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2015.

"Making Waves in the South China Sea," A ChinaFile Conversation, October 28, 2015.

Quoted in Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian and Fergus Ryan, "'Stop Boasting and Fight,'" Foreign Policy, October 27, 2015.

Quoted in Hannah Beech, "A Show of China's Military Force Serves as Drumroll for US Visit," TIME Magazine, September 21, 2015.

Quoted in Edward Wong and Jane Perlez, "Beijing Turns Into Ghost Town as It Gears Up for Military Parade," New York Times, September 3, 2015.

Quoted in Emily Rauhala, "China to Cut 300,000 Soldiers, Speed Up Military Modernization," Washington Post, September 3, 2015.

Quoted in Vincent Ni, "透视中国：为何怪罪“敌对势力”做空股市?" BBC Chinese, July 22, 2015.

Q&A with Peter Larson, "3 Questions with Jessica Weiss," China Focus, July 19, 2015.

Quoted in Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, "Riding the Tiger of Anti-U.S. Sentiment in the South China Sea," Foreign Policy, June 1, 2015.

Quoted in Lucy Hornby, “China’s Comfort Women,” Financial Times, March 20, 2015.

Review of Powerful Patriots, Andrew Nathan, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2015 issue.

Quoted in Ben Dooley, "China brings sex slave issue into spotlight," Japan Times, January 9, 2015.

Interview with Radio France International concerning "One Country, Two Systems," December 21, 2014.

Quoted in Eric Fish, "A glimpse into Chinese nationalism," The Diplomat, November 7, 2014.

Review of Powerful Patriots, Richard McGregor, "The party and politics of popular protest," Financial Times, November 2, 2014.

Interview with Natalie Ornell, China Digital Times bookshelf, October 27, 2014.

Quoted in "解析'中国梦'的民族主义元素," Voice of America, October 23, 2014.

Interview with MSNBC, "Hong Kong protests not backing down as police remove barricades," October 13, 2014.

Q&A with David Wertime, "A New Era for Hong Kong," Foreign Policy, October 10, 2014.

Quoted in David Lynch, "China's Long Game With Taiwan Just Got Longer," Bloomberg, October 8, 2014.

Q&A with David Wertime, "Are Hong Kong's Protesters Getting Bamboozled?" Foreign Policy, October 3, 2014.

Quoted in Zack Beauchamp, "An expert explains how Hong Kong's protesters could actually win," Vox, October 2, 2014.

Interview with MSNBC, "China Blaming Western Influences for Hong Kong Protests," October 2, 2014.

Quoted in Jessie Lau, "Dozens of US universities stage rallies in support of Hong Kong's protesting students," South China Morning Post, October 2, 2014.

Quoted in Andrew Sullivan, "Neither Cracking Down Nor Backing Down," The Dish, October 1, 2014.

Podcast interview with the National Committee on US-China Relations, September 23, 2014.

Video interview with the Asia Society's ChinaFile, September 11, 2014.

Written interview with Wei Xing, "白洁曦谈中国民族主义," Oriental Daily (东方早报), September 3, 2014.

Mentioned in Edward Wong, "Q&A: Edmund Malesky on Vietnam and China," New York Times, June 30, 2014.

Mentioned in Alicia Wittmeyer, "The Delicate Art of Managing an Authoritarian Protest," Foreign Policy, May 13, 2014.

Interview with BBC World concerning Chinese protests over disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, March 25, 2014.

Mentioned in James Fearon, "Conflict in the East China Sea: Home Board Game Edition," Washington Post Monkey Cage, December 16, 2013.

Quoted in Rachel Lu, "Patriot Flacked: Why a nationalist screed warning of Western encroachment has just gone viral in China," Foreign Policy, December 5, 2013.

Quoted in Julie Makinen, "Anti-Japan protests in China spread to more cities," Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2012.