1、September 2021 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A.Cleared for Public Release DIM-2021-U-030666-Final CNA Information Memorandum|1 Views from the Peoples Republic of China on US-China Relations since the Beginning of the Biden Administration Amanda Kerrigan Background This memo is part of a larger effort by CN
2、As China&Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division that is examining how allies,partners,and the PRC are assessing US policy in the Indo-Pacific.It focuses on how PRC subject matter experts were viewing US policy toward Beijing during the initial first few months of the new US administration.Introducti
3、on The inauguration of President Joseph Biden in January 2021 presented an opportunity for the United States and the Peoples Republic of China(PRC)to reassess the trajectory of their relationship.Just as political analysts and“China watchers”in the United States have watched the Biden Administration
4、s approach to the PRC with interest,so too have“US watchers”in the PRC.These US watchers include professors at key PRC universities,retired government and military officials,and researchers at government-affiliated think tanks.This paper captures the themes articulated by these subject matter expert