01Jul
Trump’s ‘brilliant stroke’ with China’s Xi a win for US, Michael Pillsbury says
Hudson Institute China strategy director Mike Pillsbury weighs in on the future of U.S.-China trade talks.
30Jun
U.S.-China Trade Talks Are Back On but Obstacles Remain
US-China Trade Talks Obstacles - Michael Pillsbury said, “In China, the hawks don’t want a free market and they want a more assertive China. On the American side, the base wants not to be ripped off or taken advantage of by China.”
30Jun
US, China set to resume trade talks
Hudson Institute China strategy director Mike Pillsbury weighs in on the future of U.S.-China trade
29Jun
Will Trump’s meeting with Chinese president restart trade talks?
President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi while attending G20 summit; Hudson Institute Center for
25Jun
At G-20 summit, Trump and Xi try to reach a deal without giving away too much
“Both are worried about critics if they make too soft a deal,” said Michael Pillsbury of the Hudson Institute, a China scholar who occasionally advises Trump. “But neither one seems to understand how the other one thinks.”
24Jun
On campaign trail, Trump and Biden clash over China as trade war deepens
Hudson Institute analyst Michael Pillsbury, an unofficial Trump adviser, countered that Biden subscribes to an outdated theory that China’s state-backed economic system will collapse, despite evidence that it has consistently surpassed projections and taken the lead in some cutting-edge technology.
Trump “has a sense that America is being ripped off by China,” Pillsbury said, “and he was elected to fix it.”
18Jun
What do Hong Kong protests mean for US-China trade talks?
Director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute Michael Pillsbury weighs in.
17Jun
China doesn’t seem to be phased by Trump’s tariffs: Michael Pillsbury
Hudson Institute senior fellow Michael Pillsbury gives his take on the U.S.-China trade negotiations. Source:
13Jun
President Xi Needs to Resolve This Directly With Hong Kong, Says Hudson Institute’s Pillsbury
Michael Pillsbury, director of Chinese strategy center at the Hudson Institute, discusses President Trump’s comments
12Jun
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Alex Castellanos, co-founder of Purple Strategies and analyst for ABC News
What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading now or finished? And why? “Michael Pillsbury’s ‘The Hundred-Year Marathon.’ Scared me
05Jun
Five books that explain how the Tiananmen protests shaped China
By James Kynge As a young reporter, I witnessed the massacre of protesters in central
04Jun
Michael Pillsbury: Trump’s top name on China policy
Pillsbury, as the director for Chinese Strategy at the conservative Hudson Institute, was invited by the Center for China and Globalization to talk about trade. I'd never expected to get the interview from the China hawk, so his acceptance caught me by surprise.
