Yeling Tan
@yelingtan.bsky.social
Professor at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government; Non-resident senior fellow at Peterson Institute for International Economics; research on political economy / China / globalization / economic security
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Washington thought coercion would keep China down. But as @yelingtan.bsky.social @Mark Dallas @himself.bsky.social & @abenewman.bsky.social show, it did the opposite. Dependence became danger — and China learned to turn US pressure into its own power. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/america-th...
America, the Bumerang Master
How Washington Built Chinese Leverage Over...Washington (on Tan, Dallas, Farrell, Newman)
geoeconomic.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Washington thought coercion would keep China down. But as @yelingtan.bsky.social @Mark Dallas @himself.bsky.social & @abenewman.bsky.social show, it did the opposite. Dependence became danger — and China learned to turn US pressure into its own power. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/america-th...
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Hedged globalization reflects most countries’ desire to have nothing to do with today’s superpower competition, observes @yelingtan.bsky.social.
The Emergence of “Hedged Globalization”
Yeling Tan highlights the steps countries are taking to avoid becoming pawns in the US-China competition.
www.project-syndicate.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hedged globalization reflects most countries’ desire to have nothing to do with today’s superpower competition, observes @yelingtan.bsky.social.
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Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social on #BBCRadio4 today at 4pm BST discussing the UK's relationship with China 👇
US tariffs have left many countries wondering what President Trump will do next. But should the UK align more closely with China? Listen to Rethink on BBC Radio 4 with @benansell.bsky.social
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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... the UK's relationship with China
Should the UK seek closer diplomatic and trade links with China?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social on #BBCRadio4 today at 4pm BST discussing the UK's relationship with China 👇
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'China is ready for this fight.'
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theatlantic.com's latest piece on the escalating trade war between the US and China. 👇
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theatlantic.com's latest piece on the escalating trade war between the US and China. 👇
What If China Wins the Trade War?
The United States could still prevail if it does everything right. The problem is that the Trump administration is doing everything wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'China is ready for this fight.'
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theatlantic.com's latest piece on the escalating trade war between the US and China. 👇
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theatlantic.com's latest piece on the escalating trade war between the US and China. 👇
New article alert! How US shocks provide a focal point for reorganizing China’s domestic tech policies + institutions
Analyzing close to 0.5mil Chinese news articles&an original corpus of policy docs, @yelingtan.bsky.social, Mark Dallas, @himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social find that US shocks produce a shift away from technological interdependence, toward security-focused self-reliance
tinyurl.com/sqaf017
tinyurl.com/sqaf017
Driven to Self-Reliance: Technological Interdependence and the Chinese Innovation Ecosystem
Abstract. States face a dilemma on how to balance gains from technological advancement with the risks of dependence. Technology is central to government ob
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April 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New article alert! How US shocks provide a focal point for reorganizing China’s domestic tech policies + institutions
Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social for the honor!
🎉 Congratulations to Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social on being named to
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social's Forward Thinkers list!
Her work on globalisation, development & policy in China and Asia is helping shape global conversations. 🌎
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@projectsyndicate.bsky.social's Forward Thinkers list!
Her work on globalisation, development & policy in China and Asia is helping shape global conversations. 🌎
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Project Syndicate's Forward Thinkers List - Project Syndicate
As the world grapples with escalating economic and political upheavals, fact-based commentary and analysis are more vital than ever. As old orthodoxies are called into question, there is a growing…
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April 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social for the honor!
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'At the end of the day, the fate of the two giant economies will remain intertwined.'
Prof @yelingtan.bsky.social shares her insight in @fortune.com's latest on rising trade tensions between China and the US 👇
Prof @yelingtan.bsky.social shares her insight in @fortune.com's latest on rising trade tensions between China and the US 👇
Trump's 'punitive' China tariffs could end trade between the world's two largest economies—and that would be painful, volatile and dangerous
Can U.S.-China trade survive in a post-145% tariff world?
fortune.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
'At the end of the day, the fate of the two giant economies will remain intertwined.'
Prof @yelingtan.bsky.social shares her insight in @fortune.com's latest on rising trade tensions between China and the US 👇
Prof @yelingtan.bsky.social shares her insight in @fortune.com's latest on rising trade tensions between China and the US 👇
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What are countries like Côte d'Ivoire supposed to do? 90% of their exports to the U.S. are cocoa beans and natural rubber - can you build those behind the tariff wall?
No.
My latest for @piie.com on the disaster these #tariffs may mean for many resource-dependent developing economies.
No.
My latest for @piie.com on the disaster these #tariffs may mean for many resource-dependent developing economies.
The new tariffs do not mirror tariffs developing countries impose on the US, nor account for different economic conditions & fiscal realities shaping tariff regimes in poorer countries—& ignore basic realities of institutional capacity, resource endowment, & geography. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:
Trump's April 2 tariff spree could cripple developing economies
President Donald Trump presented his new tariffs on April 2 as a pragmatic, "reciprocal" trade policy intended to balance trade between the US and its trading partners. But the tariffs on imports from...
www.piie.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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‘China now faces a delicate balancing act.’
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theguardian.com as #China condemns the new #tariffs placed on them by the US. 👇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theguardian.com as #China condemns the new #tariffs placed on them by the US. 👇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
China condemns ‘unilateral bullying’ as it calls on US to drop tariffs
Chinese commerce ministry says ‘there is no way out for protectionism’ as tariffs rise from 20% to 54%
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
‘China now faces a delicate balancing act.’
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theguardian.com as #China condemns the new #tariffs placed on them by the US. 👇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theguardian.com as #China condemns the new #tariffs placed on them by the US. 👇
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Interesting from NYTimes on US jobs exposed to retaliatory tariffs in Trump:Harris counties: China tariffs ~2.3 to 1; EU ~1.5 to 1; Canada ~1.3 to 1. EU & Canada, >6m US jobs exposed. China, <1.6m. China retaliatory tariffs smaller in jobs magnitude, but more intensely targeting Trump counties.
March 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Interesting from NYTimes on US jobs exposed to retaliatory tariffs in Trump:Harris counties: China tariffs ~2.3 to 1; EU ~1.5 to 1; Canada ~1.3 to 1. EU & Canada, >6m US jobs exposed. China, <1.6m. China retaliatory tariffs smaller in jobs magnitude, but more intensely targeting Trump counties.
Join us for our conference on China and the World on Thursday March 20! Co-hosted with Oxford’s China Centre, Columbia University and Harvard University.
EVENT: 2025 Annual China and the World Programme Conference 🇨🇳
Join Prof Yeling Tan and fellow China experts from Oxford, Columbia & Harvard for a deep dive into great power rivalry, geo-economics & global tensions.
📆 20 March, 9:00-18:00 at the School
Register ⬇️
Join Prof Yeling Tan and fellow China experts from Oxford, Columbia & Harvard for a deep dive into great power rivalry, geo-economics & global tensions.
📆 20 March, 9:00-18:00 at the School
Register ⬇️
March 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Join us for our conference on China and the World on Thursday March 20! Co-hosted with Oxford’s China Centre, Columbia University and Harvard University.