On January 17, 2025, Jude Blanchette, Founding Director of the RAND China Center, visited the Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU). The following colleagues attended the meeting with Mr. Blanchette: Prof. Yu Tiejun, President of IISS; Associate Prof. Guan Guihai, Executive Vice President of IISS; Prof. Wang Jisi, Founding President of IISS; Associate Prof. Jie Dalei, Associate Prof. Lei Shaohua, and Associate Prof. Qi Haotian, Senior Research Fellows at IISS; Prof. Zhao Minghao, Senior Research Fellow and Professor at the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University; Associate Prof. Li Chen, Senior Research Fellow at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China; Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University; Jia Zifang, Lecturer at China Foreign Affairs University; Zhao Jianwei, Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Research Fellow at the School of International Studies, PKU; and Hu Ran, Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The two sides engaged in exchanges on U.S. foreign policy, China-U.S. relations, and related issues.

Editor: Li Fangqi

Photographer: Zheng Peijie