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  <title>Why the United States Needs China Expertise</title>
  <description> Fourteen years ago,&amp;amp;nbsp;nearly 15,000&amp;amp;nbsp;Americans were studying abroad in China – but now the number is&amp;amp;nbsp;less&amp;amp;nbsp;than 2,000.&amp;amp;nbsp;Fewer economic opportunities for Americans in China and&amp;amp;nbsp;changing&amp;amp;nbsp;U.S.&amp;amp;nbsp;perceptions&amp;amp;nbsp;of China&amp;amp;nbsp;are partially to blame for this decline,&amp;amp;nbsp;but&amp;amp;nbsp;the&amp;amp;nbsp;need for China&amp;amp;nbsp;expertise, particularly to&amp;amp;nbsp;craft&amp;amp;nbsp;effective foreign policy,&amp;amp;nbsp;is growing as&amp;amp;nbsp;China continues to rise.&amp;amp;nbsp;However, the U.S. government has shuttered or slowed&amp;amp;nbsp;some of the paths&amp;amp;nbsp;people used to&amp;amp;nbsp;take&amp;amp;nbsp;to study China, such as the&amp;amp;nbsp;Fulbright&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Peace Corp program.&amp;amp;nbsp;Why&amp;amp;nbsp;does the United States&amp;amp;nbsp;need China&amp;amp;nbsp;expertise&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;what&amp;amp;nbsp;does&amp;amp;nbsp;its loss&amp;amp;nbsp;mean for U.S. foreign policy?&amp;amp;nbsp;  Rory Truex&amp;amp;nbsp;joined us in&amp;amp;nbsp;December 2025&amp;amp;nbsp;to discuss the high barriers to studying China and&amp;amp;nbsp;the consequences a lack of China&amp;amp;nbsp;expertise&amp;amp;nbsp;could have for the future of U.S. foreign policy.&amp;amp;nbsp; Watch the video and learn more about the speaker here </description>
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