How does the United States Perceive China?

How does the American government view Chinese people and products and how has this view changed as U.S.-China relations have changed? Viola Zhou joined us in April 2025 to discuss how curiosity towards China turned into skepticism. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video here. This interview is part of our Faultlines series that examines the strategic differences between the United States and China. The two nations differ in how they see economic, military, cultural, and governance issues, but was this always the case?  By examining the view from both sides of the faultline we can piece together how we got here and where we're going next.