China’s soft power efforts have achieved sizable gains by enhancing the international community’s knowledge of the country, yet they have also attracted increased scrutiny in recent years.

The Carnegie Endowment and the China Reform Forum held a joint conference in Beijing to discuss the prevention and resolution of conflict in the Taiwan Strait. Leading analysts from both the United States and China discussed the different dimensions of cross-strait dynamics and the views and roles of regional players --most notably, those of the U.S.