The Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs is grateful to each of the authors for their time and insight, to the participants in the October workshop for their generous commentary and feedback, to Sara Abdulla for her sharp guidance and editorial support, to Brian O’Keefe and the SAIS communications team for overseeing the production of this report, and to the Open Society Foundations, whose generous support made this report possible.
ACF, SAIS, and JHU do not take specific policy positions; accordingly, all views expressed herein should be understood to be solely those of the author(s).
Cite this report: Weiss, Jessica Chen, ed. Getting China Right at Home: Addressing the Domestic Challenges of Intensifying Competition. Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 2025. https://acf.sais.jhu.edu/getting-china-right-home.html.
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