The U.S.’s relationship with 

China 
relationship, 
fraught 

with 
friction 
and 
rising 

competition, will most likely 
not improve under President-
elect Donald Trump, according 
to 
David 
Shambaugh, 
a 

professor of political science 
and international affairs at 
George Washington University 
who spoke at the Ford School of 
Public Policy Thursday.

About 60 people gathered 

to listen to Shambaugh discuss 
his views on the state of U.S.-
China relations today and their 
projected evolution over coming 
decades. His lecture is the first 
of several organized by the 
Lieberthal-Rogel 
Center 
for 

Chinese Studies on U.S.-China 
relations over the next year in 
the context of the U.S. election, 
as well as upcoming changes in 
Chinese leadership next fall.

Shambaugh 
began 
his 

talk by noting that there is 
friction 
between 
the 
two 

nations, especially regarding 
the past and present U.S. 
presidents’ 
wishes 
to 
hold 

China accountable as a world 
power. 
Though 
Shambaugh 

said the Obama administration 
implemented policy generally 
continuous with actions of 
the 
Bush 
administration, 

Obama’s 
more 
left-leaning, 

internationally based policies 
lead to greater mistrust from 
the Chinese government.

“If there was a shift from 

Bush to Obama, it was Obama’s 
even greater embrace of the 
global governance dimension of 
the relationship,” he said.

However, Shambaugh added 

that though it is important 
to 
recognize 
the 
fraught 

nature 
of 
the 
U.S.-China 

relationship, there are also 
several 
positive 
dimensions 

and 
interdependencies 
that 

act as buffers between the 

competitive countries — such 
as billions of dollars in two-way 
trade, investments and export 
markets. He also emphasized 
the strong relationship between 
Michigan and cities in China.

“We’ve got sister city and 

sister 
state 
relationships, 

including 
Michigan’s 
own 

long-standing 
relationships 

in China,” Shambaugh said. 
“Governor Snyder’s done a great 
deal to increase that, but it goes 

back, in fact, to when I was a 
student here.”

But 
despite 
relationships 

between 
specific 
provinces 

and states, Shambaugh said 
two-thirds of the public in 
both countries view each other 
with mutual distrust due in 
part to the countries’ differing 
ideologies, as well as China’s 
rapidly growing commercial 
and political presence. He stated 

LoftSmart, a New York-based 

startup 
seeking 
to 
connect 

college students with off-campus 
housing, is hoping to make an 
impact in the Ann Arbor market. 

Sundeep Kumar, co-founder 

and 
chief 
operating 
officer, 

said the new website hosts off-
campus rental listings in college 
towns, including information, 
reviews and the ability to connect 
with the landlord and sign a lease 
online.

“If you think about it, a lot 

of 
students 
make 
(housing) 

decisions based on word of 
mouth, what friends have told 
them or what they have seen 
on street signs and stuff like 
that,” Kumar said. “At the end 
of the day, they might not know 
everything there is to know 
about that place.”

Co-founder and CEO Sam 

Bernstein 
formulated 
the 

original idea for the site at the 
University of Virginia and Kumar 
said he randomly met Bernstein 
in March of this year at a bar in 
Austin, Texas. Soon thereafter, 
Kumar formed a partnership 

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See CHINA, Page 3

For the majority of refugees 

coming to the United States, the 
process of entering the country 
is long and difficult, especially 
for those who have experienced 
trauma and then have to prove 
it happened to gain asylum. 
However, according to a new 
University study, this burden of 
proving persecution or trauma is 
made considerably lighter with 
the provision of a professional 
medical examination.

Bridgette 
Carr, 
law 

professor and director of the 
Human Trafficking Clinic at 
the 
University 
of 
Michigan, 

said refugees have to provide 
substantial evidence of their 
persecution or trauma to be 
granted asylum. Trauma can 
range 
from 
domestic 
abuse, 

religious 
persecution 
or 

persecution because of sexuality 
or nationality.

“In America, asylum seekers 

can put themselves in one of 
two categories: They can have 
experienced persecution in the 
past, and that past persecution 
can be enough that they get 

See REFUGEES, Page 3

After two crime alerts for 

hate 
crimes 
occurred 
near 

the University of Michigan’s 
campus in Ann Arbor last 
month, Kinesiology sophomore 
Brianna Kennedy has started 
taking SafeRide, a free after-
hours transportation system, 
every night to get home after 
a full night of studying — and 
she’s not the only one taking 
extra precautions.

“(Walking home alone) is not 

something I would choose to do 
if I had the option not to with 
SafeRide or the bus,” Kennedy 
said. “I would choose that over 
walking home because of the 
recent incidents and all that’s 
been going on.”

On 
the 
Friday 
after 

President-elect Donald Trump’s 
win, a female Muslim student 
was approached by a man who 
demanded she take off her 
hijab, threatening to light her 
on fire if she refused. Days 
later, another female student 

was pushed down a hill after 
being ethnically intimidated 
on campus. As well, several 
incidents have occured that 
have not been sent out as alerts. 
Two weeks ago, an unknown 
man cut a woman’s face with 
a safety pin on East Liberty 
Street, four men assaulted a 
University lecturer and an Ann 
Arbor resident found swastikas 
drawn on his door.

Since 
the 
incidents 
and 

the 
subsequent 
increased 

in student demand for more 
safety resources, SafeRide has 
expanded its usual 10 p.m. to 2 
a.m. hours to 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., 
driving students within a one-
mile radius of the Central and 
North campuses.

“I think it’s helpful,” Kennedy 

said. “Just with it being winter 
and the fact that it gets darker 
earlier. So (the new hours) keep 
in mind the students.”

Steve 
Dolen, 
executive 

director 
of 
Logistics, 

Transportation and Parking, 
declined to cite the alerts as 
a reason for the expansion in 

See SAFE RIDE, Page 3

The the percentage of Black 

students 
at 
the 
University 

of Michigan decreased by a 
margin of 0.51 points for the 
2020 graduating class. At the 
same time, number of Hispanic-
identifying students rose by 0.82 
percent in this year’s freshman 
class, according to enrollment 
statistics released last month 
— an increase from 344 total 
students to 428.

The fluctiations followed a 

long-term trend of low minority 
enrollment at the University. 
Kedra Ishop, the vice provost 
for 
enrollment 
management, 

cites Proposal 2 — which banned 
Affirmative Action in the state — 
as a leading cause for low Black 
student enrollment. However, 
Ishop noted the University is 
still investigating other potential 
reasons for the decrease.

“We pursue many courses 

of action to improve diversity 
on 
campus, 
and 
some 
are 

unsuccessful,” Ishop said. “We 

are currently researching this 
decrease in African-American 
enrollment. We will be looking 
at what kinds of students we 
lost, and why we had fewer 
African-American students. Was 
it because of financial aid, was 
it because of program selection, 
was it because they got into 
Harvard? These are all things 
that we can use to inform us 
going forward.”

The ongoing decrease in Black 

student enrollment has been 
a cofus of student activity on 
campus for decade. It spiked in 

2013 #BBUM, where students 
shared their experiences of being 
Black at the University on Twitter. 
University 
alum 
Capri’Nara 

Kendall, former speaker of the 
Black Student Union, expressed 
frustration with the low Black 
and Latino student enrollment in 
an interview in 2015.

“Talk to me when minority 

enrollment is out of the 4 percent; 
when we’re looking at more of a 
7-percent enrollment for African 
Americans,” Kendall said in 2015. 
“We’re looking for more of a 

SeeENROLLMENT, Page 3

LoftSmart 
aims to ease 
search for 
A2 housing

BUSINESS

Website launched at 
University of Virginia 
expands to Ann Arbor

CALEB CHADWELL

Daily Staff Reporter

Political science professor predicts 
stagnant future relations for U.S.-China

David Shambaugh says friction has come to characterize relationship

KAELA THEUT
Daily Staff Reporter

Study says 
med. exams 
aid claims 
for ayslum

SCIENCE

Refugees often struggle to 
establish proof of trauma, 
researchers find

ANDREW HIYAMA

Daily Staff Reporter

Student use 
of nighttime 
safety efforts 
sees increase 

CAMPUS LIFE

University piloting expansion of 
SafeRide program

NISA KHAN

Daily Staff Reporter

TIM COHN

Daily Staff Reporter

Hispanic enrollment at ‘U’ grows 
slightly with 2016 freshman class

University says socioeconomic diversity also sees boost

