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Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War

The US-China Podcast - April 05, 2024 17:23 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
David M. Lampton’s new book addresses a core critique of the management of Sino-American relations across eight administrations: that naïve American elites conflated their hopes for democracy and a globally responsible China with the actual prospects for those ends, and, in the process, traded a...

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Has engagement with China failed? | U.S.-China Counterpoints

The US-China Podcast - April 02, 2024 17:23 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
At the height of the Cold War, the United States made a bold political gamble to engage with an underdeveloped and politically isolated China. Engagement policy transformed not only the Cold War political landscape, but the trajectory of history: China is now one of the largest and most powerful...

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#7 Two Giant Neighbors of the Pacific Islands: U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - March 29, 2024 17:25 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions affected by and navigating through U...

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China’s Role in Red Sea Security

The US-China Podcast - March 25, 2024 20:11 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The United States and its allies have been combating Houthi attacks that have left vital Red Sea shipping lanes vulnerable. China, however, has contributed little to these international efforts. Tensions have risen amid calls for China to join the international effort, prompting discussions on t...

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Where Will China’s Economy Go in 2024?

The US-China Podcast - March 22, 2024 16:02 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
China’s economy is infused into every aspect of the U.S.-China relationship. With tighter U.S. export controls on chips, new technology developments in China, a slowdown in consumer activity, rising electric vehicle competition, and prickly government relations, the Chinese and American economie...

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Perspectives on 2024’s Two Sessions

The US-China Podcast - March 19, 2024 20:51 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), known as the “Two Sessions” (“Lianghui”), feature the gathering of political leaders in Beijing each spring to announce plans and goals for the coming year. In 2024, faced ...

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How a Rusting Warship Became the Hotspot of the South China Sea

The US-China Podcast - March 15, 2024 16:01 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Second Thomas Shoal, a feature in the South China Sea, is highly contested: both China and the Philippines claim sovereignty over this area and have confronted each other repeatedly around the shoal, stirring tensions that have escalated into a military confrontation between the two countries. ...

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#6 Who are Serbia's partners? : U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - March 08, 2024 10:28 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions affected by and navigating through U...

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Studying in China as a Black Man/How Black Musicians Brought Jazz to China

The US-China Podcast - March 01, 2024 15:14 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Part 1 In 1997, Marketus Presswood was the only Black student in his language program in Beijing, China. His experience navigating race, culture, and identity between China and the U.S. shaped his current research into socio-cultural interactions between Africa, the African Diaspora and China ...

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#5 US & China's Power is Transforming Kenya: U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - February 23, 2024 18:32 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions affected by and navigating through U...

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What is it like to study abroad in China as a Black student?

The US-China Podcast - February 16, 2024 17:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
NCUSCR staffers Elisabeth Fisher and Bailey Johnson discuss their experiences studying in China, how they balanced exploring a new culture and developing their own identities, and the importance of Black History Month through the study abroad experience.  Find their bios here: https://www.ncus...

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#4 Poland on the Edge of NATO: U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - February 10, 2024 02:44 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions affected by and navigating through U...

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Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia

The US-China Podcast - February 05, 2024 15:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Meg Rithmire’s book, Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia, compares state-business relations in China, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It explains why initial partnerships for growth between political and business elites disintegrated into corruption and financial instability i...

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Americans Feel More Threat from China Now than in Past Three Decades – Chicago Council on Global Affairs Survey

The US-China Podcast - January 29, 2024 16:45 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
According to a Chicago Council survey conducted in September 2023, Americans are more concerned about China’s rise now than at any point since the end of the Cold War. A record level of Americans consider China’s transformation into a global power to be a threat to U.S. interests, and are more l...

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#3 Nepal landlocked in a "gigantic neighborhood": U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - January 26, 2024 10:44 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions affected by and navigating through ...

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#2 What is Italy trying to signal?: U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - January 19, 2024 14:02 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions affected by and navigating through U...

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Analyzing Taiwan's Election Results

The US-China Podcast - January 16, 2024 10:40 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Nearly 20 million voters in Taiwan went to the polls over the weekend to elect a new president.  The a results will have outsize importance to Taiwan’s future, its relations with the United States and China, as well as U.S.- China relations more broadly. With the votes now counted, the incumbent...

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#1 Don't make Southeast Asia choose sides: U.S.-China & the World

The US-China Podcast - January 12, 2024 14:08 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S.-China & the World is an interview series investigating how the U.S.-China relationship impacts societies, economies, and policies around the globe. Through short interviews with local experts, this series takes a closer look at the countries and regions impacted by and navigating through ...

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Introducing U.S.-China & the World!

The US-China Podcast - January 12, 2024 10:53 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Apparently, the U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Why, and for whom? Introducing our new segment on The US-China Podcast, U.S.-China & the World! Experts from around the world tell us about how the U.S.-China relationship impacts their countries...

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China on My Mind | Mary Brown Bullock

The US-China Podcast - December 29, 2023 15:19 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The United States and China are at a crossroads today. Will the two nations be enemies, or will they continue to engage with each other? Mary Brown Bullock, who first visited China nearly 50 years ago, explores this question in her latest book, China on My Mind.  Her memoir describes being a mis...

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India, China, and the US in Space

The US-China Podcast - December 22, 2023 17:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
In the summer of 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a lunar-exploration mission, making India the fourth country to land on the moon. Now that India has joined China and the United States in the ranks of major space-faring countries, there is huge potentia...

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Global Frontiers and the Making of Modern China

The US-China Podcast - December 04, 2023 10:34 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Shellen Wu’s new book, Birth of the Geopolitical Age: Global Frontiers and the Making of Modern China traces the global history of the frontier in the twentieth century, particularly in China. The global history approach offers a new perspective on the continuities and evolution of the construc...

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What's Next for Taiwan? Examining an Unprecedented Election Season

The US-China Podcast - December 01, 2023 19:08 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The candidates for Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election, set for January 13, 2024, were finally announced on Friday, November 24 after a dramatic failure of opposition parties to form a coalition against Taiwan’s ruling party. One factor setting this election apart from those previous is the...

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Warming Ties between the U.S. and Chinese militaries? Beijing Xiangshan Forum

The US-China Podcast - November 28, 2023 16:23 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a high-level security and defense gathering, was convened from October 29 to 31 for the first time since 2019, with the theme, “Common Security, Lasting Peace.”  Delegates from over 40 countries, including the United States and Russia, attended.  What took place? Wha...

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What did Biden and Xi accomplish at APEC 2023?

The US-China Podcast - November 22, 2023 16:08 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
U.S. President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the APEC summit in San Francisco on November 15, 2023. After what Biden referred to as “some of the most constructive and productive discussions we’ve had,” the two leaders separately announced progress on key ...

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Xi Jinping addresses the American Public at National Committee- hosted dinner

The US-China Podcast - November 16, 2023 23:32 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Last night the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and The US-China Business Council co-hosted People's Republic of China President Xi Jinping following the long-anticipated meeting between Presidents Biden and Xi Jinping during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San F...

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What will Joe Biden and Xi Jinping discuss at APEC?

The US-China Podcast - November 14, 2023 17:23 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
What can senior leaders do to ease tensions between the United States and China? U.S. President Joseph Biden and PRC President Xi Jinping are set to meet this week at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit. It would be the first time President Xi Jinping has visited the United State...

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How Powerful is Xi Jinping?

The US-China Podcast - November 13, 2023 15:51 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
We are re-running an episode recorded in 2022 with Harvard University professor Yuhua Wang on Xi Jinping’s power and influence leading up to the meeting between Presidents Joseph Biden and Xi Jinping at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit this week.   Listen to the original r...

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Ma Ying-jeou Reflects on Cross-Strait and U.S.-China Relations

The US-China Podcast - November 10, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
Dr. Ma Ying-jeou, former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), has been studying the dynamic across the Strait for over 30 years. In 2015, Dr. Ma met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore, the first face-to-face meeting between leaders from both sides of the Taiwan Strait since t...

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Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady on Why Sports Diplomacy is a Slam Dunk

The US-China Podcast - November 06, 2023 19:55 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations held our annual black-tie Gala Dinner on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at The Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. NBA All Stars Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady dive into their friendship, highlighting the importance of sports diplomacy and people-to-people e...