Podcasts by The US-China Podcast

Americans Are Critical of China’s Global Role – Pew Research Center Study Shows from 2023-05-12T18:45

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China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order from 2023-05-08T17:33

Conflicts over specific rules lie at the heart of China’s maritime disputes, which are about much more than sovereignty over islands and rocks in the South and East China Seas. Rather, the main ...

How Can the U.S. and China Learn from Each Other’s Climate Policies? from 2023-05-02T14:02

Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) is on a mission to clean up severe air and water pollution in China. Ma Jun, founding director of IPE, discusses the innovation of the Blue Ma...

Speeding up Climate Mitigation around the World/The Clean Energy Transition in China from 2023-04-25T13:32

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China's nonprofit Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) was founded in 2006 to address severe air and water pollution in China and to help safeguard the global env...

Earth Day Special: Where do the U.S. and China stand on the climate crisis? from 2023-04-21T18:49

Is China ahead of the United States in developing green technology? Amid the tensions of great power competition and climate change, what can the U.S. and China learn from each other when it com...

Spy Balloons, Crisis Management, and Implications for U.S.-China Relations from 2023-04-19T14:45

The unauthorized entry of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon into American airspace has provided a unique opportunity to examine the ability of Washington and Beijing to handle diplomatic ...

Assignment China: An Oral History of American Correspondents in China from 2023-04-04T17:15

Reporting on China is challenging and important. Assignment China tells the stories of some of the American jo...

Seeking Truth from Fact: Key Indicators for China’s Economy in 2023 from 2023-03-27T18:19

On March 5, 2023, China set a GDP growth target of around five percent for 2023, which is lower than expected. What are the major challenges and risks for China’s economic growth in 2023 and bey...

Two Sessions, Many Implications from 2023-03-23T16:40

What are the implications of this year’s Two Sessions for President Xi Jinping and the latest roster of Party leaders, for those in the United States with a close eye on the U.S.-China relations...

Improbable Diplomats: How Ping-Pong Players, Musicians, and Scientists Remade U.S.-China Relations from 2023-03-17T18:13

Over the past few years, we have marked the 50^th anniversaries of official visits to China by then National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon. Historians ha...

Dictatorship and Information: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China from 2023-03-13T16:15

In Dictatorship and Information, Martin K. Dimitrov offers an approach t...

BONUS: How Concerned Should Americans Be About Chinese Espionage? from 2023-03-10T18:24

Ever since a balloon flew from China over the United States in February, concerns about surveillance have been at the forefront of U.S.-China relations. But the two countries have a long history...

The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy from 2023-03-06T18:56

With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s political authority unmatched, his sense of mission to restore what he believes is China’s natural position as a great power drives the nation’s foreign polic...

Digital Financial Revolution: Blockchain in the PRC from 2023-03-01T18:22

Since its advent in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, blockchain technology has taken the economic world by storm. Open-source blockchain transactions have increased the speed of, and trust...

Eyes on Ukraine Part III: The One-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion from 2023-02-22T19:11

In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, U.S.-China relations have continued to deteriorate; one factor is Beijing’s continued support of Moscow’s position and rhetoric. What does Beijing gain ...

Guide to China’s Climate Policy 2022 from 2023-02-10T17:17

Summer 2022 was hot! On June 25, the temperature in Hebei province reached 111.6°, breaking an all-time record. A few weeks later, the temperature in Shanghai hit 105.6°, the highest ever record...

Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China from 2023-02-01T17:09

Agents of Subversion reconstructs the story of a botched mission into Manchuria,...

War and Peace in the Taiwan Strait from 2023-01-18T19:52

As tensions continue to rise between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, analysts and officials warn of a growing risk of military conflict, which could poten...

Material Contradictions in Mao’s China from 2023-01-03T22:02

The growth of markets and consumerism in China’s post-Mao era of political and economic reform is familiar. The Mao period (1949–1976), by contrast, a time of scarcity, appears to have had littl...

Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives from 2022-12-21T16:53

Stephen Roach’s new book, Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives, examines the ominous trajectory of conf...

CHINA Town Hall: Jon M. Huntsman Jr. from 2022-11-21T16:22

Former Ambassador to China, Russia, and Singapore Jon M. Huntsman Jr. was the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2022, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our co...

Climate (in)Action Amidst U.S.- China Tensions from 2022-11-09T20:09

For much of 2022, the entire planet has been struggling to cope with extreme weather events, ranging from brutal heatwaves and severe droughts in some regions to record rainfall and catastrophic...

Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty from 2022-10-25T14:50

In Trafficking Data, Aynne Kokas examines how technology firms in the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, ex...

Texture on Taiwan: Deciphering Asia's Most Complex Hotspot | Jessica Drun, Lev Nachman, Sara Newland from 2022-10-20T18:29

In the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high profile visit to Taiwan in August, public focus on the island has reached a crescendo as Chinese military maneuvers and government rhetoric conti...

Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise from 2022-10-17T20:06

For several decades after “reform and opening” began in 1978, China’s leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy, assuring the world of its peaceful intentions. Then, as Susan Shirk...

Semiconductors and U.S.-China Relations from 2022-10-11T13:41

Semiconductors have become a critical policy issue around the world, making news because of their importance for everything from cellphones to nuclear weapons, as supply chain bottlenecks and po...

The China Questions 2: Critical Insights into U.S.-China Relations from 2022-10-03T18:56

For decades Americans have described China as a rising power. That description no longer fits: China has already risen. What does this mean for the U.S.-China relationship, for the global econom...

Power and Restraint in China’s Rise from 2022-09-28T16:00

How does restraint in Chinese statecraft challenge the standard narrative about rising powers’ behavior? Conventional wisdom holds that China’s rise is disrupting the global balance of power in ...

China’s Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China’s Rise and the World’s Future from 2022-09-22T18:18:31

Following decades of growth and development, Chinese officials, businesses, and institutions now play a critical role in every major global issue. The challenges posed by climate change, pandemi...

China’s Rise in the Global South: The Middle East, Africa, and Beijing’s Alternative World Order | Dawn Murphy, Lina Benabdallah from 2022-08-29T21:30:12

As China and the United States increasingly compete for power in key areas of U.S. influence, great power conflict looms. Listen

Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China from 2022-08-25T17:54:43

Will China become the global leader in higher education in the 21st century? The modern research university was born in 19th century Germany; during the 20th, the United States took the lead. In...

Latin America, China, and the United States: A Triangular Relationship | Álvaro Méndez, Margaret Myers, Xiaoyu Pu from 2022-08-22T22:23:52

China’s engagement and influence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have grown with the expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative into the region. Increased Am...

Ten Years of China's Belt and Road: Reflections and Recent Developments | Min Ye, Ka Zeng from 2022-08-05T14:12:13

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first discussed ten years ago. What has happened over the past ten years? Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, BRI’s current state and future trajectories are...

Taiwan, China, and the United States - What is at Stake? | Ryan Hass from 2022-08-02T19:43:42

Taiwan is a major flashpoint amid escalating tensions in U.S.-China relations. Ryan Hass, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains U.S. policy on Taiwan and China’s forceful reaction...

Daring to Struggle: China’s Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping | Bates Gill from 2022-07-31T21:19:54

Increasingly powerful, prosperous, and authoritarian, China under the leadership of Xi Jinping has become an increasingly intense competitor across the globe economically, technologically, diplo...

Threat Inflation and the Chinese Military | Michael Swaine from 2022-07-18T18:12:48

Find the link to Michael Swaine's report here: https://www.ncuscr.org/event/threat-inflation-chinese-military/

According to a recent report by Michael D. Swaine, framing the military chal...

Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong | Louisa Lim from 2022-07-10T20:58:11

What is Hong Kong? According to the British, a “barren rock” without meaningful history; to China, a part of Chinese soil from the beginning of time, finally returned to its rightful place in 19...

China’s Economic Challenge: Unconventional Success | Albert Keidel from 2022-06-27T21:33:44

In China’s Economic Challenge: Unconventional Success, Albert Keidel examines the economic approaches responsible for China’s 40 years of rapid growth, suggesting how such strategies might be ap...

Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern | Jing Tsu from 2022-06-09T15:44:31

Less than a century ago, China faced myriad challenges in catching up to a world that had passed it by technologically. In her new book, Kingdom of Charactes, Jing Tsu breaks down how the monumenta...

China’s Zero-COVID Policies: Impact and Implications | Silvia Lindtner, Melinda Liu from 2022-06-01T16:27:50

China is under scrutiny as it attempts to quash its largest COVID-19 outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. The latest wave of infections is the most serious in the country since the dis...

Americans' Negative Views on China: Latest Pew Survey Results | Laura Silver from 2022-05-17T18:48:46

According to a Pew Research Center report released in April, Americans view China's partnership with Russia as a serious problem for the United States, amid concerns over China's growing superpo...

North Korea's Missile Tests: What Do They Mean? | Sue Mi Terry from 2022-05-11T16:03:29

President Biden will visit Seoul in May for his first meeting with newly-elected South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, as both countries face increasing mutual concerns, including North Korea's fir...

Avoidable War: Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the U.S.&Xi Jinping's China | Kevin Rudd from 2022-05-04T17:05:27

A war between China and the United States would be catastrophic, but, unfortunately, is no longer unthinkable. In "The Avoidable War," Kevin Rudd demystifies the actions of both sides, describin...

U.S.-China Climate Finance Cooperation: Can We Avoid the Carbon Tsunami? | Kelly Sims Gallagher from 2022-04-26T15:56:08

The United States and China, as the world’s two largest economies and carbon emitters, have an opportunity to accelerate financing for low-carbon technologies, particularly in developing countri...

Chinese Media Coverage of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Xiaoyu Pu, Maria Repnikova from 2022-04-25T16:05:12

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the Chinese government has tried to walk a fine line of neutrality. It has abstained on UN resolutions and not condemned the Russian i...

Gang Chen’s Story and the End of the China Initiative from 2022-04-15T14:29:28

On January 20, 2022, a federal court in Boston dismissed charges against Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineering professor Gang Chen, who had been accused of concealing his affiliation...

Ping Pong Diplomacy’s 50-year Legacy: The Courtside View with Jan Berris from 2022-04-12T02:13:44

On April 12, 1972, the Chinese national ping pong team arrived in Detroit, the first unofficial visitors fr...

Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic | Terry Lautz from 2022-03-19T23:09:13

"Americans in China: Encounters with the People's Republic" tells the stories of a diverse assortment of men and women who have engaged with China as adversaries and emissaries, mediators and ad...

Two Sessions at a Turning Point | Victor Shih from 2022-03-16T19:24:10

The annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), colloquially known as the “Two Sessions” or “Lianghui,” feature the ga...

Eyes on Ukraine Part II: Strategic Implications for China, Russia, and the United States | Yun Sun from 2022-03-11T20:16:15

Since the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s position has come under scrutiny. Politically, for decades China has upheld the principles of territorial integrity and sovereign...

The World According to China | Elizabeth Economy from 2022-03-10T18:53:56

A populous superpower, China could transform the international system. Xi Jinping’s calls for China to “lead in the reform of the global governance system” suggest that he has precisely that amb...

Interlocking Rings: Image and Identity at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games | Amy Qin, Xu Guoqi from 2022-03-02T01:06:26

Regardless of where they are held, nationalism and identity affect how the Olympic Games are portrayed and perceived. 

In an interview conducted on February 22, 2022, New York Times corre...

Eyes on Ukraine: Strategic Implications for China, Russia, and the United States | Yun Sun from 2022-02-10T18:40:27

As global attention focuses on Russia's military buildup along its border with Ukraine, increasingly stronger ties between China and Russia raise concerns with the United States and its allies. ...

Is China a Communist Country? | Meg Rithmire from 2022-01-11T01:20:57

Meg Rithmire (Harvard Business School) gives an updated summary of China's unique political and economic system, describing its changing relationship towards Chinese businesses, citizens, and ev...

The China Paradox: At the Front Line of Economic Transformation | Paul Clifford from 2022-01-04T18:29:33

In his recently updated book, The China Paradox: At the Front Line of Economic Transformation, Paul G. Clifford documents the twists and turns of China’s dramatic and surprising rise over the la...

U.S.-China First Strike Showdown: Rising Nuclear Tensions | M. Taylor Fravel Tong Zhao from 2021-12-15T21:27:34

Not since China's detonation of its first atomic weapon in 1964 has the United States been so concerned with the country's nuclear capabilities. Recent satellite images suggest China is construc...

Rising to the Challenge: Advancing U.S.-China Relations | Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones from 2021-12-03T04:29:42

A new Brookings Institution report argues that the era of deepening ties between the United States and China ushered in by the 1972 Nixon visit to China is over, and suggests that frictions may ...

From Trump to Biden and Beyond: Reimagining U.S.-China Relations | Earl Carr, Carolyn Kissane from 2021-11-19T23:06:17

As President Biden’s first year in office coincides with the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s announcement that he would visit the People’s Republic of China, it seemed like a good time for...

What’s New?: A Discussion of the CCP Sixth Plenum | Jude Blanchette, Diana Fu from 2021-11-15T22:47:56

The Sixth Plenum of the 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee was held in Beijing November 8-11, laying the groundwork for a twice-a-decade party congress in 2022. The...

U.S.-China Relations&the Future of Global Supply Chains | Peter Cleveland, Mark Dallas, Brittany Masalosalo from 2021-11-09T19:28:21

In the past, supply chains were primarily understood through a lens of economic efficiency and competitiveness. Today, the conversation has shifted to a prism of various new concepts such as res...

The Meaning of AUKUS for China, Europe, and the U.S. | Theresa Fallon, Richard McGregor, Jason Kelly from 2021-10-25T19:37:01

On September 15, U.S. President Joe Biden, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a new trilateral security partnership described by PM Morrison...

Biodiversity Crisis: Demanding U.S.-China Action | U.S.-China HORIZONS from 2021-10-17T16:02:03

Li Shuo discusses the importance of biodiversity loss as an issue of mutual concern in the bilateral relationship and highlighted specific areas where cooperation is essential to the future of t...

China and the CPTPP: What’s the Deal? | Scott Kennedy from 2021-10-15T14:21:28

In September 2021, China formally submitted its application to join the large regional free trade agreement known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP...

Evergrande on the Edge: Implications of a Corporate Crisis | Meg Rithmire, Keith Abell from 2021-10-08T19:56:28

China’s massive real estate market has been shaken by recent news of property developer China Evergrande Group’s increasingly dire financial situation. What explains the company’s predicament, a...

China’s Population Crisis: Women and Society | Ye Liu, Carl Minzner from 2021-10-01T03:37:49

The results of China's 2020 census, released in May 2021, reveal that population growth over the past decade has been the lowest since the 1950s. China's government has now loosened some restric...

China's Crackdown on After-School Tutoring and its Implications | Wenchi Yu from 2021-09-10T15:22:22

In July, China’s State Council banned after-school tutoring. Companies that operate ed tech platforms or provide online education were forbidden from raising capital through IPOs, and listed com...

The Benefits, Challenges, and Long-Term Impact of Educational Exchange | Lenora Chu, Willie J. Thompson from 2021-08-26T22:34:48

Journalist and author Lenora Chu and senior associate consultant at The Bridgespan Group Willie Thompson discuss how their exchange experiences have shaped their views of, and enabled them to sp...

Trouble in Afghanistan: U.S.-China Influence in the Heart of Asia | Derek Grossman, Niva Yau from 2021-08-24T15:51:08

The U.S. military is pulling out of Afghanistan, a process that should be complete by August 31. Both China and the United States face looming strategic challenges as a result. America’s presenc...

Climate Change and National Security | Scott Moore from 2021-08-18T17:24:52

The adverse effects of climate change are already being seen in crippling high temperatures, prolonged droughts, and a seemingly constant stream of extreme weather events testing countries all o...

Surveying the Field: American International Relations and Security Programs Focused on China from 2021-08-11T21:04:39

On August 12, 2021, the National Committee on United States-China Relations published a report based on a survey of leading American academic centers, think tanks, and NGOs on China-related issu...

Japan's Foreign Relations: Balancing the United States and China | Ken Moriyasu from 2021-07-29T21:31:01

In recent years Japan has found itself increasingly at a crossroads between its post-War ally, the United States, and rising neighbor, China. U.S. Editor and Chief Desk Editor of Nikkei Asia, Ke...

Semiconductors: Competition at the Cutting Edge | U.S.-China HORIZONS from 2021-07-02T15:13:09

In many critical technology industries, the United States and China are locked in an intense competition for economic and innovative primacy. At the same time, the supply chains, talent pools, a...

U.S.-China Professional Exchange: Interview with NCUSCR Professional Fellows Program Alumni from 2021-06-22T17:19:05

National Committee Professional Fellows Program alumni Jo Nelson and Li Sai discuss the impact of their exchange experiences on their professional and personal lives and on their broa...

Difficult Choices: Taiwan’s Quest for Security and the Good Life | Richard Bush from 2021-06-16T16:38:06

Taiwan faces many internal issues, as well as pressures from China which exacerbate home-grown problems. Its responses to these internal and external challenges, and ultimately whether it can st...

Reflections on the Strategic Competition Act | Michael Swaine, Rachel Esplin Odell from 2021-06-08T19:41:58

The two sponsors of the Strategic Competition Act (S. 1169), Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator James Risch (R-ID), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,...

Major Power Rivalry in East Asia | Evan Medeiros from 2021-05-19T22:59:13

In an interview conducted on May 12, 2021, Dr. Evan Medeiros discusses how conflict and conflict prevention are becoming increasingly central to American China policy as competition prevails in ...

China's Science-Fiction Universe | Aynne Kokas, Jing Tsu, and Yilin Wang from 2021-05-12T19:20:38

In China, industry and political leaders are capitalizing on sci-fi’s unique ability to inspire the public and project a vision of the future that features China as a global innovation leader. E...

Deborah Seligsohn on the Geopolitics of Climate from 2021-04-23T00:07:58

The United States and China have pledged to work together to fight climate change. But is cooperation enough to stop global temperatures from rising past 1.5 degrees Celsius? Climate policy expe...

James Millward on Recent Developments in Xinjiang: Implications for the United States from 2021-04-07T19:06:44

Policies adopted by the People's Republic of China in Xinjiang since 2017 have garnered worldwide attention, as new technology has dramatically intensified methods of control and implicated Chin...

Confronting Anti-Asian Racism | Russell Jeung from 2021-04-02T03:46:17

Stop AAPI Hate co-founder Russell Jeung addresses the alarming reports of violence and crimes committed against Asian Americans over the past year. He examines the racist beliefs that often moti...

Anatomy of a Flop: Why Trump's U.S.-China Phase One Trade Deal Fell Short | Chad Bown from 2021-03-19T18:05:43

Dr. Chad Bown discusses the trade deal and prospects for American trade policies toward China in the new administration in an interview conducted on March 10, 2021.

In a February 8 report...

Yun Sun on the Myanmar Coup, China, and the United States from 2021-03-08T16:01:08

The February events in Myanmar have startled the world. While some countries quickly called the military takeover a coup, and U.S. President Joe Biden imposed sanctions to prevent the generals b...

Beyond Borders: China's Arctic Ambitions | U.S.-China HORIZONS from 2021-02-19T23:02:57

Arctic security and international relations expert Marc Lanteigne explores China's scientific, economic, and political interests in a rapidly changing region.

Dr. Marc La...

China's Distant Water Fleet | U.S.-China HORIZONS from 2021-01-13T20:50:40

Responding to domestic and international demand for seafood, China’s state-owned and private fishing enterprises have amassed the largest fleet of industrial long-distance ships in the world. Pr...

Margaret Lewis on Taiwan's Outlook for 2021 from 2021-01-12T17:11:14

A successful pandemic response helped reshape Taiwan’s image in 2020. Could a new U.S. administration further change the island’s prospects in 2021?

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