[02:28] China’s Objectives & Success in Africa [06:02] China’s Political Model & Engaging Political Elites [12:27] China-Africa Support at the UN [14:47] Declining Chinese Investments [16:04] Public Opinion and US-Chinese Competition [22:19] Debt Strains on Relations [25:45] Chinese Propaganda in Africa
[00:00] Topic and Guest Introduction [02:31] Information Collection Capabilities [07:25] Chinese Motivations [10:40] Reaction to Shot Down Balloon [13:59] Mil-Mil Dialogue [16:59] Leverage Over China [19:15] Guidance from Past Incidents [22:08] Risk Reduction Measures [24:47] Balloon Incident and Xi Jinping [27:32] Wartime Use of Balloons
[01:59] Xi’s Relationship with Kim Jong-un [05:12] 1961 Treaty on Friendship [09:48] Chinese Economic Assistance [12:33] Impact of US-DPRK Negotiations [16:02] Sino-American Divergence on North Korea [21:05] A Seventh Nuclear Test [25:30] South Korean Nuclear Deterrence
[1:42] Xi Jinping’s Public Diplomacy at the G20 Summit [4:30] Qin Gang’s New Approaches [5:50] Internal & External Pressures on China’s Behavior? [9:59] China-Australia Relations [15:32] Allyship & Challenges in Southeast Asia [18:27] US-China Relations [23:48] Indicators of Changes to China's Foreign Policy
[01:34] China’s Interests in the Middle East [03:25] Chinese Engagement During the Past Decade [05:54] Xi’s Trip to Saudi Arabia [08:22] Security and the Sino-Middle Eastern Relationships [11:05] Role of Multilateral Institutions [14:09] Perceptions of Huawei [18:12] Perceptions of Xinjiang [22:39] The Sino-Iranian Relationship [26:24] China’s Role in Conflicts
[1:40] China’s Approach to Energy Security [4:45] Dependence on Russia’s Energy [14:08] Oil Partnerships with the Gulf [16:41] Decarbonization & Energy Security Goals [19:41] China’s Overseas Energy Investments [22:23] US-China Energy & Climate Change Cooperation
[2:20] UN Significance & China’s Objectives [8:25] China’s Veto Power [11:17] UN Security Council Reform [13:53] China’s Funding Contributions [18:13] China’s Leadership in UN Agencies [25:21] Influence on WHO & COVID-19 [28:47] China’s Future Role in the UN
[01:26] Criticism of Scholz’s Trip [5:18] Scholz’s Trip Aspirations [8:40] German and European Perceptions of the trip [11:33] Xi Jinping’s Gains & Sino-German Relationship [13:20] Germany’s China Strategy [21:38] Germany’s Changing Taiwan Policy
[1:41] Xi Jinping’s Political Report: Main Themes [3:27] The International Environment and Implications [7:59] Taiwan [13:21] China’s Reform of the Global Governance System [16:23] The PLA and China’s Military Modernization [20:51] US-China Competition: Xi Jinping’s Approach Going Forward [23:48] Personnel Arrangements
[2:01] China’s Objectives in the Global Media Environment [5:22] Evolution of CCP’s Tactics, and Investments [8:22] Levels and Effectiveness of Chinese Media Influence [18:03] Approaches in Less/Non-Free Countries [20:02] Government, Civil Society, & Journalists’ Resilience [26:29] Erosion of Governance
[2:21] Shanghai Five and the SCO [6:22] Takeaways from Xi Jinping’s Visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan [10:16] Russia-China Dynamic in Central Asia [15:07] Public Attitudes Toward China [17:34] Xinjiang and Government Responses [19:08] China’s Approach to Central Asia’s Energy Resources [21:33] Turkey and Expanding SCO Membership
[1:28] China's Dominance in Global Supply Chains [3:50] Role of China's Industrial Policy [9:08] Implications of Variables Affecting Supply Chains [13:37] US Policy Response and the CHIPS Act [20:36] Made in China 2025 [24:54] Economic Coercion, Vulnerabilities, and an Effective Response
[1:38] Beijing's Goals and Signals [5:43] People’s Liberation Army and Advanced Planning [7:20] A New Normal? [11:44] Learning from the Recent Drills [13:58] China’s Interpretation of US Response [16:40] Mobilization, Confidence, and Capabilities [26:43] US Congress’ Taiwan Policy Act and China’s Reactions
[1:51] Beijing’s Objectives [5:43] China’s Vision for the International Order [8:49] GSI’s Relation to US-China Competition [10:45] "Meat and Bones" over Time [14:47] “Indivisible Security” [16:37] India and Others' Perspectives on GSI [21:27] Sino-Russian Alignment: Implications for China’s Global Security Governance Ambitions?
Episode Highlights: [1:30] Duterte’s China Policy [4:36] Change under the New Marcos Government? [6:53] Philippines’ Relations with the United States [8:45] Public Opinion in the Philippines toward China [14:10] Joint China-Philippines Energy Exploration Talks [17:15] Railway Projects Loan Agreements with China [19:14] Future Developments
China’s Global Development Initiative (GDI) was launched by President Xi Jinping on September 21, 2021. In a speech at the General Debate of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, Xi stated that, in the face of the severe shocks of the coronavirus pandemic, the world needed to work together to steer global development toward a new stage of balanced, coordinated, and inclusive growth. The GDI was meant to achieve those objectives as well as the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable De...
Lithuania-China relations is an interesting case study for how Beijing deals with small states and how it applies economic pressure on target countries to change policies that it views as damaging to Chinese interests. Tensions in Lithuania-China relations arise from numerous sources, including the decision by Vilnius to withdraw from the 17+1 mechanism between China and Central and Eastern European countries and its agreement to allow Taiwan to establish a representative office in Vilnius under...
On May 26, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken delivered a long-awaited speech on the Biden Administration’s approach to the People’s Republic of China. Separate from the speech itself, there is a China strategy document that remains classified. Blinken’s speech, which did not contain any surprises, introduced a new catchphrase for the Biden administration’s strategy toward China, the only country “with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the economic, diplomatic...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol formally began his five-year term on May 10, 2022. His predecessor, former president Moon Jae-in, attempted to strike a balance between ties with China and the United States during his term, but whether he was able to successfully advance South Korean interests is unclear. Concurrently, public attitude in South Korea toward China has continued to harden, as Yoon pledged to prioritize the country’s alliance with the United States. China’s relationship with No...
On April 19, the PRC signed an agreement with the Solomon Islands that has prompted concerns in the United States, New Zealand, and Australia about growing Chinese influence that some worry could lead to a Chinese military presence in the Solomons. The Pacific Islands countries are scattered over a broad expanse of ocean and are widely seen as strategically significant. Yet, the region only receives episodic attention from the United States and other leading countries. Beijing has stepped up its...
In this episode, Bonnie Glaser hosts Singapore’s Ambassador Bilahari Kausikan to discuss several international trends and their strategic significances. They discuss the implications of the war in Ukraine for the global order, particularly the Indo-Pacific, the consequences of growing strategic alignment between China and Russia, the possible endgame of the US-China strategic competition, and Southeast Asia’s future. Ambassador Kausikan is a former Ambassador-at-Large in Singapore’s Ministry of ...
Europe’s relations with China have been on a downward trajectory the past few years. The list for this decline is long: Europe’s concerns about human rights violations in Xinjiang, Chinese sanctions on EU parliamentarians, European uneasiness about PRC plans to dominate key strategic technologies, Chinese rebuff to international law in the South China Sea and its military pressure on Taiwan. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the resulting civilian causalities further strained relations...
On March 25, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India and met with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, marking the first high-level visit by a Chinese official to India since the 2020 Galwan Valley incident in which both Chinese and Indian soldiers were killed. Since the 2020 incident, both militaries have ramped up troops, weapons deployments, and infrastructure in the disputed region. Arranged at the initiative of Beijing, Wang Yi’s ...
On the orders of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the Russians invaded Ukraine just after the close of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and a few weeks after Putin and Xi Jinping inked a sweeping joint statement that challenged the United States as a global power, opposed NATO enlargement, and condemned liberal democracy as a model for the world. To investigate China’s stance on the conflict and to better understand the interests that Beijing is trying to protect and advance in the Ukraine ...
Link to the Arctic development white paper: 中国的北极政策-新华网 (xinhuanet.com)
Foreign press correspondents reporting in China experience a host of challenges—and not just because of the Covid-19 pandemic and China’s rigorous “zero COVID” policy. As the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s recently released annual report on media freedom details , foreign journalists in China are encountering increasingly stringent visa restrictions, harassment, surveillance, and risk of expulsion or even arrest. Emily Feng joins Bonnie Glaser on China Global to discuss the challenges f...
The post-World War II international system was created primarily by liberal democracies committed to the rule of law, free markets, and universal human rights. They launched multilateral institutions to advance their shared values and norms. China has long said that it views the international system as unjust and unfair, but for a long time, it had little ability to change it. Today, China not only has the means, but its leader Xi Jinping—who is likely to get a third five-year term in power this...
The Beijing Olympics will be held next month, and China faces both the challenge of Covid-19 spreading to several Chinese cities and growing criticism of its policy in Xinjiang, which has led some countries—including the United States—to declare diplomatic boycotts. Taking place in March, the National People’s Congress will have important implications for China’s economic policy, among other issues. Personnel rotations around the country are already beginning to take place and will continue thro...
China’s engagement with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean has grown significantly in the past decade. The Chinese government describes its cooperation with the region as focused on numerous areas: trade and investment, agriculture, energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, and technological innovation. Nineteen governments across Latin America and the Caribbean have joined Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative. Competition between China and Taiwan in the region remains fierce, ...
