S2E75: Why Beijing now sets the agenda for US-China ties

About this episode

Ravi Velloor discusses the evolving US-China relationship with expert Wang Xiangwei, highlighting China's new role in setting the agenda.

Can Trump and Xi’s new ‘constructive’ framework bring stability to the US-China dynamic? Synopsis: The Straits Times’ senior columnist Ravi Velloor distils 45 years of experience covering the Asian continent, with expert guests. In this episode, host Ravi Velloor speaks with Wang Xiangwei, the eminent Hongkong-based China scholar and former editor-in-chief of South China Morning Post. Wang, who is soon heading to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Senior Visiting Fellow, offers a Chinese perspective on the changing dynamics of the US-China relationship, with Beijing now treated as a near-peer by Washington, and increasingly able to set the agenda. US President Donald Trump, he says, is the most China-friendly person in his Cabinet and the days when even Chinese garlic was treated as a national security risk are long over.  In an odd way, China does not wish to see the US retrench from Asia entirely. Highlights (click/tap above): 1:26 How things have changed in US-China ties  5:20 ‘G-2’ is in place now, and China a peer equal 8:55 Goodbye, Indo-Pacific  13:20 Up ahead, long period of stability 16:17 For the first time…

People in this episode

Host: Ravi Velloor

Guest: Wang Xiangwei

Topics covered

• US-China relations
• political dynamics
• China's influence
• international relations
• trade and investment
• Asian politics

Keywords

• US-China ties
• Beijing
• Trump
• China scholar
• international stability
• trade
• investment
• Asian politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Kennedy School of Government, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times

Places: China, US, Asia, Washington

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