Communication Amid Competition: A Conversation with Chen Dongxiao

About this episode

Scott Kennedy interviews Chen Dongxiao about China's role in global politics and the U.S.-China relationship.

On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Chen Dongxiao, the President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He discusses how China's shifting role to the center of global politics and economics has shaped his career, and he offers a frank assessment of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship during the late-Biden and early Trump administrations. The discussion concludes with a strong defense of the value of U.S.-China track-2 dialogue for thinking creatively about the world's most important challenges and offering reforms to global institutions.

People in this episode

Host: Scott Kennedy

Guest: Chen Dongxiao

Topics covered

• U.S.-China relations
• global politics
• track-2 dialogue
• international studies
• economic competition

Keywords

• China
• U.S.-China relations
• Chen Dongxiao
• global politics
• track-2 dialogue
• Biden
• Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, U.S.-China, Biden, Trump

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