About this episode

Dr. Da Wei discusses China's expectations for the upcoming Trump-Xi summit and the current state of U.S.-China relations.

In this episode, Dr. Da Wei joins the ChinaPower Podcast to preview this month's Trump-Xi summit in Washington, D.C., and to discuss China's expectations for the meeting. He examines how Beijing views the current trajectory of U.S.-China relations, why he believes the relationship may be entering a more stable phase, and how economic and technology competition, Taiwan, and the war in Iran could shape the leaders' discussions. Da Wei is Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy and Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University in China.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Da Wei

Topics covered

• U.S.-China relations
• Trump-Xi summit
• economic competition
• technology competition
• Taiwan
• war in Iran

Keywords

• Trump-Xi summit
• China
• U.S.-China relations
• Da Wei
• economic competition
• technology competition
• Taiwan
• Iran

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University

Places: Washington, D.C., China, U.S., Iran

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