Understanding Chinese Power
From Pekingology by Center for Strategic and International Studies
March 5, 2026 · 51 min
About this episode
The episode features a discussion on China's national power and economic strategies with Zoe Liu.
In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Zoe Liu, Fellow in China Studies with the Council on Foreign Relations. They discuss Zoe’s new Foreign Affairs piece, China’s Long Economic War: How Beijing Builds Leverage for Indefinite Competition. Zoe offers a new framework for understanding China’s national power, evaluating the country’s evolving capacity, capital, character, and credibility.
People in this episode
Host: Henrietta Levin
Guest: Zoe Liu
Topics covered
- Chinese power
- economic competition
- national power
- China studies
- international relations
Keywords
- China
- economic war
- national power
- Henrietta Levin
- Zoe Liu
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Affairs, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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