What Does China Want?
From The Impossible State by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
November 24, 2025 · 38 min
About this episode
The episode discusses China's role as either a status quo power or a revisionist state with ambitions to reshape the global order.
Dr. Victor Cha, Dr. Zenobia Chan, and Ms. Henrietta Levin discussed whether China is a status quo power with limited global aims, or a revisionist state with goals of expanding power and reshaping the global international order, and more.
People in this episode
Guests: Dr. Victor Cha, Dr. Zenobia Chan, Ms. Henrietta Levin
Topics covered
- China's global aims
- status quo power
- revisionist state
- international order
- geopolitics
Keywords
- China
- geopolitics
- international relations
- status quo
- revisionist state
- global power
- Victor Cha
- Zenobia Chan
- Henrietta Levin
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
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