As the U.S.-China bilateral relationship continues down a path of strategic competition, understanding the dynamics between Washington’s close partners and Beijing might offer policy lessons and opportunities to mitigate global tensions or crises. Join Kerry Brown in conversation with Evan Medeiros…
In this podcast episode with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dennis Wilder discusses U.S.-China trade tensions and the prospect of negotiations ahead of U.S. president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's upcoming meeting on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Korea.
In her new book, Politicizing Business: How Firms Are Made to Serve the Party-State in China, Ning Leng reveals a hidden dimension of China’s political economy: the Chinese state has never granted businesses full autonomy. Instead, officials systematically treat firms as political instruments, extracting services that advance careers and maintain social control—often at the expense of business interests, economic efficiency and sustainable development.
