China Takes Over The World

Lincoln Leong, deputy CEO of MTR Corporation, joins us to talk about MTR’s recent controversies, its expansion outside of Hong Kong, and how MTR’s experience in Hong Kong may or may not apply to Mainland China’s efforts to modernize transportation inf...

Is China breaking international law by refusing to participate in arbitration with the Philippines to resolve their territorial disputes in the South China Sea? Why are U.S.-China military ties improving amid rising tensions between China and U.S. all...

Since 2004, China has had a permanent land-based presence in the Arctic. It currently has multiple research stations in the regio and deploys the largest non-nuclear ice breaker in the world. It also recently launched its 6th Arctic expedition. What ...

Part 1: A couple of weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with South Korean President Park Geun-hye for their fifth bilateral summit. The summit marked the first time that a new president in China has visited South Korea before visiting China’s ...

According to the China Global Investment Tracker, a database on Chinese foreign investment, China has invested nearly $38 billion in the Canadian market since 2005. Canada ranks behind Australia and the United States as the third largest market for Ch...

In the past 15 years, China has become a hugely important player in Latin America. According to a study conducted by the United Nations, China will surpass Europe as Latin America’s second largest trading partner in 2016. While the United States rema...

In this episode, we discuss South Korea's view of China's rise and warming relations between the two countries. We also talk about Alibaba's impending IPO, its new e-commerce site in the United States and its global ambitions. The following g...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited the United States last week, and China was a topic of concern in his conversations with President Barack Obama, congressional leaders and other U.S. audiences. How does Australia view China’s rise and what...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently unsealed an indictment of five members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army for economic cyber crimes against American entities. China has accused the U.S. of fabrication and hypocrisy. The following gues...

Amid the tensions in Ukraine and Western sanctions on Russia, Moscow and Beijing recently signed a $400 billion gas supply agreement. Is this Russia's version of a "pivot" to Asia? Did Beijing or Moscow get the better end of the bargain? And what are ...

With the 25th anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen massacre soon upon us, we pose this question: Can China take over the world while remaining unfree and undemocratic? The following guests join us to discuss. • Andrew Nathan, the Class of 191...

What are China's views on regional tensions, territorial disputes and the U.S. pivot to Asia? Are there measures that could be taken by all sides to help dial back tensions in the region? The following scholars join us to discuss. · Huang Jing...

A new book titled Strategic Reassurance and Resolve: U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century says that competition between China and the United States is inevitable but it can be limited to avoid the worst outcomes. Michael O’Hanlon, a coaut...

President Obama returned to Washington from Asia last week. Did he accomplish what he set out to do with his visit? Do America’s friends and allies in the region feel properly reassured? Do the initiatives announced during Obama’s visit and the broad...

  Prof. Carlyle Thayer, Director of Thayer Consultancy, and emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales (Canberra), joins us in the first segment to discuss China’s territorial disputes with neighbors in the South China Sea. We cover th...

President Barack Obama is in Asia for a week-long visit and on his itinerary are Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan. He won't be visiting China, but China has been and will remain a major focus of Obama's discussions with leaders in the...

We're joined in the first segment by Mr. Bruce Linghu, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, former Director-General of North American Affairs of Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Taiwan's former ambassad...

Relations between China and Japan have been conspicuously strained in recent years over territorial disputes and historical issues. Nationalism in both countries has fanned the flames of hostility and made conflicts appear much more intractable. ...

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan later this month. China’s rise and its territorial disputes with neighbors in Asia are expected to be a major focus of Obama’s upcoming trip. What shoul...

Countries like China have been frustrated that they have no place other than dollar assets to invest most of their reserves. Yet even as out-of-control spending is threatening U.S. fiscal solvency, other countries continue to purchase U.S. debt. In h...