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June 25, 2014
Australia’s View of China’s Rise
, June 21, 2014
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott recently visited the United States, 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 does it think of America’s rebalance to Asia?
The following guests discuss these issues on China Takes Over the World.
Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies in the School of International, Political & Strategic Studies at the Australian National University, and author of The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power
Bates Gill, CEO of the U.S. Studies Centre at the University of Sydney
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Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.
June 13, 2014
China’s Cyber Espionage
, June 14, 2014
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 guests join China Takes Over the World to discuss the indictment, its impact on Sino-American relations, the Obama administration’s strategy for dealing with Chinese cyber attacks and U.S. preparedness for cyber warfare.
David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent of The New York Times
Dr. Larry Wortzel, commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, U.S. Congress
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June 9, 2014
Russia’s Pivot to Asia
, June 7, 2014
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 the implications for global energy security?
The following two guests join us to discuss.
Geoff Dyer, former China bureau chief of the Financial Times and author of The Contest of the Century: The New Era of Competition with China—and How America Can Win
Ed Chow, Senior Fellow of the Energy and National Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.
June 2, 2014
Can China Take Over the World While Remaining Unfree?
, May 31, 2014
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 China Takes Over the World to discuss.
• Andrew Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
• Wang Juntao, Chinese political dissident and a leader of the 1989 democracy movement
Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.
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May 27, 2014
China’s View of Tensions in Asia
, May 24, 2014
What are China’s views on regional tensions, territorial disputes and the U.S. pivot to Asia? Are there steps that could be taken by all sides to help dial back tensions in the region? The following scholars join China in the World to discuss.
Huang Jing, Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Wu Xinbo, Director of the Center for American Studies and Executive Dean of the Institute of International Studies, Fudan University
Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.
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May 20, 2014
U.S. Containment, China’s “Peaceful Rise”
WSJ.com, May 20, 2014
–Commentary by Ying Ma
Even as China grows increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, the United States maintains that it’s not attempting to contain China. At the same time, China continues to insist it’s firmly committed to its “peaceful rise.” Are both sides faking it?
The answer is complicated. Some believe the answer is yes, while others that both sides are hedging to defend their respective interests and avoid open confrontation.
The U.S. has been unequivocal in stating that containment is not its goal. While in Asia last month, U.S. President Barack Obama declared, “We are not interested in containing China.” His comment was no surprise — to recognize containment as official U.S. strategy would trigger angry reactions from Beijing, reduce Chinese cooperation with the U.S. in crucial areas and inflame or create conflicts.
Beijing has reasons not to be convinced, though. The U.S. pivot to Asia, announced during Obama’s first term, clearly seeks to introduce breathing room to China’s economic dominance of the region. Most notably, the Obama administration has been hard at work to advance the Tran-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade agreement that excludes China but includes those friendly to America—most notably Japan, China’s archrival. The U.S. military also plans to shift forces to the Asia Pacific, and has announced plans to base 60% of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific by 2020.
Read the entire article on WSJ.com.
U.S. Containment, China’s “Peaceful Rise
WSJ.com, May 20, 2014
–Commentary By Ying Ma
Even as China grows increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, the United States maintains that it’s not attempting to contain China. At the same time, China continues to insist it’s firmly committed to its “peaceful rise.” Are both sides faking it?
The answer is complicated. Some believe the answer is yes, while others that both sides are hedging to defend their respective interests and avoid open confrontation.
The U.S. has been unequivocal in stating that containment is not its goal. While in Asia last month, U.S. President Barack Obama declared, “We are not interested in containing China.” His comment was no surprise — to recognize containment as official U.S. strategy would trigger angry reactions from Beijing, reduce Chinese cooperation with the U.S. in crucial areas and inflame or create conflicts.
Beijing has reasons not to be convinced, though. The U.S. pivot to Asia, announced during Obama’s first term, clearly seeks to introduce breathing room to China’s economic dominance of the region. Most notably, the Obama administration has been hard at work to advance the Tran-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade agreement that excludes China but includes those friendly to America—most notably Japan, China’s archrival. The U.S. military also plans to shift forces to the Asia Pacific, and has announced plans to base 60% of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific by 2020.
Read the entire article on WSJ.com.
May 19, 2014
Uighur Attacks in China
The latest episode of China Takes Over the World features the following two guests.
Michael O’Hanlon, a coauthor of Strategic Reassurance and Resolve: U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-First Century, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Mike argues that competition between China and the United States is inevitable but can be limited to avoid the worst outcomes.
Ethan Gutmann, veteran investigative journalist and author of The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China’s Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem. Ethan talks about the recent horrific attacks in China that the government has condemned as acts perpetrated by Uighur separatists.
Listen to this episode .
Hosted by Ying Ma, is a program about China’s growing economic, political and military power. It airs at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday in Hong Kong on RTHK Radio 3, a channel of the city’s public broadcast station. Previous episodes of the show are available on podcast via iTunes.
May 12, 2014
Is the U.S. Pivot to Asia an Effort to Contain China?
, May 10, 2014
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 broader U.S. pivot to Asia constitute a thinly veiled effort to contain China’s rise?
The following guests joined China Takes Over the World to discuss.
• Admiral Gary Roughead, U.S. Navy (ret.), former chief of naval operations, and one of only two officers in the navy’s history to have commanded both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets
• Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and former special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia at the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration
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May 5, 2014
Nasty Disputes in the South China Sea
, May 3, 2014
China Takes Over the World talks to Carlyle Thayer about China’s territorial disputes with neighbors in the South China Sea. Thayer is the Director of Thayer Consultancy and emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales (Canberra). He explains how China’s assertion of territorial claims has evolved over time and why countries in Southeast Asia have become increasingly alarmed by China’s actions.
In the second half of the program, we are joined by Wentong Zheng, Assistant Professor of the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida. He challenges the conventional wisdom that private firms in China operate independently of state largesse or state directives. In fact, his research shows that successful firms in China, regardless of ownership, are captured by the state and thrive as a result of state benefits, close ties to state actors and agencies, and a willingness to carry out the policies or preferences of the ruling political party.
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