To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the China in the World podcast, Paul Haenle is interviewing five of the most respected Chinese international affairs scholars to discuss this important inflection point in U.S.-China relations. For the first episode in this series, Haenle spoke with Cui Liru, former President of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. During the episode, Haenle and Cui discuss lessons from the past 40 years of the bilateral relationship, central areas of cooperation and competition, and a future framework that will allow China and the U.S. to avoid conflict. Cui asserts that U.S. and Chinese interests are not fundamentally incompatible, but that the relationship is in a fragile transition period that will require each country to work harder to better understand the other side’s common and diverging interests.
Listen to the Other China in the World Fifth Anniversary Podcasts:
- “Devising a New Formula for Global Leadership,” with Yan Xuetong
- “China Is Rising Faster,” with Wang Jisi
- “China’s Shift to a More Assertive Foreign Policy,” with Shi Yinhong