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In this episode of The Negotiation, host Todd Embley is joined by Mark Kruger, a Senior Fellow at the Yicai Research Institute, Centre for International Governance Innovation, and the University of Alberta's China Institute. Formerly with the Bank of Canada for three decades, Mark now resides in Shanghai and writes regularly for Yicai Global, where he offers clear, data-driven analysis on China's economy. In today's episode, Todd and Mark dig into China's macroeconomic outlook in the wake of proposed new tariffs from Donald Trump and why Mark believes the country's 5% growth target remains achievable despite external pressure.The conversation explores Mark's recent columns, including “Is China's 5 Percent GDP Growth Credible?” He shares insights into the resilience of the Chinese economy, fiscal and monetary policy expectations, consumer confidence trends, and the ongoing property sector adjustment. Mark also weighs in on how Canada should navigate its own economic relationship with China during a time of rising global protectionism.Stay tuned for a sharp, timely conversation with one of the most thoughtful observers of China's economic evolution.Discussion Points:Why Trump's tariffs may not derail China's 5% GDP growth targetSigns of strength in China's Q1 economic dataThe resilience of Chinese consumer confidenceHow China's export profile is becoming more diversifiedPotential fiscal and monetary responses from Beijing to rising trade tensionsThe role of infrastructure investment and new manufacturing sectors in bolstering growthThe status and long-term management of China's property sectorCanada's strategic positioning in the context of US-China trade tensionsKey risks and tailwinds shaping China's medium-term economic outlookWhat foreign businesses should keep in mind when interpreting China's economic trajectory

China fired off a sweeping package of robust countermeasures on Friday—including a 34 percent tariff hike and rare earth export controls—in response to the latest round of sweeping tariffs adopted by the administration of United States President Donald Trump.上周五，中国推出了一系列强有力的反制措施，包括提高34%的关税和稀土出口管制，以回应美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政府采取的最新一轮大规模关税。More forceful and precise counterstrikes are still in Beijing's pocket if Washington persists with its unilateral trade bullying, several sources confirmed to China Daily.据多位消息人士向《中国日报》证实，如果华盛顿方面继续单边贸易霸凌，北京方面仍有可能采取更强力、更精准的反击措施。As approved by the State Council, the country's Cabinet, China will impose an additional 34 percent tariff on all US-origin imports starting on April 10. Simultaneously, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs announced immediate export restrictions on seven key medium to heavy rare earth elements, as China Daily first reported on Thursday.经国务院批准，中国将从4月10日起对所有原产于美国的进口产品征收34%的额外关税。据《中国日报》周四率先报道，商务部和海关总署同时宣布立即对七种关键的中重稀土元素实施出口限制。These elements—samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium and yttrium—are crucial elements for manufacturing key products used in semiconductor, defense, aerospace and green energy.这些元素——钐、钆、铽、镝、镥、钪和钇——是制造半导体、国防、航空航天和绿色能源所用关键产品的关键元素。Citing their dual-use nature in both military and civilian industries, a spokesman for the Commerce Ministry said: "Imposing export controls on them is a common international practice. As a responsible major country, China's decision to regulate these items reflects its consistent position of firmly safeguarding world peace and regional stability."商务部发言人表示，这些元素涉及军民两用领域，“实施出口管制是国际通行做法。中国作为负责任大国，决定对这些产品实施管制，体现了坚定维护世界和平和地区稳定的一贯立场。”Other measures include filing a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization over the US' "reciprocal tariffs", launching an industry competitiveness investigation and an anti-dumping investigation regarding imported medical CT tubes from the US and India, adding 16 US entities to the export control list and 11 US companies to the unreliable entity list, and canceling import qualifications for certain US companies.其他措施还包括就美国“对等关税”向世界贸易组织提起诉讼、启动产业竞争力调查以及对原产于美国和印度的进口医用CT射线管发起反倾销调查、将16家美国实体列入出口管制名单、将11家美国公司列入不可靠实体名单、取消部分美资企业的进口资格等。Tu Xinquan, dean of the China Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, said that such rapid, intensive and multi-pronged countermeasures are unprecedented in the world's history, proving that China will not sit back amid unilateral bullying tariffs.对外经济贸易大学中国世界贸易组织研究院院长屠新泉表示，如此迅速、密集、多管齐下的反制措施在世界历史上前所未有，表明中国不会坐视单边霸凌关税的威胁。"This isn't just tit-for-tat. These countermeasures, including both tariff and nontariff measures, aim to directly hit the weak spots of the US to make it feel the real pain," said Tu.“这不仅仅是针锋相对，这些包括关税和非关税措施的反制措施，都是要直击美国的薄弱环节，让其真正感受到痛点。”屠新泉说。Bai Ming, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said that China, as the world's second-largest economy, has taken the lead in resisting US trade protectionism.中国商务部国际贸易经济合作研究院研究员白明表示，中国作为世界第二大经济体，在抵制美国贸易保护主义方面走在了前列。"These countermeasures are not only to protect China's own interests, but also to safeguard the stable operation of the global trading system," he emphasized.“这些反制措施不仅是为了维护中国自身的利益，也是为了维护全球贸易体系的稳定运行。”他强调。The State Administration for Market Regulation, China's top market regulator, also announced on Friday night that it has launched an investigation into DuPont China, a subsidiary of the US company DuPont, for suspected monopolisticpractices in violation of China's Anti-Monopoly Law.中国国家市场监督管理总局周五晚间宣布，已对美国杜邦公司旗下的杜邦中国有限公司展开调查，理由是其涉嫌违反中国《反垄断法》的垄断行为。All of the moves came after China, a major trading partner of the US, was hit with a 34 percent so-called reciprocal tariff by the Trump administration on Wednesday, in addition to a 20 percent tariff imposed earlier this year.这一系列举措是在中国这一美国主要贸易伙伴遭到特朗普政府周三加征所谓34%的“对等关税”之后采取的，此前美国已在今年早些时候对中国加征了20%的关税。Further counterstrikes could include tightening export controls on more critical raw materials vital for US high-tech manufacturing, new energy transformation and defense projects, and further escalating the blocking of key technologies used in extracting and processing strategic minerals, said two sources close to the matter, who asked for anonymity.两位要求匿名的知情人士表示，进一步的反击措施可能包括加强对美国高科技制造、新能源转型和国防项目至关重要的原材料的出口管制，并进一步加大对战略矿产开采和加工关键技术的封锁。China accounts for at least 85 percent of rare earth refining, 77 percent of cobalt refining, 82 percent of tungsten production, 80 percent of antimony processing capacity, and 90 percent of the world's synthetic graphite production. These are all critical materials for defense, new energy batteries, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing.中国占全球稀土精炼产能的至少85%，钴精炼产能的77%，钨产量的82%，锑加工产能的80%，以及人造石墨产量的90%。这些都是国防、新能源电池、半导体和先进制造业的关键材料。Beyond nontariff measures, China could still adopt additional tariffs on certain US products, particularly agricultural goods. Having already imposed tariffs on key US farm products, China is weighing further increases, another source added.除了非关税措施外，中国还可能对某些美国产品，特别是农产品征收额外关税。另一位消息人士补充说，中国已经对美国主要农产品征收关税，并正在考虑进一步提高关税。Chen Wenling, former chief economist at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said, "China could follow the cases of countries like Canada and levy tariffs on US products in a high range of 250 percent to 390 percent according to different situations."中国国际经济交流中心前首席经济学家陈文玲表示：“中国可以效仿加拿大等国家的做法，根据不同情况对美国产品征收250%至390%的高额关税。”The latest tariff from the Trump administration is provoking a strong global reaction.特朗普政府的最新关税政策引发了全球强烈反应。International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that the sweeping tariffs presented "a significant risk to the global outlook at a time of sluggish growth".国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯塔利娜·格奥尔基耶娃警告称，在经济增长乏力的背景下，这种大规模关税举措“给全球前景带来重大风险”。Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization, expressed deep concern on Thursday over the decline in global trade and the potential for an escalating tariff war sparked by US tariff measures. Iweala said in a statement that the US tariff measures will have "substantial implications for global trade and economic growth prospects".世界贸易组织总干事恩戈齐·奥孔乔-伊维拉周四对全球贸易下滑以及美国关税措施引发关税战升级的可能性表示深切担忧。伊维拉在一份声明中表示，美国关税措施将“对全球贸易和经济增长前景产生重大影响”。Michael Hart, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, has said that AmCham China is not in favor of widespread tariffs, and it advocates constructive dialogue and policy predictability to reduce volatility in trade relations.中国美国商会会长迈克尔·哈特表示，中国美国商会不赞成大规模征收关税，主张建设性对话和政策可预测性，以减少贸易关系的波动。Quoting a report from the chamber that more than half of its member companies said they plan to increase investments in China this year, he said that ensuring that businesses can operate competitively and with greater certainty benefits both countries' economies and supports global economic stability.他援引商会的一份报告称，超过一半的会员公司表示计划今年增加对华投资，他说，确保企业能够更具竞争力和确定性地运营，有利于两国经济，并支持全球经济稳定。Oliver Zipse, board chairman of BMW, said: "Economic growth thrives through opening, not closing. The increase of protectionist behavior will not create winners, but will result in a situation where everyone is going to lose prosperity. At BMW, we strongly oppose tariffs or other trade barriers."宝马集团董事长奥利弗·齐普策表示：“经济增长靠的是开放，而不是封闭。保护主义行为的增加不会创造赢家，而会导致所有人都失去繁荣。宝马坚决反对关税或其他贸易壁垒。”unilateraladj.单边的multi-prongedadj.多管齐下的tit-for-tat针锋相对monopolistic practicen.垄断行为trade barrier贸易壁垒

China has reaffirmed its commitment to resolving mutual concerns through equal dialogue and consultation with the United States, emphasizing that Washington's unilateral tariff hikes are disrupting normal economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, according to China's top commerce official.中国商务部高级官员表示，中方已重申希望与美国通过平等对话磋商解决各自关切，并强调美方单边加征关税的做法正对中美正常经贸合作造成破坏。In a letter sent on Wednesday to Howard Lutnick, the newly appointed US secretary of commerce, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao expressed China's concerns over US tariffs on Chinese exports, the Ministry of Commerce said in an online statement.据商务部的一份在线声明显示，2月19日，商务部部长王文涛向美国新任商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克致信，就美对中国输美产品加征关税表达中方关切。Wang said that economic and trade relations form a critical pillar of China-US ties. Both sides should strive to foster a fair and predictable business environment to support sustainable economic engagement, he added.王文涛表示，经贸关系是中美关系的重要组成部分。双方应努力营造公平、可预期的商业环境，以支持可持续的经济合作。The US government's aggressive tariff policy is bound to fail, as history has proved that wielding the tariff stick only leads to price hikes, exacerbates inflation and disrupts global trade, economists said.经济学家指出，美国政府激进的关税政策注定失败，因为历史证明，挥舞关税大棒只会导致价格上涨、加剧通胀并扰乱全球贸易。Highlighting that tariffs are duties ultimately imposed on US businesses and consumers, they said that rather than bring manufacturing back to the US, protectionism would isolate Washington in the world economy and politics.他们强调，关税最终是由美国企业和消费者承担的，保护主义不仅不会让制造业回流美国，反而会使美国在世界经济和政治中陷入孤立。Their comments came after US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he intends to impose auto tariffs "in the neighborhood of 25 percent" and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports. This is the latest of a series of US measures threatening to upend international trade.2月18日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示打算对汽车征收“约25%”的关税，并对半导体和药品进口征收类似关税，随后相关人士发表了上述评论。这是美国一系列威胁颠覆国际贸易的最新举措。Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, a professor of economics at Brown University in the US state of Rhode Island, said, "Economists don't typically agree on all things, but if you ask me what is one thing they do agree on, it's that tariffs are costly to the American consumer in the end."美国罗得岛州布朗大学经济学教授塞布内姆·卡莱姆利-奥兹坎表示：“经济学家通常不会在所有事情上达成一致，但如果你问我他们会在哪件事上达成共识，那就是关税最终会让美国消费者付出代价。”Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on imports of washing machines in 2018. As a direct result, the value of washing machines jumped by around 12 percent, and US consumers paid around $1.5 billion extra a year in total for these products, researchers from the University of Chicago estimated in a paper published in 2019.2018年，特朗普对进口洗衣机征收了50%的关税。芝加哥大学的研究人员在2019年发表的一篇论文中估计，这一举措直接导致洗衣机价格上涨约12%，美国消费者每年为此类产品总共额外支付约15亿美元。Kalemli-Ozcan also expressed concern about the inflationary impact of the extra tariffs.卡莱姆利-奥兹坎还对额外关税的通胀影响表示担忧。The US consumer price index jumped 0.5 percent month-on-month in January, the biggest gain since August 2023. This was higher than expected, as Americans face higher costs for a range of goods and services, Reuters reported.据路透社报道，美国1月消费者价格指数环比增长0.5%，这是自2023年8月以来的最大涨幅。这一涨幅高于预期，因为美国人面临一系列商品和服务成本的上涨。Computer manufacturer Acer said that the price of its laptops would increase by 10 percent next month due to US tariffs.计算机制造商宏碁表示，由于美国关税，其笔记本电脑的价格下个月将上涨10%。"Tariffs (could) also lead to appreciation of the dollar, meaning it will be hard for US exporters to sell their goods to other countries, even in the absence of any retaliation from any country that it imposes tariffs on," Kalemli-Ozcan added.卡莱姆利-奥兹坎补充说：“关税还可能导致美元升值，这意味着即使受加征关税影响的国家不实施反击，美国出口商也很难将商品销售到其他国家。”Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, said a multifaceted rationale exists behind the aggressive US trade policy, citing reasons such as attempting to weaken China, pushing for compliance with US foreign policy demands and boosting US exports.哥伦比亚大学可持续发展中心主任杰弗里·萨克斯表示，美国激进贸易政策背后的动机是多方面的，包括试图削弱中国、迫使他国屈服于美国外交政策要求、增加美国出口等。"But Trump's strategy is bound to fail," Sachs said. "China will diversify its trade to the rest of the world, while the US will increasingly lose competitiveness of its own exports in third markets."萨克斯说：“但特朗普的战略注定失败。中国将在全球实行贸易多元化，而美国将在第三市场逐渐失去其出口竞争力。”Li Zhi, assistant dean of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University, said, "Eight years ago, the US government tried to use the tariff weapon to make the US great again, but the result was soaring prices domestically, blocked manufacturing investment and disrupted global supply chains."清华大学中国发展规划研究院院长助理李治表示：“八年前，美国政府试图利用关税武器让美国再次伟大，但结果是国内价格飙升，制造业投资受阻，全球供应链中断。”"The trade war launched by Washington has proved to be of little use to help it reduce the deficit," Li said. "We need to learn how to compete and cooperate more gracefully."李治说：“美国发起的贸易战已被证明对其减少赤字几乎没有帮助。我们需要学会如何更优雅地进行竞争与合作。”Wang Changlin, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Trump is triggering widespread trade frictions with his tariff plans. "Such an approach will drive up inflation in the US, disrupt global supply chains, and accelerate the restructuring of global industrial, technological and energy resource landscapes. As a result, global economic growth is expected to slow further," Wang said.中国社会科学院副院长王昌林表示，特朗普的关税计划正在引发广泛的贸易摩擦。“这种做法将推高美国通胀，扰乱全球供应链，并加速全球工业、技术和能源资源格局的重组。因此，全球经济增长预计将进一步放缓，”王昌林说。Shi Hongxiu, a professor of economics at the National Academy of Governance, said: "The tariff policy reflects a decline in US influence in global trade, as it increasingly resorts to protectionism to shore up domestic industry. Such moves will trigger countermeasures from its trading partners and deal a blow to global supply chains."国家行政学院经济学教授时红秀表示：“关税政策反映出美国在全球贸易中的影响力下降，因为它越来越诉诸保护主义来支撑国内产业。此类举措将引发其贸易伙伴的反制措施，并对全球供应链造成打击。”Cheng Dawei, a professor at the School of Economics at Renmin University of China, said Trump called for "reciprocal tariffs".中国人民大学经济学院教授程大为表示，特朗普呼吁“互惠关税”。"But such remarks are unfair and contradict the laws of the World Trade Organizations," Cheng said. "Under WTO rules, special and differential treatment should be applied to developing countries. Trump's planned 25 percent tariff on all imported automobiles violates such rules."程大为说：“但这种言论是不公平的，并且与世贸组织的规则相矛盾。根据世贸组织规则，发展中国家应享有特殊和差别待遇。特朗普计划对所有进口汽车征收25%的关税违反了这些规则。”wieldv.挥舞，握，抓着（武器或工具）appreciationn.（价格，价值等的）上涨，增值retaliationn.报复；反击

China's latest push to bolster the growth of its private economy is expected to shore up business confidence, stabilize market expectations and revitalize the growth of the world's second-largest economy amid challenges and external uncertainties, said experts and company executives.They noted that the country has sent a clear signal that it is dedicated to boosting the high-quality development of the private economy through rolling out targeted measures to deal with the difficulties and issues faced by private enterprises.Their comments came as President Xi Jinping attended a symposium on Monday on private enterprises in Beijing and delivered an important speech, after listening to representatives of private entrepreneurs.Zhou Maohua, an analyst at China Everbright Bank, said: "The private sector is a vital force in advancing Chinese modernization, and it plays an increasingly significant role in stabilizing economic growth, expanding employment and bolstering technological innovation."Zhou said that a series of supportive measures, which have been introduced to tackle prominent problems facing private enterprises and to improve the business environment, are crucial for boosting confidence and stabilizing the expectations of private enterprises and entrepreneurs, and this will further consolidate the economic recovery trend.He noted that the country's ongoing efforts to promote the healthy development of the private sector will be conducive to creating a more stable, transparent and predictable business environment, motivating private enterprises to beef up investment in research and development, and achieving technological breakthroughs, as well as further stimulating the vitality of the private economy, he added.Liu Dian, a researcher at Fudan University's China Institute, said President Xi's meeting with private entrepreneurs sent a strong signal to the outside world that China attaches great significance to the private economy and is committed to bolstering its high-quality development.He said it is advisable for the government to guide financial institutions to innovate financial products and services, enhance support for boosting technological innovations by private enterprises, encourage private companies' collaboration with universities and research institutions, and accelerate the legislative process for a law to promote development of the private economy.Looking ahead, he said that the country will likely introduce more supportive measures, including further optimizing the business environment, promoting innovative development and fostering fair competition. Specifically, Liu said he expects to see further moves to improve the fiscal, tax and financial policy systems and address the practical difficulties and issues facing private companies.Key driving forcePrivate companies, a key driving force behind China's economic ascent over the past decades, contribute more than 60 percent of gross domestic product, 70 percent of technological innovation and 80 percent of urban employment, official data show.Entrepreneurs hailed the raft of policy measures on boosting support for the private sector, and expressed strong confidence in its future growth.Qi Xiangdong, chairman of cybersecurity company Qi-Anxin Technology Group, who attended the symposium, said in an earlier interview with China Daily that private enterprises have played a significant role in promoting scientific and technological innovation, and fostering the development of new quality productive forces.Qi said they should strive to explore new business models and management methods and bolster the application of technologies, and he emphasized that his company will step up original and pioneering sci-tech innovation, and reinforce fundamental research in artificial intelligence to promote industrial upgrading.Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of China's homegrown tech giant Xiaomi Corp, told China Daily in an earlier interview that the country's moves, such as supporting technological innovation in the private sector and accelerating digital transformation, have boosted the company's confidence and expectations, and it will continue to develop its main business and contribute to the development of the real economy.Wang Peng, an associate research fellow at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said that the private economy is playing a pivotal role in supporting China's overall economic development.Looking forward, Wang said a multipronged approach is needed to address issues faced by private companies, such as expanding financing channels for private enterprises and reducing financing costs, as well as intensifying efforts to further cut taxes and fees in order to lower operational costs.bolster /ˈboʊlstər/ (v.) 支持，增强revitalize /riˈvaɪtəlaɪz/ (v.) 振兴，使恢复生机pivotal /ˈpɪvətl/ (adj.) 关键的，核心的predictable /prɪˈdɪktəbl/ (adj.) 可预测的，可预见的consolidate /kənˈsɑːlɪdeɪt/ (v.) 巩固，加强legislative /ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪv/ (adj.) 立法的，法律制定的

For this Round Table Chinese New Year Special, we honor the richness of culture, the beauty of art, and the power of community, from China to the US. Heyang has a video chat with three guests:Robin Cofer, a talented American sculptor whose latest exhibition explores elements of Chinese culture.Helena Xuan, the organizer of Robin's exhibition and a curator at the Yuanquan Culture Museum.And Shenzhan Liao, Senior Vice President of Education at the China Institute in America.

The comeback of TikTok, a popular social media app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, in the United States after a brief weekend outage signals the video-sharing site is capable of seeking out solutions through consultation and cooperation to ensure its legal operation in the face of regulatory challenges in the country, experts said on Monday.1月20日，针对中国科技公司字节跳动旗下的热门社交媒体应用TikTok周末在美国短暂关停后迅速回归，专家认为这表明该视频分享网站在面对美国监管挑战时，能够通过协商与合作寻求解决方案，确保其合法运营。The move demonstrates that TikTok's immense user base and commercial value have been recognized by the US market despite policy uncertainty, given that social medial platforms are playing an increasingly vital role in reshaping people's daily lives in the digital era, they added.专家补充说，在数字时代，社交媒体平台在重塑人们日常生活方面发挥着越来越重要的作用，因此尽管政策存在不确定性，但此举表明TikTok庞大的用户基础和商业价值已得到美国市场的认可。Their comments came after TikTok restored its services in the US after then president-elect Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order on Monday, the day he was sworn in as US president, to revive the app's access in the country.上述评论是在TikTok恢复美国服务后发表的。此前，当选总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他将在1月20日就职美国总统的当天，发布一项行政命令恢复该应用在美国的访问权限。"In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service," the company said in a post on social media platform X.“在与我们的服务商达成一致后，TikTok正在恢复服务的过程中，”该公司在社交媒体平台X上发帖说。"We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive."“我们感谢特朗普总统为我们的服务商提供了必要的明确信息和保证，即他们可以向1.7亿多美国用户提供TikTok服务，并助力700多万家小企业蓬勃发展，而不会受到任何处罚。”Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning that he would "issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect".1月19日早上，特朗普在自己的Truth Social平台上写道，他将“在周一发布行政命令，以延长TikTok禁令生效前的时限”。The order would also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before the order was issued.该行政令还将确认，在命令发布之前，任何协助TikTok避免关停的公司都无需承担任何责任。Trump proposed a scenario in which the US would own half the popular social media app.特朗普还提出了解决问题的设想，即让美国拥有该热门社交媒体应用50%的所有权。"I would like the United States to have a 50 percent ownership position in a joint venture," Trump wrote.“我希望美国在合资企业中拥有50%的所有权，”特朗普写道。In response to TikTok's resumption of services in the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a news conference on Monday that China has always believed companies' operations and acquisitions should be based on market principles and be decided by the enterprises themselves.1月20日，针对TikTok恢复在美运营一事，中国外交部发言人毛宁在新闻发布会上表示，对于企业的运营和收购这一类的行为，中国始终认为应当根据市场的原则，由企业自主决定。If Chinese enterprises are involved in such actions, they should comply with Chinese laws and regulations, Mao said.毛宁说，如果涉及中国企业，应当符合中国的法律法规。The US should listen carefully to rational voices and provide an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment for market entities from various countries operating in the US, she added.她补充说，美国应认真倾听理性的声音，为各国市场主体在美国的经营提供开放、公平、公正和非歧视的营商环境。Zhu Keli, founding director of the China Institute of New Economy, said against the backdrop of a complicated international situation, the restoration of TikTok's services in the US could be regarded as a positive signal, as it not only meets the demands of US users, but is also conducive to bolstering openness and cooperation in the global digital economy landscape.中国新经济研究院创始院长朱克力表示，在当前复杂的国际形势下，TikTok恢复美国服务可以被视为一个积极信号，这不仅满足了美国用户的需求，也有利于推动全球数字经济格局的开放与合作。"TikTok should continue to strengthen communication and cooperation with the US government and relevant regulatory authorities to ensure that its businesses comply with US laws and regulations. Moreover, it needs to continuously improve technological and management capabilities to respond to market changes and challenges from rivals," Zhu said.“TikTok应继续加强与美国政府和相关监管机构的沟通与合作，确保其业务符合美国法律法规。此外，它需要不断提高技术能力和管理能力，以应对市场变化和来自竞争对手的挑战，”朱克力说。He said Trump's 50 percent ownership proposal may help address the US government's security concerns over TikTok.他表示，特朗普提出的拥有50%所有权的方案可能有助于解决美国政府对TikTok的安全担忧。"However, the negotiation concerning equity allocation will be complex and sensitive, and requires full trust and cooperation from both sides," Zhu said. "The operation and management of the joint venture will also face some challenges such as cultural differences and decision-making efficiency."“然而，关于股权分配的谈判将复杂而敏感，需要双方充分的信任和合作，”朱克力说，“合资企业的运营和管理也将面临文化差异、决策效率等挑战。”Jiang Han, a senior analyst at market consultancy Pangoal, said TikTok's rapid restoration showcases US users' dependence on and demand for TikTok, adding that the platform should reinforce compliance capacity to satisfy regulatory requirements and improve user experience to maintain its competitiveness and achieve long-term development in the US market.盘古智库市场咨询公司高级研究员江瀚表示，TikTok的迅速恢复表明了美国用户对TikTok的依赖和需求。他补充说，该平台应加强合规能力以满足监管要求，并改善用户体验以保持其竞争力，实现在美国市场的长期发展。Jiang said the feasibility of Trump's proposal should be further evaluated and discussed, as more in-depth negotiations and consultations about the equity distribution in a joint venture are needed between the two parties.江瀚说，特朗普的提议是否可行还需进一步评估和讨论，因为双方需要就合资企业的股权分配进行更深入的谈判和协商。TikTok stopped working for its 170 million US users on Saturday night after the US Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law requiring ByteDance to sell the app to a US company or face a nationwide ban that began on Sunday.1月17日，美国最高法院维持了Tiktok禁令，要求字节跳动将该应用出售给一家美国公司，否则从1月19日开始将面临全美禁用。1月18日晚上，TikTok停止为1.7亿美国用户提供服务。Trump said he would "most likely" give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban upon taking office on Monday.特朗普表示，他“很可能”在1月20日就职后给予TikTok 90天的禁令宽限期。scenarion.可能发生的事态;设想

After a brief weekend outage, TikTok was up and running again on Sunday in the United States after President-elect Donald Trump said he would issue an executive order Monday to keep the popular video platform active.1月19日，在周末短暂中断服务后，TikTok在美国恢复上线并正常运行。当天早些时候，美国当选总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，将于1月20日发布一项行政令，以使TikTok这一热门视频平台继续运营。It was the latest in a flurry of news about the short-form video site, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance and has gained some prominent supporters in the US.这是关于北京字节跳动公司旗下的短视频网站TikTok的最新消息，该网站在美国收获了一些知名支持者。TikTok went dark around 10:30 pm ET Saturday but was back online just before 12:30 pm on Sunday. "Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now," users were told in a pop-up message Saturday.TikTok于美国东部时间1月18日晚上10时30分左右停止服务，但于1月19日上午12时30分前恢复上线。1月18日，TikTok用户收到一条弹窗消息：“对不起，TikTok当前不可用。”The next day, a new pop-up said: "Welcome back! Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the US! You can continue to create, share, and discover all the things you love on TikTok."第二天，新的弹窗信息显示：“欢迎回来！感谢您的耐心和支持。由于特朗普总统的努力，TikTok重返美国！您可以在TikTok上继续创作、分享和发现您所喜爱的一切。”Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Sunday morning: "I'm asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark! I will issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law's prohibitions take effect, so that we can make a deal to protect our national security.1月19日上午，特朗普在自己的Truth Social平台上发文：“我要求各公司不要让TikTok停止服务！我将于1月20日发布一项行政令，延长TikTok禁令法定生效前的时限，以便我们能够达成协议，保护我们的国家安全。”"The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order. Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations," Trump wrote.特朗普写道：“该行政令还将确认，在我的命令下达前，任何协助TikTok避免关停的公司都无需承担任何责任。美国人理应在1月20日看到我们激动人心的就职典礼，以及其他活动和对话。”"I would like the United States to have a 50 percent ownership position in a joint venture.…Without US approval, there is no Tik Tok. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollars - maybe trillions. Therefore, my initial thought is a joint venture between the current owners and/or new owners."“我希望美国在合资企业中拥有50%的所有权。……没有美国的批准，就不会有TikTok。有了我们的批准，它的价值可达数千亿美元——也许是数万亿美元。因此，我最初的想法是，由现有所有者和/或新所有者共同成立一家合资企业。”In a post on X.com on Sunday by @TikTokPolicy, the platform said: "In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service. We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.1月19日，TikTok的@TikTokPolicy账号在X.com上发帖称：“在与我们的服务商达成一致后，TikTok正在恢复服务。我们感谢特朗普总统为我们的服务商提供了必要的明确信息和保证，即他们可以向1.7亿多美国用户提供TikTok服务，并助力700多万家小商户蓬勃发展，而不会面临任何处罚。”"It's a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. We will work with President Trump on a long-term solution that keeps TikTok in the United States," the statement said.声明表示，“这是对第一修正案的有力支持，也是对任意审查的坚决反对。我们将与特朗普总统合作，寻求一个长期解决方案，让TikTok留在美国”。The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act—passed by Congress by a wide margin in the spring and upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday—required ByteDance to cut ties with the platform's US operations by Jan 19, due to alleged national security concerns. The statute, however, gives the sitting president authority to grant a 90-day extension if a viable sale were underway.《保护美国人免受外国对手控制应用程序侵害法》于今年春季在国会以压倒性多数票通过，并于3月8日获得最高法院的支持。该法案要求字节跳动在1月19日前切断其在美业务，理由是所谓的国家安全担忧。然而，该法案也规定，如果Tiktok正在进行可行的出售，现任总统有权给予90天的延期。Google and Apple had removed the app from their digital stores to comply with the law by Sunday or potentially face hefty fines.谷歌和苹果已从各自的数字应用商店中下架该应用程序，以遵守1月19日生效的法律，否则可能面临巨额罚款。US Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, took a strong stand for TikTok in a post on X.com on Saturday.1月18日，美国肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗在X.com上发帖表示坚定支持TikTok。"Why am I joining @tiktok_us just as the government ban begins? Because I don't like being told what to do," he wrote. "I don't like being told what I can think or say. The courts may think @tiktok_us is excluded from the first amendment. I don't. I join @tiktok_us today as a form of civil disobedience. To the 170 million Americans using @tiktok_us: Don't give in and don't give up. Resist."“为什么我要在政府禁令开始生效时加入Tiktok？因为我不喜欢别人告诉我该做什么，”他写道。“我不喜欢别人告诉我要怎么想或怎么说。法院可能认为Tiktok不受第一修正案保护。但我不这么认为。我今天加入Tiktok，是用公民不服从的形式进行非暴力抗议。致1.7亿使用Tiktok的美国人：不要屈服，不要放弃。反抗。”The ban, though, still has support among US lawmakers.然而，该禁令仍得到美国立法者的支持。Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, warned companies on Sunday not to provide TikTok with the technical support it needs.1月19日，阿肯色州共和党参议员汤姆·科顿警告各公司，不要向TikTok提供所需的技术支持。"Any company that hosts, distributes, services, or otherwise facilitates communist-controlled TikTok could face hundreds of billions of dollars of ruinous liability under the law, not just from (the Justice Department), but also under securities law, shareholder lawsuits, and state AGs," Cotton wrote on X. "Think about it."科顿在X上写道：“任何托管、分发、服务或以其他方式协助共产党控制的TikTok的公司，根据法律都可能面临数百亿美元的毁灭性罚款，这不仅仅来自（司法部），还可能来自证券法、股东诉讼和各州总检察长。想想吧。”Dave Portnoy, founder of the Barstool Sports website, in a video posted to his 3.4 million followers on X on Thursday, said federal officials were "detached from reality".1月16日，Barstool Sports网站创始人戴夫·波特诺伊在X平台上发布了一段视频，向他的340万关注者表示，联邦官员“脱离现实”。"There's just no way you can ruin that many jobs, livelihoods, careers, advertising because you're afraid of Chinese disinformation," Portnoy said. "I'm more worried about American government disinformation at this point than the Chinese."“你不能因为害怕中国的虚假信息，就毁掉那么多人的工作、生计、事业和广告收入，”波特诺伊说，“我现在更担心美国政府的虚假信息，而不是中国的。”TikTok CEO Shou Chew is expected to attend Trump's inauguration with a prime seating location.TikTok首席执行官周受资将出席特朗普的就职典礼，并坐在贵宾席上。Zhu Keli, founding director of the China Institute of New Economy, said the decision to uphold the ban casts a shadow on TikTok's future in the US, but Trump's "most likely" 90-day extension could provide a valuable buffer period for the company.中国新经济研究院创始院长朱克力表示，维持禁令的决定给TikTok在美国的未来蒙上了阴影，但特朗普“很可能”批准90天延期，这或许为该公司提供一个宝贵的缓冲期。"Trump's stand indicates that TikTok still has a chance to seek a better solution to ensure its legal operation in the US through negotiation, cooperation or other innovative methods. It is also a recognition of TikTok's immense user base and commercial value," Zhu said.“特朗普的立场表明，TikTok仍有机会通过谈判、合作或其他新方法寻求更好的解决方案，以确保其在美国的合法运营。这也体现了对TikTok庞大用户基础和商业价值的认可，”朱克力说。Zhu noted that the TikTok case highlights the compliance challenges that Chinese tech companies are facing, especially in terms of data security, when expanding their presence in overseas markets amid geopolitical uncertainties.朱克力指出，TikTok事件凸显了在地缘政治不确定的情况下，中国科技公司拓展海外市场时面临的合规挑战，尤其是在数据安全方面。heftyadj.大的，可观的detachv.使分离，使分开compliancen.服从；遵守

The vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, proposed by President Xi Jinping in 2013, has evolved from an initiative into a world consensus and practice that has been increasingly recognized as the most important global public good with profound international significance, officials and experts said.The vision highlights the original mission of the Communist Party of China, namely striving for the happiness of the Chinese people and for the progress of mankind, and points the way for major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics on the new journey, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.By integrating the fundamental interests of the Chinese people with those of people worldwide, and linking China's future with the common interests of the whole world, it transcends differences in social systems and ideologies, and bridges disparities in history, culture and development stages, Wang said.It is China's solution to the question of what kind of world to build and how to build it, Wang said in Beijing on Thursday at the unveiling ceremony of a research center on building a community with a shared future for mankind.Over the past decade or so, President Xi has, on many occasions, given high priority to the vision, saying that the international community is increasingly becoming an interconnected community with a shared future and no country can remain unaffected in the changing and turbulent world.To date, dozens of countries and regions have joined China in building various forms of shared communities. Multilateral cooperation such as building a global community of health for all, building a community with a shared future in cyberspace, and building a community of life for mankind and nature, is advancing steadily. The vision has also been included in the resolutions of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly for eight consecutive years. Zhang Jun, China's former permanent representative to the UN, said that the vision, advocating unity and cooperation, helps to bridge divisions, rebuild trust and establish a common foundation to jointly address global challenges. "It stands in stark contrast to the unilateralism, decoupling and exclusive practices promoted by certain countries and individuals, which positions China's diplomacy on the moral high ground," he said.Noting that the vision draws wisdom from the rich legacy of traditional Chinese culture, such as valuing peace and universal harmony and putting righteousness first, Xu Bu, former president of the China Institute of International Studies, said it will contribute to the progress of human civilization."China's advocacy for humanity's shared values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom, differing from the universal values championed by Western countries, truly represents the aspirations of the broader international community, particularly developing countries," he added.Zhang Weiwei, director of the China Institute of Fudan University, said: "More and more countries come to realize that the vision is in line with the common interests of all mankind, and represents the greatest common denominator of people from all countries to build a better world."He noted that China is one of the countries that has truly found its way to success and achieved its development through peace rather than violence and plunder, which he said was a remarkable feat.China has put forward the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative since 2021, offering its wisdom and solutions to improve world governance and respond to global challenges.He expressed the belief that more and more nations will recognize the significance of China's ideas and learn from the second-largest economy.Hu Jiping, vice-president of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, said that in a world where major powers are increasingly mired in conflicts and cooperation is hindered, the vision champions a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation, which is critical for global peace and development.The vision also manifests China's responsibility as a major power, he said, adding that Beijing has played a positive and constructive role in facilitating peace talks and resolving international and regional hot spot issues."China's development is a beacon of hope for humanity, and the vision is not an empty slogan but a tangible path toward development," said Yang Guangbin, dean of the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China, when talking about the Belt and Road Initiative, which serves as a platform for practicing the vision."For instance, under the BRI, Chinese companies have helped countries in South America and Africa build digital communication technologies," he said, adding that this has enabled many developing nations to leap into the information age almost overnight.So far, 155 countries and over 30 international organizations have signed Belt and Road cooperation agreements with China. Statistics showed that in the first three quarters of 2024, the total trade volume under the BRI was $1.57 trillion, an increase of 4.53 percent compared with the previous year.Chen Zhimin, a professor at Fudan University's School of International Relations and Public Affairs, said that facing a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, China has put forward the concept of science and technology for good and further enriched the practice of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restricting or denying access to others. This book asks: why would a government with powerful tools of exclusion expand access to socioeconomic citizenship rights? And when autocratic systems expand redistribution, whom do they choose to include? In Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China (Stanford UP, 2024), Samantha A. Vortherms examines the crucial case of China—where internal citizenship regimes control who can and cannot become a local citizen through the household registration system (hukou)—and uncovers how autocrats use such institutions to create particularistic membership in citizenship. Vortherms shows how local governments explicitly manipulate local citizenship membership not only to ensure political security and stability, but also, crucially, to advance economic development. Vortherms demonstrates how autocrats use differentiated citizenship to control degrees of access to rights and thus fulfill the authoritarian bargain and balance security and economic incentives. This book expands our understanding of individual-state relations in both autocratic contexts and across a variety of regime types. Samantha Vortherms is an assistant professor at University of California, Irvine's Department of Political Science. She is a faculty affiliate at UCI's Long U.S.-China Institute; its Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics program; and is a Non-resident Scholar at UC San Diego's 21st Century China Center. The primary focus of her research is on how processes of economic development affect institutional change and the relationship between the individual and the state. Her research has been published in journals such as The China Quarterly, World Development, Review of International Political Economy, Business and Politics, and Urban Studies. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, her M.A. in International Relations at the University of Chicago, her A.M. in Public Policy from University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and her B.A. from the University of Richmond. Interviewer Peter Lorentzen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of San Francisco, a nonresident scholar at the UCSD 21st Century China Center, an alumnus of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions. His research focuses on the economics of information, incentives, and institutions, primarily as applied to the development and governance of China. He created the unique Master's of Science in Applied Economics at the University of San Francisco, which teaches the conceptual frameworks and practical data analytics skills needed to succeed in the digital economy. Lorentzen's other NBN interviews relating to China's economy and social control include Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts, on governance and quantification, Outsourcing Repression, on the use of nonstate actors for coercion, How China Escaped Shock Therapy, on China's marketization procession, Invisible China, on the urban-rural divide, and Welfare for Autocrats, on the strategic targeting of poverty assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What will the renewed election of Donald Trump to the White House mean for the United States' already complicated relations with China? How does China discuss Trump, both on an informal and expert level, but also in the official realm? And how does all of this concern the EU and member states?To answer these questions Claudia Wessling, Director Communications and Publications at MERICS, talks to Jude Blanchette and Katja Drinhausen. Jude is one of the most outstanding US experts on China. He holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. Jude has written for a range of publications, including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. He also serves as a public intellectual fellow at the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Katja is the Head of the MERICS program researching China's politics and society. Her research focuses on the development of China's legal and governance system. Katja is one lead researchers of “China Spektrum,” a joint research project with the China Institute of the University of Trier funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. The project analyzes expert and public debates in China. It was previously only available in German, but is now published in English as well. 

As President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Donald Trump on Thursday on his election as United States president, observers said that Beijing is urging Washington to tackle China-US ties with a cool head and offer the rest of the world a sense of predictability.In the message, Xi pointed out that history has shown how cooperation between China and the US can bring benefits to both sides, while rivalry can bring harm."A China-US relationship with stable, healthy and sustainable development is in line with the common interests of the two countries and the expectations of the international community," Xi said.It is hoped that the two sides will uphold the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, strengthen dialogue and communication, properly manage differences and expand mutually beneficial cooperation, he said.Xi added that the two sides should find the right way for China and the US to get along in the new era, for the benefit of both countries as well as the world.Also on Thursday, Vice-President Han Zheng sent a message to J.D. Vance, congratulating him on his election as US vice-president.Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Department for American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, noted that Xi's congratulatory message reflects the importance Beijing attaches to the development of China-US ties.Through the message, "China once again underscored the significance of keeping China-US ties stable, and it pointed to the fact that the international community is looking forward to seeing the stability of the relationship", she said."In the recent past, both sides have demonstrated their readiness to keeping the relationship away from turbulence, and have achieved some results. They should carry on this momentum and move toward the same goal," she added.This year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of China-US diplomatic relations. And the two nations have conducted fruitful cooperation in areas including people-to-people exchanges, counternarcotics and tackling climate change.China is now the third-largest export market for American commodities, and the US is China's third-largest trading partner, according to the Chinese embassy in the US.Observers also raised concerns that some hawkish politicians in the US may press ahead with efforts to seek economic "decoupling" with China and increase their confrontational stance on security-related issues, such as increasing tension in the Taiwan Strait.At a regular news conference of the Foreign Ministry on Thursday in Beijing, reporters raised questions about topics such as China-US trade tensions, the Taiwan question and the future of China-US ties."I would like to reiterate that there will be no winners in a trade war and it is not beneficial to the world," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning.She noted that the Taiwan question is the "most important and most sensitive" issue in China-US relations."It is China's consistent and clear position that it firmly opposes any form of official contacts between the US and Taiwan," she said."The US government needs to earnestly abide by the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and prudently handle Taiwan-related issues, so as to avoid severe damage to China-US relations and cross-Strait peace and stability," she added.When asked what would it take to prevent the ties from veering into a disastrous scenario such as a potential hot war, Jeffrey Sachs, a professor of economics and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, pointed to China's core security interests."The US has to recognize China's core security interests, including Taiwan as part of China, and the security of China's sea lanes in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean," he said."If the US would recognize and respect China's core security interests, relations would improve markedly," he added.

On Sept. 19, Dr. Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, spoke about her book, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, co-authored with Steve Tsang.

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: The 46th President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, announced yesterday that he does not intend to seek re-election. Over the last 24 years, the Annual Member Charity Classic at the Beverly Golf & Country Club has raised greater than $1,400,000 for many worthy organizations in our community. For their 25th year, they are donating all proceeds to Keaton's House – the first-ever Children's Hospice being built in Hamilton. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly apparently blunt talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last week, as part of a one-day visit aimed at reopening channels of dialogue after six years of a deep freeze in bilateral relations. The LCBO strike is over, following a last-minute hiccup. Where do the players stand now and what's the political fallout? A knife-wielding Canadian has been killed by Israeli security forces, following an attempted stabbing attack. Guests: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University Jon Jurus, Regional Vice-President of IG Wealth Management for the Hamilton Region Office; Member of the Committee for the Annual Member Charity Classic at Beverly Golf & Country Club Robyn Knickle, Senior Director of Development Keaton's House – Paul Paletta Children's Hospice Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute and Professor of Political Science with the University of Alberta Colin D'Mello, Queen's Park Bureau Chief, Global News Daniel Perry, Senior Consultant, Public Affairs, Hill + Knowlton Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University Brian J. Karem, journalist and author, White House correspondent for Playboy and political analyst for CNN Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China's recent move to deepen economic structural reform is an attempt to cultivate new quality productive forces and foster high-quality development in the long run, offering increasing growth opportunities for stakeholders both at home and abroad, said experts and entrepreneurs.专家和企业家表示，中国最近深化经济结构改革的举措是为了培养新质生产力，促进长期高质量发展，为国内外利益相关者提供越来越多的增长机会。They said that China's pro-reform efforts will mainly focus on key areas including technological innovation and industrial upgrading, which will help resolve economic woes, create new growth drivers and inject strong impetus into the world's second-largest economy.他们表示，中国支持改革的努力将主要集中在包括技术创新和产业升级在内的关键领域，这将有助于解决经济困境，创造新的增长动力，为世界第二大经济体注入强大动力。Their comments came after President Xi Jinping said in late May that reform should originate from real needs and address the most urgent issues to improve the socialist market economy, with the president calling for efforts to deepen theoretical innovation and promote institutional innovation during the process of solving practical problems.在他们发表评论之前，习近平主席在5月下旬表示，改革应该从实际需要出发，解决最紧迫的问题，以完善社会主义市场经济。主席要求在解决实际问题的过程中，努力深化理论创新，促进制度创新。"Deepening reform, particularly institutional reform, will help remove obstacles and difficulties hindering the development of new quality productive forces, and promote optimal allocation and free flow of production factors including capital, technology and labor," said Liu Quanhong, director of the industrial and technological economics research institute of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research.中国宏观经济研究院产业经济与技术经济研究所所长刘泉红说：“深化改革，特别是体制改革，将有助于消除阻碍新质生产力发展的障碍和困难，促进资本、技术和劳动力等生产要素的优化配置和自由流动。”Liu Dian, a researcher at the China Institute of Fudan University, said that China's economy is currently grappling with still-weak demand, prompting calls for further economic structural reform. "The imperative of such reform lies in igniting internal dynamics through institutional innovation, breaking barriers to economic circulation, and restoring market confidence."复旦大学中国研究院的研究者刘典说，中国经济目前正在努力应对仍然疲软的需求，这促使人们呼吁进一步进行经济结构改革。“这种改革的当务之急是通过制度创新激发内在动力，打破经济流通的障碍，恢复市场信心。”He noted that China is facing bottlenecks in its path to high-quality development, such as slow progress in industrial upgrading and overcapacity in some sectors, alongside inadequate high-end supply.他指出，中国在实现高质量发展的道路上面临瓶颈，例如产业升级进展缓慢，一些行业产能过剩，以及高端供应不足。"Market vitality is hampered by financing difficulties faced by small and medium-sized enterprises coupled with high operational costs," he said. "There's a pressing need to enhance innovation capabilities and streamline the technology transfer process, amid a complex external environment impacting domestic circulation and industrial chain security."“市场活力受到中小企业面临的融资困难以及高运营成本的制约，”他说。“在复杂的外部环境影响国内流通和产业链安全的情况下，迫切需要提高创新能力，简化技术转让过程。”In an article published recently in Qiushi Journal, the flagship magazine of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the National Development and Reform Commission said the country will speed up the process of deepening reform of the economic structure and build a high-level socialist market economy system. The key focus will be on fields including building of a high-standard market system, removing obstacles and difficulties in the development of new quality productive forces, and building a higher-level open economic system.在中国共产党中央委员会机关刊《求是》杂志最近发表的一篇文章中，国家发展和改革委员会表示，国家将加快深化经济体制改革的进程，建立高水平的社会主义市场经济体制。重点是建立高标准的市场体系，消除新质生产力发展的障碍和困难，建立更高水平的开放型经济体系。"China is racing to create a favorable institutional environment for nurturing new quality productive forces, which is conducive to advancing Chinese modernization," said Liu, from the China Institute of Fudan University.复旦大学中国研究院的刘典说:“中国正在努力为培育新质生产力创造一个良好的制度环境，这有利于推进中国的现代化。”According to a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held in late April, the third plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee to be held in Beijing in July will focus on further deepening reform and promoting the modernization of China amid challenges at home and complexities abroad.根据4月下旬召开的中共中央政治局会议，将于7月在北京举行的中共二十届三中全会将重点关注在国内挑战和国外复杂情况下进一步深化改革和推进中国现代化。Robin Xing, chief China economist at Morgan Stanley, said, "We believe the policy focus will remain on enhancing technology innovation and supply chain self-sufficiency in terms of a push for economic reform and a concerted focus on key strategic sectors."摩根士丹利首席中国经济学家邢自强表示:“我们认为，在推动经济改革和共同关注关键战略行业方面，政策重点仍将是加强技术创新和供应链自给自足。”Wang Peng, a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said the government will introduce more policy measures to support the development of new quality productive forces, including financial subsidies, tax incentives and targeted measures to optimize the business environment.北京市社会科学院研究员王鹏表示，政府将出台更多政策措施来支持新质生产力的发展，包括财政补贴、税收优惠和优化商业环境的定向措施。Highlighting that the concept of new quality productive forces is fully in line with his company's growth strategy, Ye Weiguo, chief operating officer of Gyre Pharmaceuticals, a Beijing-based manufacturer of drugs for organ fibrosis, said the company will continue to invest in new drug development and consistently utilize emerging technologies and new materials to boost its growth.北京的器官纤维化药物制造商康蒂尼药业的总经理叶卫国强调，新质生产力的概念完全符合公司的发展战略，他表示，公司将继续投资于新药开发，并不断利用新兴技术和新材料来促进增长。Gyre Pharmaceuticals, with two plants in Beijing and Cangzhou, Hebei province, invested 104 million yuan ($14.4 million) in research and development activities in 2023, accounting for 13 percent of its annual sales revenue.康蒂尼药业在北京和河北省沧州有两家工厂，2023年在研发活动上投资1.04亿元人民币(1440万美元)，占其年销售收入的13%。Xu Linxiao, president of Changzhou Hongbang New Energy Technology Co, an electric equipment manufacturer based in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, that has more than 150 employees, said the company has intensified its efforts to make innovative products to address market pain points.常州洪邦新能源技术有限公司是一家位于江苏常州的电气设备制造商，拥有150多名员工。公司总经理徐林肖表示，该公司已加大力度开发创新产品，以解决市场痛点。Changzhou Hongbang's export value reached 22.94 million yuan in the first four months of 2024, an increase of 2,521.8 percent year-on-year, data from Nanjing Customs showed.南京海关的数据显示，2024年前四个月，常州洪邦的出口额达到2294万元，同比增长2521.8%。With the global trend of restructuring and upgrading value chains becoming increasingly apparent, innovation-driven growth has become the fundamental approach for Chinese exporters to gain competitiveness and secure a higher position in the world's value chain of high-tech industries, he added.他补充说，随着全球价值链重组和升级的趋势日益明显，创新驱动的增长已成为中国出口商获得竞争力和在世界高科技产业价值链中获得更高地位的根本途径。Global executives hailed China's attempts to further deepen reform and foster new quality productive forces, saying that these measures will create more growth opportunities and help in the transformation of the domestic economy.全球高管对中国进一步深化改革和培育新质生产力的尝试表示欢迎，称这些措施将创造更多增长机会，有助于国内经济转型。Merck China President Marc Horn said, "I think China is very resilient and has shown that it can transform very rapidly and is on a good transformation trajectory."默克中国总裁何慕麒表示，“我认为中国非常有弹性，并且已经表明它可以非常迅速地转型，并且处于良好的转型轨道上。”Zhang Ying, managing director of Dassault Systemes Greater China, said, "With an unwavering commitment to further deepen reform and advance opening-up, China's influence in global industrial, supply and innovation chains has notably increased, providing new opportunities for multinational corporations like Dassault Systemes to tap into its market potential."达索系统大中华区总裁张鹰表示:“中国坚定不移地致力于进一步深化改革，推进开放，在全球工业、供应和创新链中的影响力显著提升，为达索系统这样的跨国公司提供了挖掘市场潜力的新机遇。”new quality productive forces新质生产力economic structural reform经济结构改革

Chinese President Xi Jinping is wrapping up a six-day tour in Europe. The trip took him to France, Serbia and Hungary. This was his first European trip in five years.What has he accomplished through the three-nation tour? What key messages have been sent out? And what does the future hold for China-Europe relations?Host Zhao Ying is joined by Dr. Jin Ling, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Department for European Studies at China Institute of International Studies; Dr. George Tzogopoulos, Director of EU-China Programmes and Senior Research Fellow at European Institute of Nice; Ren Ke, Senior journalist of Xinhua News Agency.

The Indian population, the largest of the world today, has been going to the polls for the country's 2024 general election. The voting will span several weeks and results are expected in early June.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term. His team has rolled out an ambitious scheme named "2047 Viksit Bharat," or Developed India, which aims to elevate India into a developed nation by 2047. A group of opposition parties, led by the Indian National Congress, are challenging Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies.What are Modi's chances of winning? How will the Indian election influence regional and global geopolitics? Host Liu Kun is joined by Dr. Rong Ying, Senior Research Fellow at China Institute of International Studies; Swaran Singh, Professor of International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Lee Pei May, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the International Islamic University Malaysia.

Tensions between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea are showing no signs of calming down. China was widely seen as the target when Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently ordered his government to strengthen coordination on maritime security to confront what he called "a range of serious challenges". Twice in three months, China's foreign ministry has delivered a warning to the Philippine side that the bilateral relations are at a crossroads.Are there still conditions for Beijing and Manila to lower tensions? Host Ding Heng is joined by Rong Ying, Senior Research Fellow at China Institute of International Studies; Herman Laurel, President of Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute; Howard Co, Philippine entrepreneur and currently a graduate student studying international relations and contemporary Chinese studies at Renmin University of China.

Il successo della serie tv Netflix tratta da Il problema dei tre corpi dello scrittore cinese Liu Cixin, ha permesso di svelare il mondo della fantascienza cinese: dai “tre generali”, alla produzione letteraria legata all'ideologia e alle aspettative del partito comunista, fino alla prima opera di fantascienza cinese, scritta nel 1902 e in grado di immaginare una Cina che assomiglia molto a quella di oggi. Di seguito alcuni dei libri citati nel corso della puntata: Il problema dei tre corpi, Liu Cixin (Mondadori); Oceano Rosso, Han Song (Add editore); I mattoni della rinascita, Han Song (Future fiction); Pechino pieghevole, Hao Jingfang (Add editore), Festa di primavera, Xia Jia (Future fiction); Marea tossica, Chen Qiufan (Mondadori). Le fonti audio di questa puntata sono tratte da: Why is Sci Fi So Hot in China? Cixin Liu and Jiayang Fan in conversation at China Institute, canale YouTube China Institute in America, 5 novembre 2018; 韩松：生存在科幻的时代, zihu.com, 8 marzo 2022; Hao JIngfang e lo spazio futuribile, Istituto Confucio dell'Università di Milano, 15 novembre 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Xi Jinping has dramatically reshaped China since coming to power in 2012. He is now effectively a leader for life, and throughout his time in power, he has molded Chinese politics and society to his own ideological predilections. Understanding this ideology, known as "Xi Thought," is crucial for comprehending how China perceives its role in the world today. Steve Tsang, the director of the China Institute at SOAS University of London and co-author with Olivia Cheung of the new book "The Political Thought of Xi Jinping," provides a thorough analysis of the development and application of Xi's political ideology and its impact on China domestically and in its international relations. We begin by discussing why understanding Xi Thought matters for comprehending China today. We then explore some of the key tenets of this ideology before engaging in a detailed conversation about an ancient Chinese imperialist ideology that Xi is reviving for the modern world.

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Steve Tsang joins us to discuss his new book The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, coauthored with Dr. Olivia Cheung. Dr. Tsang explains that Xi Jinping thought is vastly different from the thought and practices of his predecessors, such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Core to Xi Jinping thought is the desire to achieve China's national rejuvenation and the embracement of the “Tian Xia” concept of Chinese hegemony. Dr. Tsang points out that Xi seeks to position China in a more prominent role on the world stage. Dr. Tsang highlights that through Xi's efforts to centralize the Communist Party under his control and to create an alternative to the US-led international order, Xi aims to reshape policy both within China and abroad. Finally, Dr. Tsang shares his thoughts on how best to deter Xi Jinping.   Dr. Steve Tsang is Professor of China Studies and Director of the China Institute, SOAS, London. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College at Oxford. He previously served as the Head of the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and as Director of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham. Before that he spent 29 years at Oxford University, where he earned his D.Phil. and worked as a Professorial Fellow, Dean, and Director of the Asian Studies Centre at St Antony's College. 

It's a big week for Chinese politics as its annual political conclave gets under way in Beijing. Amid the pomp and heightened security, the Two Sessions is an important preview of the government's plans and policies for the year ahead. And increasingly over the last decade, that roadmap has been underpinned by the instructions of China's leader and the doctrine named for him - Xi Jinping Thought.  But despite the fact that his decisions affect so many, Xi's beliefs and what guides him can seem difficult to understand, at least to outsiders.Our guests this week have set out to decipher this. Steve Tsang is Professor of China Studies and Director of the China Institute at SOAS in London; and his colleague Olivia Cheung is a research Fellow there. Together they have written a book - ‘The Political Thought of Xi Jinping' - which sets out Xi's philosophy and why it's important for us all to understand his beliefs. 

China's President Xi Jinping is a figure of extraordinary influence around the world but it in the West the nuances and intricacies of his political agenda are less well understood. The Political Thought of Xi Jinping is a new book from Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute, and Dr Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow of the China Institute at SOAS University of London. The book draws from Xi Jinping's own words and writings issued in his name to explain his ideas and plans, offering the first comprehensive and critical analysis of what "Xi Jinping Thought" is and whether it should be treated as China's state ideology. Joining Tsang and Cheung in conversation for this episode is Katie Stallard, senior editor for China and global affairs at the New Statesman and author of Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea. If you'd like to get access to all of our longer form interviews and members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The San Francisco meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden has concluded. At the meeting's opening, Xi said the China-US relationship has never been smooth sailing over the past 50 years, yet it has kept moving forward with twists and turns. How can the relationship develop in a way that not only benefits the two countries but also fulfills a global responsibility? Host Ding Heng is joined by Rong Ying, Vice President of the China Institute of International Studies, and Rick Dunham, former White House reporter of Businessweek and Co-director of Tsinghua University's Global Business Journalism Program.

Since the weekend, Beijing has impressed observers with separate series of intense, high-level consultations with Washington and Moscow, one after another.上周末以来，中国与美国、俄罗斯分别进行了一系列密集、高级别磋商，给观察家留下了深刻的印象。Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi completed two days of talks with United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Malta on Sunday, and he arrived in Russia on Monday for a four-day China-Russia consultation on strategic security.中国外交部长王毅于周日（9月17日）在马耳他完成了与白宫国家安全顾问沙利文两天的会谈，王毅周一（9月18日）抵达俄罗斯进行为期四天的中俄战略安全磋商。Analysts said the two series of talks — one closely following the other — are part of China's efforts to carry forward its regular two-way dialogues with influential major countries and help shore up nations' concerted efforts to stabilize the Asia-Pacific region.分析人士说，这两场时间联系紧密的系列会谈是中国努力推进与有影响力的主要国家定期双向对话的一部分，并帮助支持国家共同努力稳定亚太地区。Both China and the US described the weekend series of consultations as "candid, substantive and constructive" in official readouts released on Sunday. As part of the talks' outcomes, the two sides agreed to hold three China-US consultations — on the Asia-Pacific region, maritime affairs and foreign policy.中美双方在周日（2023.9.17）发布的官方报道中都将周末系列磋商描述为“坦诚、实质性、建设性”。作为会谈成果的一部分，双方关于亚太地区、海洋事务和外交政策进行了三次中美磋商。On Monday morning, Beijing announced that Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, will hold the 18th round of China-Russia strategic security consultations in Russia from Monday through Thursday.周一（9月18日）上午，中国宣布，中共中央政治局委员、中央外事工作委员会办公室主任王毅将于周一至周四在俄罗斯举行第18轮中俄战略安全磋商。Diao Daming, a professor at Renmin University of China's School of International Relations, said the common background of the two series of talks is that the world today is in turmoil and chaos, the global economy has a long way to go in recovering in the post-pandemic era, and the world has widespread expectations of an improved international order.中国人民大学国际关系学院教授刁大明表示，两场系列会谈的共同背景是，当今世界动荡混乱，后疫情时代全球经济复苏任重道远，世界对国际秩序改善有广泛期待。During the weekend talks, China and the US also discussed the Asia-Pacific region, the Ukraine crisis and the Korean Peninsula situation, among other international and regional issues.在周末会晤中，中美双方还讨论了亚太地区、乌克兰危机和朝鲜半岛局势等国际和地区问题。"China has retained its steady pace and resilience against various changes when navigating its major-country diplomacy, and it earnestly looks to shape relations with major countries in order to improve the region's situation and the world's trajectory," Diao said.刁大明表示：“中国在进行大国外交时，一直保持着应对各种变化的稳健步伐和韧性，认真寻求建立好大国关系，改善地区局势和世界轨迹。”"What China wants is to work with the international community to rise to the challenge, and it has always tried to inject the world with a steady stream of positivity and certainty," he added.他补充说：“中国期望与国际社会合作，积极迎接挑战，并一直努力稳定地为世界注入积极性和确定性。”Wang and Sullivan previously met and talked in Vienna, Austria, in May. Before that, high-level strategic communication between China and the US took place over the past two years in such places as Zurich, Rome and Luxembourg.王毅和沙利文此前曾于5月在奥地利维也纳会晤面谈。前两年中美两国的高层战略沟通一直在苏黎世、罗马和卢森堡等地进行。During the talks with Washington, the Taiwan question and the US perception of China's development were high on the agenda.在与美国的会谈中，台湾问题和美国对中国发展的看法都被提上议程。An unnamed senior official with the Foreign Ministry who took part in the weekend talks said the multiple rounds of consultations as a whole "exceeded 12 hours in total", and "the Taiwan question consumed the longest time".一位参加周末会谈的外交部匿名高级官员说，多轮磋商“总共超过12小时”，“台湾问题花费时间最长”。The official told Chinese media that Wang said the most essential status quo is that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one China, and the tension across the Strait originates from the increasingly rampant "Taiwan independence "activities by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party.官方告诉中国媒体，王毅表示最本质的现状是台湾海峡两岸属于一个中国，两岸的紧张局势源于台湾民进党日益猖獗的“台独”活动。The right path for peaceful resolution of the Taiwan question is "resolutely objecting to 'Taiwan independence' and supporting the peaceful reunification of China", Wang said.王毅表示，和平解决台湾问题的正确路径是“坚决反对‘台独'，支持中国和平统一”。China has always rejected attempts to use competition to define the whole of China-US ties, and it opposes economic decoupling under the pretext of "de-risking", Wang told Sullivan.王毅告诉沙利文，中国一直拒绝用竞争来定义整个中美关系，也反对以“去风险”为托词的经济脱钩。Wang expressed serious concerns over the US suppressing and frustrating China in terms of science and technology and over the US' unilateral, unreasonable sanctions on Chinese businesses, institutions and individuals.王毅严重关切美国在科技方面打压、挫败中国，以及美国对中国企业、机构和个人实施单边、不合理的制裁。Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Department of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said the "several rounds "indicate the intensity of the negotiations and "the large number of agenda items between Beijing and Washington".中国国际问题研究院美国研究所副所长苏晓晖说，“多轮”表明了谈判的密集程度以及“中美之间的议程项目数量庞大”。"And Beijing's message is clear — not to cross the line over the Taiwan question and stop suppressing and encircling China," she said.她说：“中国的态度很明确--不要在台湾问题上越界，停止压制和包围中国。”"Washington is expected to work toward the same goal alongside China and take more positive moves in response to China's message," she added.“美国应与中国一起朝着同一目标努力，并积极回应中方的态度，”她补充说。Meanwhile, the previous round of consultation under the China-Russia strategic security consultation mechanism took place in Fuzhou, Fujian province, in September last year. The mechanism was established in 2005.与此同时，中俄战略安全磋商机制下的上轮磋商于去年9月在福建省福州市举行。该机制成立于2005年。Observers noted that the mechanism is part of the evolving China-Russia comprehensive strategic cooperation in the new era.观察者注意到，该机制是新时代中俄全面战略合作演进的一部分。The trip to Russia this week by Wang, who was invited by Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, for the 18th round of consultation is "a routine activity within the framework of the China-Russia strategic security consultation mechanism", Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday.王毅本周受俄联邦安全委员会秘书长尼古拉·帕特鲁舍夫邀请的的俄罗斯之行，对于第18轮磋商是“中俄战略安全磋商机制框架内的一次例行活动”，外交部发言人毛宁周一（2023.9.18）说。The trip to Russia "aims to implement the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, promote the development of bilateral relations and carry out in-depth communication on important issues related to the strategic security interests of the two countries", Mao said.毛宁说，此次俄罗斯之行“旨在落实两国元首达成的重要共识，推动双边关系发展，并就涉及两国战略安全利益的重要议题进行深入沟通。”She pointed to both countries' shared identity as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and major emerging market economies.她指出两国同为联合国安理会常任理事国和主要新兴市场国家。"The two countries have always maintained close communication on major, strategic and overarching issues of common concern," she added.她补充说：“两国一直就共同关心的重大战略性、全局性问题保持密切沟通。”Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said that "China-Russia strategic cooperation is the 'mainstay' of maintaining international peace and security", and "the significance and impact of China-Russia relations go far beyond the bilateral context".中国驻俄罗斯大使张汉晖说，“中俄战略合作是维护国际和平与安全的‘中流砥柱'”，“中俄关系的意义和影响远远超出双边范畴”。In an interview published last week on the People's Daily website, Zhang said the two sides "work closely together in the international arena", resolutely oppose hegemony and power politics, and adhere to genuine multilateralism.在人民日报网站上周发表的一篇访谈中，张汉晖说双方“在国际舞台上密切合作”，坚决反对霸权和强权政治，坚持真正的多边主义。Maritime英/'mærɪtaɪm/美'mærɪtaɪm/adj.海事的turmoil 英/'tɜːmɒɪl/美/'tɝmɔɪl/n.混乱，动乱

The latest vision set out by President Xi Jinping on revitalizing China's northeastern region has pointed the way for the area to become a pillar of national strategies and better respond to challenges including population outflows, according to analysts.Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, outlined the vision for the region's revitalization while convening a symposium in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, on Thursday.He listened to briefings at the symposium from the Party chiefs of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilolngjiang provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, as well as from Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission.Xi presided over a similar symposium in Shenyang, Liaoning province, five years ago. He also chaired a high-level meeting last year in Shenyang on the revitalization of the northeastern region, one of China's grain production bases and a traditional manufacturing powerhouse that has undergone economic slowdown and seen an outflow of population.Noting that northeastern China boasts rich resources, solid industrial foundations, favorable geological locations and significant development potential, Xi said that the region now faces great new opportunities.It is important for the region to promote industrial innovation via scientific and technological innovation and accelerate the modernization of its distinctive industrial system, Xi said.Advancing the Chinese path to modernization will also require the region to step up its role as a strategic pillar, he said.In striving for the full revitalization of northeastern China, the real economy is the foundation, sci-tech innovation is the key and industrial upgrading is the direction, he added.Xi also called on the region to accelerate the digital, online and smart transformation of the traditional manufacturing sector and proactively develop emerging sectors such as new energy, new materials, advanced manufacturing and electronics.Zhang Fei, vice-president of the China Institute for Reform and Development, said that Xi emphasized the development of industries at the latest symposium because the upgrading and transformation of the manufacturing sector in northeastern China is not only monumental for the region, but also for the whole nation.“Over the past four decades, the northeastern region has seen an increasingly diminishing share in the total GDP of the nation. However, the region still boasts a fairly large number of top universities and a sound industrial structure, giving the region vast potential for future growth,” Zhang said.President Xi has again stressed the region's role in ensuring China's food security, saying that the primary responsibility of the region is serving as the “ballast” for stable grain production and supply.The region should always prioritize the ensuring of China's food security, accelerate steps to modernize agriculture and rural areas, and bolster the capacity for grain production across the board, Xi added.Zhang said the grain production volume of China's northeastern provinces accounted for more than 20 percent of the national total in 2022, and the region's role has become even more prominent, as the Ukraine crisis led to the worsening of global food security.Xi has underlined the region's role in China's food security during each of his inspection trips to the region over the past decade, calling for the region to beef up the protection of the fertile black soil.On Thursday, he expressed expectations that the region will make greater strides in opening-up, saying that the region must steadily expand opening-up in rules, regulations, management and standards, and improve capacity in customs clearance.He called for retaining and attracting talent to the region, reducing the burden of families on raising children, and maintaining a proper level of birth ratio and population scale.According to statistics released by authorities of Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces, the three provinces all registered negative growth in population in 2022, with the three seeing the number of their permanent residents down by a total of 860,000.Zhang Keyun, a regional economics professor at Renmin University of China, said that the efforts by the region to promote industrial upgrading and cope with an aging society could have implications at the national level.“If the region can come up with effective solutions to the challenges, it could well pioneer the solutions at the national level and continue serving as the pillar for the nation's high-quality growth.”Reporter: Xu WeiEdit: Zhou ChanRevitalization英/ˌri:ˌvaɪtəlaɪ'zeɪʃn/美/ˌriˌvaɪtəlaɪ'zeɪʃn/n.复兴；新生Symposium英/sɪmˈpəʊziəm/美/sɪmˈpoʊziəm/n.座谈会，研讨会

The 43rd Summit and meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, have just concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under the theme of "ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth," the meetings provided platforms for leaders of ASEAN countries, as well their Asian and western counterparts, to discuss ways of building a stronger regional economic powerhouse. What has made ASEAN the promised land for growth? To focus on the economy, how should ASEAN countries maintain geopolitical stability in the region? How can China and ASEAN work with each other to unleash more development potential? Host Liu Kun is joined by Timo Kivimaki, Professor of International Relations at University of Bath; Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, BRI Caucus for Asia-Pacific, and Honorary Fellow at Perak Academy; Rong Ying, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, at the China Institute of International Studies.

President Xi Jinping's recent state visit to South Africa and his attendance at the 15th BRICS Summit are proof of the noticeable and fresh progress made by emerging markets and developing economies toward building a fairer and just global governance system, senior officials and experts said.Xi had a packed yet productive diplomatic schedule from Tuesday to Thursday in South Africa as he attended and addressed a slew of wide-ranging multilateral meetings and held bilateral talks.In addition to his state visit to South Africa in its administrative capital, Pretoria, and attending the annual gathering of BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — in Johannesburg, Xi also co-chaired the China-Africa Leaders' Dialogue with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.Hailing the trip as "bearing strategic significance", Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the tour highlights China's consistent approach to embracing Africa and the whole world, carries forward the traditional China-Africa friendship, consolidates fresh consensus for South-South cooperation, and injects positivity into the pursuit of peace and development."The expansion of membership means BRICS is now embarking on a new journey. The China-Africa community with a shared future enjoys new connotations, and the strategic mutual trust between China and South Africa is reaching new heights," he added.The visit is "another successful practice of Xi Jinping's Thought on Diplomacy" and demonstrates China's global vision, Wang told reporters at the conclusion of the trip.Currently, the 17-year-old BRICS represents more than 40 percent of the world's population and a quarter of the world's economic output, and this years' BRICS events engaged leaders from more than 60 countries.Wang noted that last year, with the push from China — the rotating president of BRICS — the grouping launched its expansion process, "ushering in a major development opportunity for the BRICS mechanism".During the South Africa trip, President Xi attended BRICS events and made several important speeches, "continuing to promote and lead the momentum of BRICS development", Wang added.The BRICS summit on Thursday made the landmark decision to invite Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Iran and Ethiopia to the BRICS family as official members.Assem Hanafi, Egyptian ambassador to China, said: "BRICS is a representation of the Global South. It is an important instrument whereby developing countries and emerging economies integrate their political and economic efforts to give themselves more voice, more representation in the current global architecture.""The expansion of BRICS is a natural and expected one. … China, along with other states, gives BRICS an added impact on the world scene," he said in a recent interview with People's Daily.Wu Xinbo, dean of Fudan University's Institute of International Studies, said, "In recent years, some developed countries have worked on building up their cliques such as the Group of Seven for their own selfish interests, while the lawful interests of developing countries have been disregarded and the role of emerging economies has been further marginalized.""BRICS is one of the most important cooperation platforms that serves a vast number of Global South countries, and a bigger and stronger BRICS in effect helps promote and deepen South-South cooperation," Wu said.At the summit, Xi unveiled China's planned actions for advancing BRICS cooperation, such as setting up a China-BRICS Science and Innovation Incubation Park for the New Era and jointly establishing a BRICS Framework on Industrial Cooperation for Sustainable Development."As the world's second-largest economy and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China should continue to work with other BRICS countries to boost the voice and influence of developing countries in global economic governance," Wu said.At the China-Africa Leaders' Dialogue held on Thursday evening, President Xi announced three major moves to chart the course for China-Africa practical cooperation in the next stage and assist in Africa's integration and modernization — the Initiative on Supporting Africa's Industrialization, the Plan for China Supporting Africa's Agricultural Modernization, and the Plan for China-Africa Cooperation on Talent Development.African leaders attending Thursday's dialogue said that China's help and cooperation have vigorously promoted the development of African countries and their integration process, and that China is a true friend of African countries and a partner they can rely on when they encounter difficulties.At the meeting, the African leaders voiced firm support for the Xi-proposed Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilization Initiative, and said that they will continue to actively promote the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road."The solid progress of Africa's integration and the desirable development of China and Africa's own modernization undertakings surely will provide fresh fuel for the world's economic growth and contribute positivity to international fairness and justice," said Wang, the foreign minister.He added that the joint statement issued by the dialogue "charts a road map for the development of China-Africa relations in the new era".Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Department of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said that what Xi has emphasized is that in China's eyes, it is the opportunities and fruits of development that should be shared among countries."We have seen countries interested in the Chinese path to modernization. China is also willing and ready to share its experience in poverty reduction and the benefits brought by infrastructure construction. It inspires a lot of countries, especially developing countries," she said.Xi's state visit to South Africa marked his fourth to the country as president as well as the only state visit arranged during this years' BRICS events.The foreign minister said that the visit "yielded a bumper harvest", noting that the two leaders witnessed the signing of a slew of cooperation agreements.Wang Fan, president of China Foreign Affairs University, noted that the two countries are "like-minded partners who weather the storms together, and they are both striding on their own paths toward modernization".Reporter: Zhang YunbiProgress英 /'prəʊgres/美 /'prɑɡrɛs/n.进步，发展Fair英 /feə(r)/美 /fer/adj.公平的Summit英 /ˈsʌmɪt/美 /ˈsʌmɪt/n. 峰会

Hebei province has made use of seven detention areas to effectively reduce floodwater pressure in the basin, a senior official from the provincial water authority said.河北省水务局的一位高级官员说，河北省利用七个蓄滞洪区有效减轻了流域的洪水压力。The province witnessed 144 hours of heavy rainfall over the week, which stopped on Wednesday.本周，河北省出现了144小时的强降雨，降雨于8月2日停止。During the period, the province recorded an average rainfall of 146.2 millimeters, amounting to about 27.5 billion cubic meters of water, which is more than double the combined total storage capacity of all large and medium-sized reservoirs in Hebei, chinanews.com reported.据中国新闻网报道，在此期间，该省平均降雨量为146.2毫米，水量约为275亿立方米，是河北省所有大中型水库总库容的两倍多。As of Wednesday, the province had diverted about 1.8 billion cubic meters of floodwater to detention areas, according to the provincial emergency management department.据省应急管理厅称，截至8月2日，该省已将约18亿立方米的洪水转移至蓄滞洪区。A detention basin is an area that is designed or designated for the temporary or permanent retention of floodwaters. "These low-lying areas include lakes, wetlands, farms and even residential areas," Cheng Xiaotao, deputy chief engineer of the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, told China Central Television.中国水利水电科学研究院副总工程师程晓陶向中国中央电视台介绍，蓄滞洪区是防洪体系中的一个重要组成部分，是河堤外临时贮存洪水的低洼地区及湖泊等，其中多数是历史上江河洪水淹没的场所。More than 850,000 residents living around the detention areas, including Xiaoqing River, Langouwa and Dongdian, have been relocated to safety, the emergency management department said, adding that another 370,000 people have been evacuated from other regions.应急管理部门表示，居住在小清河、兰沟洼和董店等蓄滞洪区周围的85万多居民已被转移到安全地带，另外还有37万人从其他地区撤离。"The flood detention areas that we used turned out to be effective," Li Na, deputy head of the Department of Water Resources of Hebei province, told CCTV on Wednesday night.河北省水利厅副厅长李娜1日晚告诉中央电视台：“我们启用的蓄滞洪区效果还是非常不错的。”In particular, two detention areas near Zhuozhou, which was still facing waterlogging on Thursday, have played an important role in retaining flood from a branch of the Daqing River.“比如小清河分洪区，还有兰沟洼分洪区，这两个分洪区位于涿州的周围······这次这两个蓄滞洪区在整个大清河防洪工程体系中发挥了重大的作用。”"If it had not been for the two areas controlling floodwaters, the pressure on downstream flood control in Xiong'an and Tianjin would have been very heavy," she said.“如果没有这两个蓄滞洪区来分泄大清河北支的来水，那么下游雄安新区和天津的防洪压力将是非常大的。”The provincial top leadership highlighted the importance of flood control by coordinating resources. "We should strengthen the inspection of reservoirs, dams and flood channels to comprehensively defuse risks and ensure the safety of surrounding areas," Ni Yuefeng, secretary of Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said during an inspection tour of Baoding on Tuesday.河北省高层领导强调了统筹资源防汛的重要性。"河北省委书记倪岳峰8月1日在保定视察时说：“要加强对水库大坝、行洪河道巡查，全面化解风险，保障周边区域安全。”The floodwaters that have flowed into the detention areas will recede along their original path after the water level drops in major rivers, he added.他补充说，流入滞留区的洪水将在主要河流水位下降后沿原路退去。Since the rain stopped on Wednesday, the water levels in the rivers have started to drop and thus the amount of water in the flood detention areas will gradually reduce, said Li, from Hebei's department of water resources.河北省水利厅副厅长李娜表示，降雨已经停止了，整个河道的水位在持续回落，但是这个衰减也是有一定时间的。Some villages located in higher areas will see the waterline receding in about a week, while the water might take up to a month to retreat from low-lying areas, Li said.地势高的地方相对来说退水就要快，地势低的地方退水还是会慢一些，快的估计一个星期有可能就会退去，慢的来说可能会持续的时间比较长，达到一个月左右。"The country will compensate for the civil losses suffered including to crops, livestock and housing, according to regulations," Cheng said."国家将根据相关规定对包括农作物、牲畜和住房在内的民事损失进行赔偿。For example, the cost of properties damaged in the detention areas due to flooding will be compensated by 70 percent, according to the interim measures for compensation in detention areas.例如，根据《蓄滞洪区运用补偿暂行办法》，蓄滞洪区因洪水造成的财产损失将获得70%的补偿。Detention英/dɪˈtenʃn/ 美/dɪˈtenʃn/n.蓄滞洪区Havoc英/ˈhævək/ 美/ˈhævək/n.灾难，混乱

President Xi Jinping has reiterated the need to follow the principles of "mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation" in dealing with relations between China and the United States, saying that Beijing is willing to work with Washington to explore the right way for both countries to coexist based on such principles.Xi made the remarks in a meeting with former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Thursday.Kissinger, who celebrated his 100th birthday in May, has visited China more than 100 times since his first, secret trip to the country in 1971, which began the normalization of China-US relations.His visit came with expectations of a potential shift in the strained China-US relationship amid a series of high-level official engagements between the two countries. US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry concluded his visit to China on Wednesday. In recent weeks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his first trip to China in his current capacity, followed by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.During the meeting, Xi said that 52 years ago, China and the US were at a crucial juncture. At that time, Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai, as well as then US president Richard Nixon and Kissinger himself, with their extraordinary strategic vision, made the right decision for China-US cooperation, he said."It was also in July in the same place — Villa No 5 of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse — that you and Premier Zhou Enlai had a meeting, starting the normalization process of the two countries' relations," Xi said, adding that the 1971 meeting was of far-reaching historic significance."The Chinese people value friendship, and they never forget their old friend, nor your historic contributions to promoting the growth of China-US relations and enhancing friendship between the two peoples," Xi said.Noting that the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century and that the international landscape is experiencing significant shifts, the president said, "China and the US have once again come to a crossroads, which requires another decision by the two sides about where to go from here."China and the US can help each other succeed and prosper together, Xi said, and "the key is to follow the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation".Based on these principles, the Chinese side is willing to explore the right way for both countries to coexist and push forward steady progress in China-US relations, he said, adding that this will benefit both sides and the entire world."It is hoped that you and wise individuals in the United States will continue to play a constructive role in steering China-US relations back onto the right track," Xi said.Kissinger, expressing appreciation to Xi for meeting with him at the historic Villa No 5 venue, said, "The relationship between our two countries is crucial to world peace and the progress of our societies."In the current situation, Kissinger said, it is important to abide by the principles set out in the Shanghai Communique and understand the utmost importance of the one-China principle for China.The Shanghai Communique was an important diplomatic document jointly issued by China and the US on Feb 28, 1972, during Nixon's visit to China. The document, together with two other joint communiques released by the two countries in December 1978 and August 1982, is considered to be the political foundation of China-US relations.Su Xiaohui, deputy director and associate research fellow of the Department for American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said that Kissinger's secret visit to China in 1971 was an unforgettable, crucial moment in the development of China-US relations.Currently, the China-US relationship is going through a difficult phase — perhaps at its lowest point in history, Su said, and it is important for the US to apply the same diplomatic wisdom as Kissinger to make progress in improving bilateral ties.If the US would adopt a more constructive approach, it would be possible to stabilize the China-US relationship, she added.Reporter: Cao Desheng

NATO's plan to set up its first Asia liaison office in Japan has been held up after French President Emmanuel Macron once again voiced his objection. Why is Macron so resolute on this matter? Can he put an end to the NATO plan? Or is he the Sisyphus of Europe? Host Tu Yun joins Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization, Dr. Cui Hongjian, Head of European Studies Department, China Institute of International Studies, and Mike Bastin, China observer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton on this episode of Chat Lounge to find out the answer and more.

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's just-concluded visit to China showed that the world's two largest economies are beefing up in-depth, candid communication to settle differences, but more efforts are needed to yield a significant breakthrough in easing bilateral economic tensions, according to political advisers and experts.7月6日至9日，美国财政部部长珍妮特·耶伦访华。此次访华表明，中美双方正在加强深入、坦诚的沟通，以解决分歧，但是政治顾问和专家表示，要在缓解双边经济紧张局势方面取得重大突破，还需要付出更多努力。Highlighting that the US crackdown on China's tech industry could slow global economic recovery, they said Washington must give up its zero-sum mindset and respond to Beijing's key concerns, if any substantive progress is to be made.政治顾问和专家强调，美国对中国科技行业的打压可能会减缓全球经济复苏的进程，如果要取得任何实质性进展，美方必须放弃零和思维，回应中方的关键关切。Yellen ended her four-day visit to Beijing on Sunday. During her visit, she met with high-ranking officials including Vice-Premier He Lifeng.7月9日，耶伦结束了为期四天的访华之旅。在访华期间，耶伦会见了包括国务院副总理何立峰在内的高级官员。During the meeting, the vice-premier expressed concerns over US sanctions against China. 在会谈中，何立峰表达了对美方对华制裁限制措施的关切。He said the overstretching of national security does no good for normal economic and trade exchanges, Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.据新华社8日报道，何立峰表示，泛化国家安全不利于正常经贸往来。The talks were constructive, and the two sides agreed to strengthen communication and cooperation on addressing global challenges and maintain exchanges and interactions, according to Xinhua.据新华社报道，本次会谈具有建设性，两国同意加强沟通与合作，应对全球挑战，保持交流与互动。Finance Minister Liu Kun also met with Yellen on Saturday to exchange views on topics such as the global macroeconomic situation and the fiscal policies of the two countries.7月8日，中国财政部部长刘昆会见耶伦，双方就全球宏观经济形势和两国财政政策等话题交换了意见。Liao Min, deputy head of the Office of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, said that during Yellen's visit, the Chinese and US economic and trade teams held candid, long meetings, and the two sides agreed to maintain communication.中央财经委员会办公室副主任廖岷表示，此次美财政部部长耶伦访华期间，中美经贸团队举行了长时间坦诚会谈，双方同意保持沟通。Zhang Tengjun, deputy director of the Department for American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said Yellen's candid and practical exchanges with Chinese officials are conducive to bringing the bilateral ties back to a healthy track.中国国际问题研究院美国研究所副所长张腾军表示，耶伦与中国坦诚务实的交流有助于两国关系重回健康轨道。"But it remains to be seen to what extent Yellen's visit can help allay the distrust between China and the US. The relationship cannot be repaired overnight, and more efforts are needed to tackle practical problems," Zhang said.张腾军指出：“耶伦访华能在多大程度上帮助缓解中美之间的不信任，还有待观察。两国关系不可能一蹴而就，需要更多的努力来解决实际问题。”Yellen's visit comes as China-US economic ties are plagued by broader geopolitical tensions and disputes in multiple areas, such as semiconductor technology, supply chains and debt problems.耶伦访华之际，中美经济关系正受到更广泛的地缘政治紧张局势和半导体技术、供应链和债务问题等多个领域争端的困扰。Wei Jianguo, former vice-minister of commerce, said that during the trip, Yellen emphasized that the US does not seek to decouple from China, which is in line with Washington's recent shift in rhetoric from "decoupling" to "de-risking" in key supply chains.中国国际经济交流中心副理事长、中国商务部原副部长魏建国表示，耶伦在访问期间强调，美国不寻求与中国脱钩，这与美国最近在关键供应链领域的言论从“脱钩”转向“去风险”是一致的。"But the two phrases, in essence, seem to be the same, judging from the recent practices of US coercing countries such as the Netherlands and Japan to impose stricter chip export controls on China," said Wei, who is vice-chairman of the China 魏建国说：“从最近美国强迫荷兰和日本等国家对中国实施更严格的芯片出口管制的做法来看，‘脱钩'到‘去风险'字面不同但是实质相同。”"Washington should never expect Beijing to cooperate with it in areas such as macroeconomic policies while it continues cracking down on China's high-tech industry. It must give up the zero-sum game mindset," he added.他补充：”美国永远不要在继续打击中国高科技产业的同时，期望中国在宏观经济等领域与美国合作。美方必须放弃零和游戏的思维方式。”Zhang Lianqi, a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country's top political advisory body, said, "Apart from listening to what the US says, it is more important to see what it does."第十四届全国政协常委张连起表示：“除了听美国说什么，更重要的是看美国做什么。”According to Zhang, in order to make substantive progress in easing bilateral economic tensions, the US should respond to China's key concerns.张连起表示，为了在缓解双边经济紧张局势方面取得实质性进展，美方应该回应中方的主要关切。"Washington needs to adjust its strategy of pressuring allies to suppress China's semiconductor industry, eliminate extra tariffs imposed on Chinese products and establish a regular communication mechanism with Beijing," Zhang said.“美方需要调整向盟友施压以压制中国半导体产业的战略，取消对中国产品征收额外关税，并与中方建立定期的沟通机制”张连起说。"More efforts are also needed to reduce the risk of misunderstanding, and pave the way for future cooperation between the two countries in areas such as climate change and debt crisis," he added.张连起补充：“需要做出更多努力减少误解，为两国未来在气候变化和债务危机等领域的合作铺平道路。”The comments come as the world closely watches how China-US ties will move forward, as industrial decoupling between the two sides would pose a huge risk to global economic recovery.中美工业脱钩将给全球经济复苏带来巨大风险，世界正密切关注中美关系的发展。The International Monetary Fund estimated that economic decoupling could cost anything between a manageable 0.2 percent of world GDP and an alarming 7 percent.据国际货币基金组织估计，经济脱钩将导致全球GDP减少可控的0.2%至惊人的7%之间。"In general, technological decoupling is very expensive for not just Asia but also for the rest of the world," said Krishna Srinivasan, director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department.国际货币基金组织亚太部主任克里希纳·斯里尼瓦桑说:“总体而言，技术脱钩将让亚洲乃至全球其他地区付出高昂的代价。”Su Jian, director of the 13th Central Economic Committee of the China Democratic League, said: "To break the standoff, the key is for the US to stop abusing the concept of national security concerns, and let trade be trade. That is the prerequisite for more in-depth discussions."第十三届民盟中央经济委员会主任苏剑表示：“美国停止滥用国家安全关切的概念让贸易回归初心是打破僵局的关键，也是进行更深入讨论的先决条件。”Amid the current Chin a-US ties, as long as communication exists between the two sides, it is beneficial to the world, Su said, adding that "in fact, communication itself is a good result, and more high-level exchanges can be expected in the future".苏剑认为，在当前中美关系情况下，只要双方之间存在沟通就对世界有利，事实上，沟通本身就是一个好结果，未来可以期待更多中美之间的高层交流。Yao Yang, president of the National School of Development at Peking University, said at the Global Forum of Finance and Economics on Saturday in Beijing that last year, the trade volume between China and the US had already recovered to the level before 2018, despite a string of extra trade tariffs that Washington imposed on China.北京大学国家发展研究院院长姚洋8日在全球财经论坛上表示，尽管美国对中国征收了一系列额外的贸易关税，但是2022年中美贸易额已经恢复到2018年之前的水平。Now, China accounts for more than 14 percent of the world's trade volume, higher than the pre-COVID-19 level of 12 percent, Yao said.姚洋表示，目前中国贸易额占世界的14%以上，高于疫情前的12%。Economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University in New York, said a lot of the tension between the US and China arises from the US side.美国纽约哥伦比亚大学可持续发展中心主任、经济学家杰弗里·萨克斯表示，美中之间的紧张关系很大程度上源于美方。Economics is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win cooperative game," he said.萨克斯指出：“经济学不是零和游戏，而是合作共赢的游戏。”Talk英 /tɔːk/美 /tɔːk/n. 对话Economic英 /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/美 /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk/adj. 经济的Effort英 /ˈefət/美 /ˈefərt/n. 努力Zero-sum英 /ˈziərəuˈsʌm/美 /'ziro'sʌm/adj. 零和的

For Seabelo Tumpane, who is about to return to her hometown in Botswana after obtaining a master's degree from a university in Jiangsu province, a letter from President Xi Jinping is the best thing to have happened to commemorate the two years she has spent in China.In a recent letter replying to Tumpane and 36 other international students pursuing master's degrees in auditing at Nanjing Audit University, Xi encouraged them to use auditing as a window to better understand China and make contributions to deepen the friendship and cooperation between China and their own countries."We really appreciated that. Thank you, President Xi," Tumpane said.Tumpane worked as an external auditor for the Supreme Audit Institution in Botswana before coming to China in 2021 for the international master's program in auditing.Launched in 2016, the program has since provided training to more than 280 people working for auditing agencies in 76 countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. Graduates from the program have since returned to their countries and continued to engage in auditing."The first thing that I learned in China was the use of technology (in auditing). I found technology here very advanced, and I feel that our countries can also adopt the technologies that China uses," Tumpane said.The idea of writing a letter to the Chinese president came up after the international students visited Lan­kao county in Henan province in April.During the trip, the students got to see how China's progress in auditing has helped in poverty alleviation. In the once-impoverished county, they learned how the Communist Party of China has led people to combat poverty and boost local development.The students, from 18 countries, told Xi in their letter that they would keep in mind their experiences in China, cherish their emotional connections with China forever, and strive to act as ambassadors in enhancing friendship between China and their own countries.In the reply letter, Xi expressed the hope that the students would step up exchanges and mutual learning with their Chinese counterparts.He also said that China has established a socialist auditing system with Chinese characteristics after years of exploration, and a centralized, comprehensive and efficient auditing supervision system has been formed.Sunday Francisco Moloseni, from Malawi, got admitted to the program in September. "I was greatly motivated by Xi's reply letter," he said, adding that he wishes to take home to Malawi the excellent experience of Chinese auditing.Moloseni said he was impressed by how China is utilizing big data in auditing, which is still a new area in his country. "With the help of big data technologies, auditors can save a lot of time by quickly identifying possible problems," he said.Bubacarr M. Jallow said he learned a lot about Chinese culture, people, food and everything else about the country after coming to China in December from Gambia."It (the reply) was great news. We were not expecting it to come so soon. We are very appreciative of it because this is one of a kind. I believe we will use this opportunity to take back home what we have learned here and then share it with our people," he said.Tumpane said she enjoys talking to the Chinese people, who are always very accommodating, and she expects relations between her country and China to grow further through people-to-people exchanges.Yao Jinxiang, an assistant researcher at the China Institute of International Studies' Institute of Developing Countries, said, "A severe shortage of skilled personnel is the most pressing issue faced by developing countries in their current industrialization and modernization efforts."Therefore, a key aspect of China's cooperation with other developing countries is to help them cultivate technical talent, he said.Yao said that such cooperation is part of China's efforts to implement the Global Development Initiative, which aims to solve the pressing problems that developing countries face in areas such as poverty alleviation, green development and the digital economy.In the long run, the experience in China will also enable the technical experts or officials from foreign countries to understand China through their own eyes instead of through Western propaganda against China, Yao added.Reporters: Mo Jingxi, Cang Wei

Officials and policy observers have welcomed the meetings that President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese diplomats had in Beijing with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying that the talks offered hope on reining in the two-way tension and introducing more certainty to future prospects(00:24, misread ‘prospects' as projects).Now it's time for Washington to continue trading goodwill with Beijing, faithfully implement the consensus made between the two sides and minimize the chance of dragging the ties to another low, they said.During President Xi's meeting with Blinken on Monday afternoon, Xi "spoke with an overarching perspective and elaborated on the principled position on stabilizing and developing China-US ties", said Yang Tao, director-general of the Foreign Ministry's Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs.The series of meetings with Blinken were "candid, in-depth and constructive", he said, adding that the top priority now — and the most important outcome of the China trip — is for both sides to faithfully implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state at their meeting last year in Bali, Indonesia, and return to the agenda set by that meeting."We're on the right trail here," US President Joe Biden said on Monday regarding Blinken's visit.The latest meetings have attracted great attention from the public in both countries, analysts said.Cai Tongjuan, a researcher at Renmin University of China's Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, said, "There are many individuals and organizations from both nations calling for securing the bilateral friendship."Tom Watkins, president and CEO of TDW and Associates, a US-based business and education consulting company, said Xi's meeting with Blinken "sent a clear message to the world that both sides value dialogue and cooperation over conflict".Rong Ying, vice-president of the China Institute of International Studies, said it is a point made consistently by Beijing that the relations matter not only to both nations, but also to the peace, development and stability of the whole of humanity."We expect the Biden administration could tackle China-US ties from this perspective and work together in exploring the way for the two major countries to get along well in the new era," he said.Wichai Kinchong Choi, senior vice-president of Thai bank Kasikornbank, said it is "good to have the two countries get back to the negotiating table", as "Thailand and other ASEAN countries want to see the region have peaceful and stable development, which is largely affected by the world's two largest economies".Lawrence Loh, a professor of strategy and policy and director of National University of Singapore's Centre for Governance and Sustainability, said the visit was "a significant development amidst the escalating geopolitical tensions between the two countries", adding that "a stable bilateral relationship must be based on firm actions rooted in the fundamental principle of mutual respect".Khalid Taimur Akram, executive director of the Islamabad-based Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future, said, "China always wishes for a strong and stable China-US relationship."The US must engage in dialogue and cooperation based on equality and mutual respect, and maintain a commitment to inclusivity and openness rather than exclusivity and confrontation," he said.Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Department of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said, "It is time for translating into reality the latest consensus made between Beijing and Washington, and the US should break away from its two-faced approach in dealing with China — saying one thing and doing another."Washington should focus on perceiving China in an objective, rational way and adjust its China policy to avert the further decline of the relations," she added.During State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang's meeting with Blinken, the two sides agreed to encourage people-to-people exchanges and actively discuss an increase in passenger flights between the two countries.The departments of both countries in charge of this matter "have maintained communication" on increasing the number of passenger flights, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday."We are willing to work with the US side to promote the increase of passenger flights in a flexible and pragmatic manner," she said.Diplomat英/ˈdɪpləmæt/ 美/ˈdɪpləmæt/n.外交官，外交家Bilateral英/ˌbaɪˈlætərəl/ 美/ˌbaɪˈlætərəl/adj.双方的，双边的

President Xi Jinping has urged the United States to respect China, reject major-country competition and honor the positive statements and consensus made at his meeting with US President Joe Biden last year.Xi made the remarks when meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a two-day visit, his first to China in his current capacity.Xi pointed out that "the world needs a generally stable China-US relationship", and "whether the two countries can find the right way to get along bears on the future and destiny of humanity"."Planet Earth is big enough to accommodate the respective development and common prosperity of China and the US," he said.Speaking on major-country competition as sought by Washington recently, Xi emphasized that such competition "does not represent the trend of the times, still less can it solve the US' own problems or the challenges facing the world"."China respects US interests and does not seek to challenge or displace the US. In the same vein, the US needs to respect China and must not hurt China's legitimate rights and interests," he said."Neither side should try to shape the other side by its own will, still less deprive the other side of its legitimate right to development," he added.When elaborating on the bilateral ties, Xi said China always hopes to see a sound and steady China-US relationship and believes that the two major countries can overcome various difficulties and find the right way to get along based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.He called on the US to adopt a rational and pragmatic attitude, and work toward the same goal with China.Xi said the two sides need to remain committed to the common understandings that he and President Biden reached in Bali, Indonesia, last year, and "translate the positive statements into actions so as to stabilize and improve China-US relations".Blinken conveyed Biden's greetings to Xi. He said Biden believes that the US and China have an obligation to responsibly manage their relations, adding that this is in the interests of the US, China and the world. He also said the US is committed to the agenda set by the two presidents in Bali.The US stands by the commitments made by President Biden, namely that the US does not seek a new Cold War and does not seek to change China's system, that US alliances are not directed at China, and that it does not support "Taiwan independence" and does not seek conflict with China, Blinken said.The US side looks forward to having high-level engagement with the Chinese side, keeping open lines of communication, responsibly managing differences and pursuing dialogue, exchanges and cooperation, he added.Observers said that Xi made his remarks to Blinken at a time when Washington has persisted in suppressing and bullying China while hollowing out the one-China principle, pushing the relations to a new low."That's why many people from outside the two countries have expected that, through the two-way meetings during Blinken's China visit, the two sides could return to the consensus reached by the two heads of state in Bali," said Ling Shengli, secretary-general of the International Security Research Center at China Foreign Affairs University."Despite various challenges, there is room for the two sides to embark on collaboration, and they could first work on specific issues and affairs and push for the relations' improvement bit by bit, step by step," he said.When highlighting the two-way ties' significance in bilateral and global contexts, Xi told Blinken that the Chinese, like the Americans, are dignified, confident and self-reliant people, and both peoples "have the right to pursue a better life"."The common interests of the two countries should be valued, and their respective success is an opportunity instead of a threat to each other," Xi said.The international community is generally concerned about the current state of China-US ties, and it does not want to see conflict or confrontation between China and the US or to take sides, Xi said."The two countries should act with a sense of responsibility for history, for the people and for the world, and handle China-US relations properly," he said.Wu Xinbo, dean of Fudan University's Institute of International Studies, noted that currently "the overall China-US ties are still vulnerable and unstable".With regard to the ties' ups and downs in the past few months, Wu said key lessons worth noting include that Washington should keep a cool head in case of an accident, and "the US side should be very prudent in tackling matters related to the Taiwan question, which involves China's core interests".On Sunday, Beijing and Washington agreed to advance collaboration and exchange of visits during the talks between State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang and Blinken.Earlier on Monday, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, also met with Blinken.Wang asked the US to "stop hyping up the 'China threat', lift illegal unilateral sanctions against China, stop its suppression of China's scientific and technological development, and refrain from interfering in China's internal affairs".Wang urged the US not to apply to China the belief that "a strong nation surely will seek hegemony", or to use the past trajectories of traditional Western powers to misjudge China."This is the key to whether the US policy toward China can truly return to an objective and rational approach," he said.Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the Department of American Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said that China has consistently honored and supported peace, and "many countries disagree with the US narrative that China seeks hegemony or to bully others when it is getting stronger".As the US will host this year's APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, Wang said it is an important opportunity for the US to rethink and recalibrate its Asia-Pacific policy.China is ready to work with the US to explore a way for constructive interaction in the Asia-Pacific region, and it hopes that the US, as the APEC host, will work with China to bring Asia-Pacific cooperation back to the right direction, Wang said.Reporter: Zhang Yunbi

The China beat is one of the toughest in journalism and one of the most important. How the U.S. media has covered the country has profoundly influenced American government policy and shaped public opinion in the U.S. and around the world. Journalist Mike Chinoy, author of the new book "Assignment China," and a former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief, talks about the experience reporting in China. His book chronicles the stories of American journalists who have covered China — from 1949 through the COVID-19 pandemic — told in their own words. Chinoy is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at USC. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 38804]

The China beat is one of the toughest in journalism and one of the most important. How the U.S. media has covered the country has profoundly influenced American government policy and shaped public opinion in the U.S. and around the world. Journalist Mike Chinoy, author of the new book "Assignment China," and a former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief, talks about the experience reporting in China. His book chronicles the stories of American journalists who have covered China — from 1949 through the COVID-19 pandemic — told in their own words. Chinoy is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at USC. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 38804]

The inaugural China-Central Asia summit has just been held in China's ancient city of Xi'an. Leaders from China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan all attended the summit to discuss ways of leveling up partnership among the six nations. At the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for a stable, prosperous, harmonious and interconnected Central Asia. How should we understand the strategic significance of Central Asia amid moves by global powers like the U.S., Japan to set up "Central Asia 5+1" mechanisms? What do Central Asian countries look for when working with global powers? Host Liu Kun is joined by Professor Doug Guthrie, Director of China Initiatives at Thunderbird School of Global Management; Naseem khan Achakzai, Advisor to Speaker Balochistan Assembly (Parliament) from Pakistan; Rong Ying, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow, at the China Institute of International Studies.

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are in the spotlight as the latest European leaders visiting China. What message do these visits convey? Can the visit reset China-EU relations? To what extent can the EU achieve strategic autonomy in China policy? How will the deepening of China-France relations lead to regional stability and development? Host of Ge Anna talks with Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Founder of The Schiller Institute, a Germany-based political and economic think tank; Kamal Makili-Aliyev, Affiliated Researcher at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden; Dr. Cui Hongjian Head of European Studies Department at China Institute of International Studies.

At the end of a friendly meeting in Moscow, President Xi of China told President Putin of Russia that they are driving changes in the world the likes of which have not been seen for a century. Meanwhile this week President Biden kicked off a Summit for Democracy with $690m funding pledge to democracies all over the world and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, called on Europe to reassess its diplomatic and economic relations with China before a visit to Beijing next week. So what changes are President Xi talking about? Who will be running the world in 20 years time? Is conflict between rival powers inevitable? And is the model of western liberal democracy in decline? Owen Bennett-Jones is joined by: Evelyn Farkas - an American national security advisor, author, and foreign policy analyst. She is the current Executive Director of the McCain Institute, a nonprofit organisation focused on democracy, human rights, and leadership. Evelyn served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia under President Obama Martin Wolf - chief economics commentator at the Financial Times and author of The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Professor Steve Tsang - political scientist and historian and Director of the China Institute at the SOAS University of London Also featuring: Henry Wang - founder and director of the Centre for China and Globalisation, a think tank with links to the Chinese Communist Party Nathalie Tocci - director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali and an honorary professor at the University of Tübingen Photo: Russia's Putin holds talks with China's Xi in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023 / Credit: Reuters Produced by Rumella Dasgupta and Pandita Lorenz

Clayton Dube (Director, USC U.S.-China Institute) joins Richard K. Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to discuss the condition of U.S.-China relations and the latest developments in China's global influence on trade, supply chain issues, technology, and more. Dube highlights a challenge Chinese officials are watching closely in the coming years: stalling economic growth. To approach the “middle-income” problem, Dube notes the ways in which the government has both relaxed and tightened its grip on markets in an effort to continue the economy's upward momentum.   Included in the discussion: Security concerns between the U.S. and China The important distinction between China's total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita How China's tech rivalry with the U.S. is evolving Why Chinese firms have overpaid in key U.S. real estate transactions   More: https://lusk.usc.edu/perspectives

Karri's core values are simple: gratitude, compassion, see everyone as an individual, and dedication to an intentional legacy through her teaching and volunteering, leaving institutions and people stronger and greater than themselves.Karri has stayed and flourished at the same school for 22 years and ongoing because it matches her teaching philosophy and has offered her multiple paths to mastery. She has been allowed a lot of freedom, resources, professional development and expanding roles. And this has created for her a genuine feeling of mutual appreciation. The school feels like the true community it is. Students even feel sorry when they can't be there, and that was true way before pandemic times.Her life had not been easy since in her mid-20s, Karri has been struck with a series of auto-immune illnesses with its precarious impact, which she talked about. Every health episode, all of which she has bounced back from, seems to increase her determination to help others. As a mentor to other teachers, she strives to lead them to really like math and teaching.Karri is equally dedicated to her volunteer work. For the past 10 years, she has been a volunteer at the New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, devoting almost every Saturday there. In 2014, she was awarded that Hospital's Volunteer of the Year and Chief Life Volunteer of the Year Awards. Her volunteer accomplishments have focused on children, families and those suffering with long-term illnesses. Karri stated that that her desire is to be an inspiration, have a positive impact and give back to a hospital and community that have given her so much.Next steps in her work legacy journey are to supervise, mentor and build confidence in all math teachers and continue her learning, finishing a Higher Education Teaching Certificate at Harvard.TakeawaysMaintain an attitude of gratitude every day, keep motivated and positive, even in the face of great personal challenges.Give more than you are receiving.Develop a culture where people thrive, despite the challenges. Quotes“Have compassion. Remember everyone is a human being.”“It takes about 10 years for teachers to get into a rhythm and feel mastery.”What business can learn from an independent private school:” Create and nurture an environment where people are valued as individuals.”“It's not only about the bottom line.”BioTeacher, mentor, and innovative educator, Karri Ankrom is currently the Head of the Math Department at an independent school in New York City where she has taught for 22 years of her 23-year career. Over the course of her career she has taught 1st and 8th Grade, all subjects. Her favorite subject to teach is, undoubtedly, math. Karri is equally passionate about teaching and her volunteer work. She began volunteering at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center 10 years ago. She was recognized as the 2015 New York Presbyterian Volunteer of the Year and has been presented with the Mayoral Service Recognition Certificate for outstanding efforts and commitment to service in New York City. Originally from Arizona, Karri earned both Bachelor of Science and Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Arizona State University. She is currently working on a Higher Education Teaching Certificate through the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University.In her spare time, Karri is learning Mandarin at the China Institute where she has also written curriculum and was awarded a 3-week study abroad trip throughout Southwestern China. How to reach Karri:Karriankrom386@gmail.com  

Why does an American-born Chinese philanthropist want to help young Chinese in America reconnect with their roots? Why is that important? What seeded that passion?  Tune into my conversation with Carolyn Hsu-Balcer in Episode #3 “Reconnecting with Your Roots.” Carolyn Hsu-Balcer is a designer, philanthropist, and art collector based in Los Angeles and New York.   Having lived in Hong Kong, Thailand, and the Philippines, she returned to America (her birthplace) obligingly for college. Her mother told her America is her future because they didn't have a home in China anymore.  How did Carolyn's Chinese parents shape her love for country, history, art and culture? Why was Carolyn so inspired by her great-granduncle Dr. Kuo Ping-Wen - the first Chinese to have earned a PhD in America?? Why does Carolyn believe young Chinese in America should become global-minded?  Music used: One In a Billion Theme Song by Brad McCarthy Youk Ra Lom Ai Oh by Les Cartes Postales Sonores Lullaby by the Ghost in Your Piano A Yankees Southern Blues by HoliznaCC0 Mountain Monk C by Lobo Loco Driving Through Tunnels by Daniel Birch The Armys March by MMFFF The Things That Connect Us by Independent Music Licensing Collective Carolyn graduated from Wheaton College (Mass.) with a BA in  Economics and a minor in Chinese Language. After working as a  financial analyst on Wall Street and as a Retail Product Developer, Carolyn launched SnoPea Inc. in 1997, a baby clothes company based in  New York. SnoPea manufactures and markets infantwear for sale online  and in specialty stores across the US, Canada and Japan.  Carolyn has worked to foster Sino-American understanding through  education and culture. She has organized seminars on Education in  China at major universities in the US and China.  She supports  educational scholarships at universities in Shanghai, Nanjing and  Taiwan, and at rural schools in Yunnan Province in China. In 2008, she  received the Blue Cloud Award for outstanding achievement from the  China Institute in New York. Carolyn has co-edited and co-published the historical biographies Kuo  Ping Wen Scholar, Reformer, Statesman (2016) and C.T. Wang: Looking  Back and Looking Forward (2008); the artbook A Token of Elegance (2015), a historical and photo survey of cigarette holders as objets de  vertu; and Chow! Secrets of Chinese Cooking (2020), an updated edition  of a timeless classic about Chinese cuisine and culture and winner of a  2021 Gourmand World Cookbook Award.  Carolyn has organized ground-breaking exhibits of Chinese art including  Xu Bing Tobacco Project Virginia (2011 VMFA), Light Before Dawn (2013  Asia Society Hong Kong), Blooming in the Shadows (2011 China Institute NY), Ming Cho Lee: A Retrospective (2011 Ningbo Museum), and Oil and  Water: Re-Interpreting Ink (2014 MOCA NY).   She has sponsored the publication of a 13-volume catalogue of the  works of the Wuming group of Chinese artists, and the publication of “Ai  Wei Wei: New York Photographs 1983-1993”.   Carolyn has produced award-winning documentaries on China and  Chinese art, including “Above the Drowning Sea”, “The No Name Painting  Association” and “Xu Bing Tobacco Project Virginia”.   Carolyn is currently a member of the Board of Overseers at the MFA  Boston, the Guggenheim Museum Asian Art Circle, the Board of  Directors of the Wolfsonian-FIU, the Arts Council of the Asia Society, the  Board of Friends of Channel 13, and honorary trustee of the Ningbo  Museum (China) where she has forged ties with American art & cultural  institutions to bring curatorial training to the Ningbo Museum.  Carolyn and her husband have assembled important collections of  Chinese Contemporary art, Japanese Shin-Hanga, Inuit art and objets de  vertu, which have been the subjects of numerous publications and  exhibitions worldwide, including at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Louvre (Paris), Virginia  Museum of Fine Arts, Aldrich Museum, Wellin Museum, Cooper Hewitt,  Asia Society Hong Kong, Lenbachhaus Museum Munich, and the Taipei  Fine Arts Museum. 

This month China's President Xi Jinping is expected to secure a further five years as the country's leader after the Communist Party abolished two-term limits. It opens the door to Xi continuing to rule for the rest of his life. His time in power has seen the country take a more confrontational approach to many of its neighbours as well as to the West. China's GDP continues to grow and living standards for most citizens have risen, but some fear the ‘economic miracle' of recent decades may be coming to an end and that rising tensions over Taiwan and Hong Kong could lead to conflict. So, who is Xi Jinping? What makes him tick? And what are his plans for the future of China? Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of expert guests. Daniel R. Russel - Former US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2013 - 2017), currently Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), New York Lucy Hornby - visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University, formerly of Reuters and the FT Steve Tsang - Director of the China Institute at SOAS, The University of London Also featuring: Victor Gao - Vice President of the Center for China and Globalization, a think tank based in Beijing Producers: Paul Schuster and Ellen Otzen

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, to discuss her recent paper, Factional Model-making in China: Party Elites' Open Political Contention in the Policy Process.