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Carnegie Connects: Understanding Xi’s China With David Rennie

Tue. January 17th, 2023
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The U.S.-China relationship will figure prominently in global politics for decades to come. Getting China right, to the extent that’s possible, is critically important both to minimize the chances of conflict and maximize potential cooperation. Despite its rising power, China is also wrestling with sluggish growth, an aging population, and a failed pandemic policy that has sparked backlash against President Xi’s leadership. Is Taiwan squarely in Beijing’s crosshairs today? How does Xi envision his relationship with Biden and the United States in the years to come? And what do American policymakers miss when it comes to China and its authoritarian leader?

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with David Rennie, the Economist’s Beijing bureau chief and Chaguan columnist, to discuss these and other issues. 

Political ReformForeign PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesEast AsiaChina
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Aaron David Miller

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.

David Rennie

Geopolitics Editor and The Telegram Columnist, The Economist

David Rennie joined The Economist in 2007 as European Union correspondent and Charlemagne columnist, based in Brussels. From May 2018 to September 2024 he was Beijing bureau chief, launching the Chaguan column on China in September 2018. He returned to London as geopolitics editor and launched The Telegram, a column on geopolitics, in October 2024.  He is the co-host, with Alice Su, of the Drum Tower podcast, launched in late 2022.