Taiwan-China Cross-Strait Tensions

Mao 2.0: Xi Jinping’s Power Quest and Disengaging With U.S.

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We discuss Xi Jinping’s grip on power as China’s Congress rubber stamped his third term last weekend. We also take a deep dive at what this means for Taiwan and the region as he disengages with the U.S. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Xi’s pledge for China 01:39 How Xi compares with Mao Zedong 19:21 Glaser: Behind China’s call for interactions with Taiwan 20:57 Are more flights from Taiwan goodwill? 38:59 Hung: Why Xi is pushing for disengagement with U.S. 43:39 Is U.S.-China collision unavoidable? Our guests are: - Vincent Chao, Taipei City Councilor (Democratic Progressive Party) and former Director of the Political Division of TECRO, Taiwan’s Representative Office in the U.S. - Lev Nachman, National Chengchi University Assistant Professor in the College of Social Sciences and Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Irvine We also speak with: - Bonnie Glaser, Director of the Asia Program at the U.S.-based German Marshall Fund and renowned expert on Taiwan and China - Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University Professor, Hong Kong native CCP expert and author of Clash of Empires: From “Chimerica” to the “New Cold War”