Everything You Need To Know About The US & China: The Biggest Realignment Since Nixon, Feat. Graham Webster

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The U.S.-China relationship has an outsized impact on global economics and politics. As that relationship comes even more into focus in the wake of COVID-19</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and a return of trade tensions</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, this episode provides a historical primer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Graham Webster is editor-in-chief of the Stanford–New America DigiChina Project at the Stanford University Cyber Policy Center. He’s also a China digital economy fellow at the New America think tank.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Webster explains:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the relationship with the U.S. has been at the forefront of Chinese policy since the People’s Republic of China was formed, but has flitted in and out of America’s focus.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the first most significant period in the U.S.-China relationship came between the late 1960s and 1970s, as the U.S.-China relationship normalized.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Tiananmen Square undermined but didn’t destroy the relationship.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why George W. Bush came into office with an intention to focus on China but got distracted in the wake of 9/11.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why China has spent the last decade becoming increasingly illiberal.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the rise of social media contributed to the shift.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why China and U.S. policy is as much a reflection of domestic self-identity in both countries as it is a bilateral political question. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why China’s