In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu unpacks Xi Jinping’s weeklong tour to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia, and the impact these visits will have on countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region. Next, Miles examines how the Chinese Communist Party employs strategic rhetoric to establish historical legitimacy, and why this tactic prohibits good-faith negotiations in the United States–China dialogue. Lastly, Miles responds to emerging media narratives that compare US policy under Trump 2.0 and China’s cultural revolution under Mao Zedong.
China Insider is a weekly podcast project from Hudson Institute’s China Center, hosted by China Center Director and Senior Fellow, Dr. Miles Yu, who provides weekly news that mainstream American outlets often miss, as well as in-depth commentary and analysis on the China challenge and the free world’s future.