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U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast

Georgetown University | Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

From 2019 to 2020 the Georgetown University Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues hosted a podcast series that captures the profound and candid reflections of ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, and senior officials whose actions have shaped and are shaping the course of ties between the United States and China through the many twists and turns in what arguably is the most complex relationship in international diplomacy today.These former officials help explore the negotiating history of every facet of the issues under the initiative: peace and security, business and trade, economic and social development, climate change, and global health. At this critical juncture in history, where both sides are rethinking the trajectory of the bilateral relationship, a project of this nature and scope contributed to mutual understanding and provided ideas and lessons learned to successfully manage U.S.-China ties to advance peace and security in the rapidly evolving international order. Former Senior Fellow James Green, a longtime China expert who has worked for over two decades in and out of the U.S. government on China, was the host of this podcast series.The initiative is deeply grateful to people who provided generous support and advice to the podcast project. Please read more on the acknowledgements page.

  • 20 episodes
  • Updated Oct 25, 2023

Episodes20

  • Feb 15, 2022 · 5 min

    Introducing the U.S.-China Nexus

    The U.S.-China Nexus podcast features conversations with a scholar or policy expert on dynamics in China and Sino-American relations. This is an excerpt from our first episode.

  • Aug 17, 2020 · 40 min

    Yang Guohua

    Former Chinese Commerce Ministry official Yang Guohua talks with host James Green about intellectual property rights protections in China and as a point of friction in trade negotiations with the United States.

  • Aug 10, 2020 · 47 min

    Gao Xiqing

    Former China Investment Corporation president and securities regulator Gao Xiqing talks with host James Green about his journey from railroad construction worker to Duke Law School to Hong Kong and beyond.

  • Aug 3, 2020 · 35 min

    Zhou Wenzhong

    Zhou Wenzhong, former Chinese ambassador to the United States and former vice minister of foreign affairs, explains Beijing's positions on establishing and maintaining U.S.-China relations over four decades.

  • Jul 29, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min

    Robert Zoellick

    Former United States trade representative and deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick tells U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about overseeing China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 and coining the phrase "responsible stakeholder."

  • Jul 15, 2020 · 57 min

    Paul Haenle

    Former U.S. Army officer and National Security Council director Paul Haenle addresses North Korea's nuclear program in the Six Party Talks and China's military modernization with host James Green.

  • Jul 8, 2020 · 57 min

    Ira Kasoff

    Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ira Kasoff talks with host James Green about changes in China over the last four decades, commercial diplomacy, and comparisons between the Japanese economy of the 1980s and China today.

  • May 11, 2020 · 1 hr

    Robert Suettinger

    Former senior intelligence analyst and National Security Council staffer Bob Suettinger discusses Taiwan, human rights, leadership struggles, and the role of the intelligence community with U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green.

  • Apr 27, 2020 · 49 min

    Madeleine Albright

    Madeleine Albright tells U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about her decades working on China, including how building a working relationship at the UN with her Chinese counterpart was key to diffusing tensions when in 1999 U.S. missiles mistakenly hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.

  • Feb 26, 2020 · 1 hr 20 min

    Dennis Wilder

    Dennis Wilder explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green watching the growth of the People's Liberation Army, analyzing Beijing policies from Hong Kong to Taiwan for the CIA, and handling presidential visits as the senior director for East Asia under President George W. Bush.

  • Feb 5, 2020 · 51 min

    David Shear

    Ambassador David Shear explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green the U.S. military's response to Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, and his diplomatic career handling China.

  • Jan 29, 2020 · 54 min

    Charlene Barshefsky

    Former USTR Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky explains the WTO negotiation history to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green as well as when China moved off the liberalization and reform track in 2006 and 2007.

  • Jan 10, 2020 · 49 min

    Joseph DeTrani

    Former senior CIA officer Joe DeTrani talks with host James Green about Chinese diplomacy in the six party talks and negotiating with North Korea on its dangerous nuclear weapons program.

  • Nov 25, 2019 · 1 hr 28 min

    Jim Keith

    Ambassador Jim Keith discusses with U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green the inherent contradictions of Hong Kong as a separate territory, the importance of human rights in U.S. policy, and why China's place in the world remains unresolved.

  • Nov 12, 2019 · 43 min

    Charles Freeman III

    Charles Freeman III explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green challenges within the Chinese system that drove trade negotiations during his time as assistant United States trade representative (USTR) for China in the early 2000s.

  • Oct 23, 2019 · 1 hr 20 min

    Winston Lord

    Ambassador Winston Lord explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green his unique experience negotiating with China: from secret negotiations in the 1970s to the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown to the link between trade and human rights in the 1990s.

  • Oct 4, 2019 · 1 hr 7 min

    Richard Bush

    Richard Bush talks to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about the democratization process on Taiwan, the high-profile murder of a Taiwanese dissident on U.S. soil, and the effect on U.S. policy towards the People's Republic of China.

  • Sep 20, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min

    Gary Locke

    Governor Gary Locke explains to U.S.-China Dialogue Podcast host James Green about dealing with Chinese officials high and low on pollution, market barriers, and human dignity as commerce secretary, then as U.S. ambassador.