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02/05/2018Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

China's Foreign Policy is at a Turning Point

My guest today, Elizabeth Economy, is the author of the new book The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. The book examines the transformative changes ongoing in China today under the leadership of Xi Jinping. Xi Jingping has consolidated power in a fairly unprecedented way, and as Elizabeth Economy explains he is fundamentally shifting China's domestic and foreign policies. We spend the bulk of our conversation focusing on Chinese foreign policy, including China's massive foreign development program called the Belt and Road initiative, it's attempt to create an ostensible rival to the World Bank and its assertive policies in the South China Sea. This is a great conversation about a newly emerging force in international affairs.

# Elizabeth EconomyAn expert on Chinese politics and foreign policy, author of 'The Third Revolution' which analyzes China's changing state under Xi Jinping.

# Belt and Road Initiative # Xi Jinping # International Affairs # Global Development # South China Sea

22/01/2016Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

Episode 95: Elizabeth Economy, and China's environmental challenges

Elizabeth Economy has for decades studied something that used to be considered somewhat obscure, but today is very much in vogue: the relationship between Chinese politics and economy to climate change and the natural world. She is now a Senior Fellow and director for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and she's written a number of books and influential papers examining China and climate change. She's had a fascinating career. She started out specializing in Soviet studies and took a turn working as an analyst in the CIA before getting her PhD and launching her career studying china and the environment. We kick off this conversation discussing China's decision to join the consensus at the Paris Climate Talks, and we have an extended conversation about some pressing, yet under the radar ecological and environmental challenges that China is struggling to deal with.

# Elizabeth EconomyA prominent scholar specializing in China's politics, economy, and environmental issues, currently a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

# Global Dispatches Podcast # China and Climate Change # Paris Climate Talks # Environmental Challenges in China

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# Elizabeth EconomyAn expert on Chinese politics and foreign policy, author of 'The Third Revolution' which analyzes China's changing state under Xi Jinping.

# Elizabeth EconomyA prominent scholar specializing in China's politics, economy, and environmental issues, currently a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.