Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Two world leaders, two days of talks, and an agenda with global consequences. Nearly a decade on from his last trip, President Trump faced a more assertive China against the backdrop of a very different world order. Having returned to office promising to make China pay, Trump now seems more focused on managing competition than escalating it, seeking diplomatic wins as he contends with waning approval ratings at home. All this is unfolding in the shadow of the war in Iran, which has thrown China's global influence into sharper focus. Over the past 13 years President Xi has transformed China, tightening control at home while embracing a bolder strategy abroad. Xiang Lanxin is Professor Emeritus of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, and he joins the show from Shanghai.
Originally aired on May 15, 2026
00:00 - Could China demand concessions from the U.S. on Taiwan?
02:34 - Is the status quo acceptable to China?
03:52 - China's opinion of U.S. power
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Two world leaders, two days of talks, and an agenda with global consequences. Nearly a decade on from his last trip, President Trump faced a more assertive China against the backdrop of a very different world order. Having returned to office promising to make China pay, Trump now seems more focused on managing competition than escalating it, seeking diplomatic wins as he contends with waning approval ratings at home. All this is unfolding in the shadow of the war in Iran, which has thrown China's global influence into sharper focus. Over the past 13 years President Xi has transformed China, tightening control at home while embracing a bolder strategy abroad. Xiang Lanxin is Professor Emeritus of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, and he joins the show from Shanghai.
Originally aired on May 15, 2026
00:00 - Could China demand concessions from the U.S. on Taiwan?
02:34 - Is the status quo acceptable to China?
03:52 - China's opinion of U.S. power
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Major support for Amanpour and Company is provided by the Anderson Family Endowment, Jim Attwood and Leslie Williams, Candace King Weir, the Sylvia A. and Simon B. Poyta Programming Endowment to Fight Antisemitism, the Straus Family Foundation, The Peter G. Peterson & Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Charles Rosenblum, Monique Schoen Warshaw, Koo and Patricia Yuen and Barbara Hope Zuckerberg.
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