What China Really Wants at Home and Abroad
Jessica Chen Weiss, author of an intriguing new essay in Foreign Affairs, and Ali Wyne of the RAND Corporation join Deep Dish to discuss China’s vulnerabilities, including the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
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For each bold move abroad, from the Belt and Road Initiative to island building, China seems confronted with new vulnerabilities at home, including the ongoing protests in Hong Kong. Jessica Chen Weiss, author of an intriguing new essay in Foreign Affairs, and Ali Wyne of the Rand Corporation join Deep Dish to discuss what is intrinsic and what is incidental to Beijing’s ambitions.
About the Experts
David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Jessica Chen Weiss is the David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, the inaugural faculty director of the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF), and a nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis.
Ali Wyne
Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation
Ali Wyne is a Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation. He's also a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Brian Hanson
Former Vice President, Studies
Brian Hanson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He managed the Council's research operations and hosted the Council's weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs.