When Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President Trump earlier this month, US strikes in Syria overshadowed their encounter. But there's far too much at stake for US-China relations to stay quiet for long, from the possibility of a trade war, to the simmering question of North Korea, controversy in the South China Sea and competing global visions.

Helping us break it all down are:

• Elizabeth Wishnick, Professor of Political Science at Montclair State University and a Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia.

• Ann Lee, author of the book, "What the U.S. Can Learn from China" and an adjunct professor at New York University.

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Recorded April 13, 2017.

Hosted by Luke Vargas.

Distributed by Talk Media News.