Episode 01: Ronnie Chan, the Hong Kong-based billionaire philanthropist and chairman of the Hang Lung Group shares his thoughts on the US-China relationship. Full episode at Reorientpodcast.com.

Show Notes:

02:25 How cultural differences between the two civilizations have determined the course of the US-China relationship.

11:32 How the Chinese view the tradeoffs inherent in modernization and whether they see westernization as a prerequisite to becoming modern.

16:11 How very few policymakers in the West are actually familiar with China’s history nor have ever visited China, yet do not hesitate to make pronouncements on the relationship.

19:26 How American exceptionalism colours America’s approach to the US-China relationship.

23:29 How the changing tenor of the US-China relationship has impacted the EU’s relationship with China.

29:00 How European powers must navigate their transition from dominant players to client states.

34:40 The moral philosophy of the Chinese bureaucracy, which is based on extremely long-standing Confucian traditions.

38:08 The crisis in Hong Kong.

47:31 The future of the US-China relationship, whether it can be salvaged and whether China is really gunning for number one.

53:44 What Americans could learn from the British on diplomacy.

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