Chinese leader Xi Jinping is in his third five-year term as the nation's president, putting him on track to stay in power for life at a time of severe economic challenges and rising tensions with the US. Nonresident senior fellow Paul Heer joins Deep Dish to argue the importance of engagement with China as a necessary component of US foreign policy. If we do not pursue it, he says, we are missing opportunities for a more peaceful coexistence between both countries and the world.

This episode originally aired on August 4, 2022.

Reading List:

• The Next Taiwan Strait Crisis Has Arrived, Paul Heer, The National Interest, August 2, 2022

• Engagement With China Has Not Failed, Paul Heer, The National Interest, July 14, 2022

• Understanding U.S.-China Strategic Competition, Paul Heer, The National Interest, October 20, 2020