The US-China Podcast

China’s Taiping Rebellion (1850-64) was one of the largest civil wars in history and had global repercussions that echo in China’s politics and foreign policy today.  In this podcast, Dr. Stephen Platt, author of the acclaimed Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom discusses how the violent rebellion affected China and other countries at the time in ways that continue to resonate. Dr. Platt is associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Ph.D. from Yale University and was a 2008 – 2010 fellow in the National Committee’s Public Intellectuals Program.

Dr. David M. Finkelstein, vice president of the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), discusses U.S.-China security and military cooperation issues relevant to developments in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait and the rebalancing of U.S. resources to the Asia-Pacific region.  A retired U.S. Army officer, Dr. Finkelstein has held command and staff positions at the platoon, company, battalion and Major Army Command levels; held China-related Pentagon positions, including as an advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and taught Chinese history as a West Point faculty member.  

Former World Bank Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin recently joined NCUSCR's Track II Economic Dialogue in New York with prominent U.S. economists. The program included a public forecast on China’s economy in 2013 by China’s foremost economists at the NYSE (video at http://www.ncuscr.org/programs/forecast-chinas-economy).  This short podcast brings Justin Lin’s concise analysis of China’s economy in the short- and long-term as well as potential challenges and opportunities. Moderated by Stephen Orlins, president of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.