There's a race for who's going to become superior in the next phase of military development

that comes out of these new technologies, including artificial intelligence, including quantum

systems.

And we certainly want to maintain American military superiority, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.

Hello and welcome to the G-Zero World podcast.

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today we are talking about the complex and contentious and competitive

U.S.-China relationship.

After President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met at a summit in San Francisco

last November, the frosty relations were thawing just a bit, she told a group of executives

China was ready to be a partner and a friend to the United States. Secretary of State Anthony

Blinken called the U.S. and China relationship one of the most consequential between any two countries in the world.

But while both China and the United States have committed to re-engage diplomatically after a low point

that culminated in last year's spy balloon incident, there is still a lot of daylight and not a lot of trust between the two countries.

Both have engaged in tit-for-tat tariffs and trade restrictions.

Washington, pushing to ban China-owned TikTok, forced them to spin it off,

citing Chinese misinformation in an election year,

while iPhone sales in China are plummeting as consumers shun Western products.

Militarily, China continues to increase its presence in the South China Sea.

Taiwan's defense minister recently confirmed U.S. Special Forces were training on its outer islands.

So how stable is the U.S.-China relationship?

Are we adversaries? Are we frenemies? Are we toxic codependence? Do we hate each other?

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