Mr. Blinken goes to Beijing, with former NSC China Director Dennis Wilder

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Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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With Secretary of State Antony Blinken's two days of meetings in Beijing just concluded, Kaiser spoke with Dennis Wilder, managing director for the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues at Georgetown University, where he also serves as an assistant professor of practice in Asian Studies in the School of Foreign Service. Dennis was the National Security Council's director for China from 2004-2005, and then served as the NSC special assistant to the president and senior director for East Asian affairs from 2005 to 2009. From 2009 to 2015 Dennis served as the senior editor of the President’s Daily Brief, the worldwide intelligence update produced under the auspices of the director of national intelligence. He also served from 2015 to 2016 as the CIA’s deputy assistant director for East Asia and the Pacific. Who better to give an informed take on Secretary Blinken's diplomatic mission?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Cynica podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China, produced in partnership with the China Project.
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0:27.3	We've got reported stories, essays, and editorials, great explainers and trackers, regular columns,
0:33.0	and of course, a growing library of podcasts. We cover everything from China's fraught foreign relations to its ingenious entrepreneurs,
0:41.3	from the ongoing repression of Uyghurs and other Muslim peoples in China's Xinjiang region
0:45.9	to Beijing's ambitious plans to shift the Chinese economy onto a post-carbon footing.
0:52.2	It's a feast of business, political, and cultural news about a
0:56.2	nation that is reshaping the world. We cover China with neither fear nor favor. I'm Kaiser Guo,
1:02.7	coming to you this week from Berkeley, California. A short show this week, just to get a read
1:08.2	on what transpired on Secretary of State Anthony Blinkins just
1:12.2	concluded a trip to Beijing. As of the time of recording, it's just past 11 a.m. here in California
1:17.9	on June 10th, Monday, June 19th, Secretary Blinking is in the air and headed home. So what did he
1:24.6	accomplish? My guest today to talk through that and much more is Dennis
1:29.3	Wilder. Dennis is the managing director for the initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global
1:34.6	Issues at Georgetown University, where he also serves as an assistant professor of practice
1:40.0	in Asian studies in the School of Foreign Service. He was the National Security Council's
1:45.5	Director for China from 2004 to 2005 and then served as the NSC Special Assistant to the President
1:52.1	and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs from 2005 to 2009 and has quite a bit of experience
1:59.5	with diplomacy with China from 2009 to 2015.
2:02.8	Dennis served as the senior editor of the President's Daily Brief,
2:06.7	the Worldwide Intelligence Update produced under the auspices of the Director of National
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