US-China relations in the Trump Age
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Guest host Barbara Bogaev considers what China’s seizure -- and return -- of a US naval drone means for the relationship between Beijing and a Trump White House. With the incoming administration pivoting towards Russia and taking a harder line on China, is a confrontation brewing?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.5 | Drones, tweets, and the new U.S.-China rivalry. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Olney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:18.9 | This week, China returned the U.S. naval drone and seized |
| 0:21.8 | in international waters and got a lashing by President-elect Trump on Twitter. Is the drone |
| 0:27.1 | incident a test of an incoming administration bent on challenging China on trade, or a troubling |
| 0:32.9 | sign of Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. Even some foreign policy experts skeptical of Trump |
| 0:38.8 | say it's high time Washington took a tougher stance with Beijing. |
| 0:42.4 | We consider the changing U.S.-China relationship. |
| 0:46.2 | And on today's talking point, |
| 0:47.7 | your Christmas presents next year could be delivered by drones |
| 0:50.8 | flying out the windows of a driverless van. |
| 0:53.4 | The future of shipping from FedEx to Uber. |
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| 1:30.4 | This is To the Point, Barbara Bogavin for Warren Alney. Just ahead, what China's seizure and return of a U.S. naval drone means for the relationship between Beijing and a Trump White House. |
| 1:41.2 | With the incoming administration pivoting towards Russia and taking a harder line on China, |
| 1:46.2 | is a confrontation brewing. And later on today's talking point, three delivery days left before |
| 1:51.3 | Christmas. If only you could order that hatchamol by drone or Uber van. Coming up, new disruptors |
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