Why China is studying America’s Forgotten War - with Rep. Mike Gallagher

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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There is a lot these days to discuss with a US official who is an expert on China and has major influence over US-China policy. But today we take a longer view of the Cold War (II) we are in with China by looking at a historical comparison in Cold War I. Congressman Gallagher just wrapped up teaching a history class on one such historical comp – the Korean War. Rep. Gallagher served for seven years on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, including two deployments to Iraq. He was a national security aide on Capitol HIll. He’s also a warrior scholar, having earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, a master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University, a second in Strategic Intelligence from National Intelligence University, and a PhD in International Relations from Georgetown. He has served on the House Armed Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee, and he is chairman of the newly created House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, At the end of this episode, we take a detour to discuss what Congress is doing on the topic of UFOs, an issue on which Rep. Gallagher has been active. Items discussed in this episode: "Why America Forgets -- and China Remembers -- the Korean War" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/why-america-forgets-and-china-remembers-korean-war The Hertog Foundation https://hertogfoundation.org/

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0:00.0	China is studying the Korean War as part of a broader preparation for a potential war with America over Taiwan.
0:09.0	And this is the message that Xi Jinping is sending to his people is that you have to be prepared for
0:14.0	confrontation with the West and there's no doubt that if given the opportunity she's in
0:18.6	ping would take Taiwan even if it cost him dearly militarily.
0:23.0	A lot of news to discuss these days with a U.S. official who's an expert on China
0:38.8	and has major influence over U-China policy.
0:43.2	We could discuss the Biden administration's recently signed executive order
0:47.6	that will bar some new US investments in China and sensitive technologies,
0:52.2	like computer chips, and would also require
0:54.2	notification to the government in other tech sectors. Then there was
0:57.2	President Biden just recently hosting the leaders of Japan and South Korea
1:01.9	at Camp David where they agreed to expand security
1:05.5	and economic ties.
1:07.3	All of this clearly aimed at China as well and North Korea.
1:11.3	Those are the kinds of developments we typically discuss with today's guest or
1:14.8	return guest Congressman Mike Gallagher who's the chairman of a newly created
1:19.6	select committee on China in Congress.
1:23.0	By the way, I don't encourage people to watch congressional hearings generally,
1:27.0	but if any of our listeners want to actually really get informed by the work in Congress,
1:32.0	watch Congressman Gallagher's China Special Select Committee on China hearings.
1:38.0	They are actually quite interesting and informative.
1:40.0	But what I wanted to do in today's conversation with Congressman Gallagher is take a longer view of Cold War 2, the Cold War we are in with China, by looking at a historical comparison in Cold War I.
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