Pivoting Toward China

<p>In 1972, Nixon went to China, where he met with Communist leader Mao Zedong.</p> <p>Thanks to that bold diplomatic initiative, the United States and the People’s Republic learned to peacefully co-exist, living happily ever after.</p> <p>Well, not exactly.</p> <p>What Nixon called “the week that changed the world” helped China become wealthier and more powerful, but Beijing did not become America’s strategic partner — or a reliable stakeholder — in what we like to think of as the liberal, international, rules-based order.</p> <p>To discuss what China’s rulers have been doing, are doing, and intend to do, host <a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/clifford-d-may/'>Cliff May</a> is joined by two scholars new to FDD.</p> <p><a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/nathan-picarsic/'>Nathan Picarsic</a>, a senior fellow at FDD, studies Beijing’s military-civil fusion strategy, and its competitive approach to geopolitics.</p> <p><a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/emily-de-la-bruyere/'>Emily de La Bruyère</a>, also a senior fellow, has pioneered novel data collection and analysis tools tailored to Beijing’s strategic and institutional structures. She uses primary-source, Chinese-language materials to provide insight on geopolitical, technological, and economic change.</p>