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China’s Assertive Insecurity, with Selina Ho

2025/4/15
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Selina Ho:我认为中国领导人正试图通过重提毛泽东和朝鲜战争,团结全国人民支持与美国的贸易战。中国将这场贸易战视为一场战争,并希望全国人民支持领导层,共同应对未来的困难。通过将贸易战描绘成一场抵抗美国帝国主义的战争,实际上也是在争取第三世界国家的支持。此外,重提毛泽东也有助于增强当前领导层在对抗美国时的合法性。总的来说,我认为中国正在通过团结国内、争取国际支持和提升领导合法性这三个方面来应对与美国的贸易战。

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Selina Ho, associate professor in International Affairs and co-director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, discusses the Southeast Asia trip of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, why she labels China's foreign policy as both assertive and insecure, and why China is using the Korean War of the 1950s to rally its population behind the country's leaders in the current trade war with the United States. 

This episode is from Asia Society Switzerland's STATE OF ASIA podcast, bringing you exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all. More info and other episodes: https://asiasociety.org/switzerland/podcast-state-asia).