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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Susan L. Shirk: Uncovering China's Past, Present and Future
Description: For decades, China’s ascension to power was promised to be peaceful, with the nation’s leaders adopting a restrained approach to foreign policy and reassuring the outside world of their non-combative intentions. What changed?Susan L. Shirk provides a sobering, behind-the-scenes account of China’s transformation from fragile superpower to global heavyweight—threatening Taiwan, tightening its grip on Hong Kong, and openly challenging the United States for economic and military dominance.Hear more about China’s future and what that could mean for the United States and the rest of the world.SPEAKERS<...