Why China Can’t Forget the Century of Humiliation

The aftermath of the Chinese surveillance balloon saga reveals a growing diplomatic divide between the US and China. Where does this mistrust come from? And why would Beijing take the risk of high-stakes state espionage?

 

In “Wealth and Power,” authors Orville Schell and John Delury argue that foreign humiliation over the past century and a half is the story that holds China together.

 

They join host Ray Suarez to discuss China’s quest for global dominance.

 

Guests: 

 

John Delury, US Professor of Chinese Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea

 

Orville Schell, director of the Center on US-China relations at the Asia Society

Host:

 

Ray Suarez

 

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