Ep. 327: Ryan Hass on China’s Patient Power Play, and US-China Relations

Ryan Hass is director of the John L. Thornton China Center and the Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies at Brookings. He is also a senior fellow in the Center for Asia Policy Studies. Ryan focuses his research and analysis on enhancing policy development on the pressing political, economic, and security challenges facing the United States in East Asia. Before Brookings, Ryan served as the director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia at the National Security Council (NSC) staff. Prior to joining the NSC, Ryan served as a Foreign Service Officer in US Embassy Beijing. Ryan is the author of ‘Stronger: Adapting America’s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence’. In this podcast we discuss: 

•  China’s strategic worldview and ‘rightful place’ in world 
• US-China relations: who has the leverage? 
• China playing hardball with Europe 
• Recent TikTok deal 
• China’s economic paradox 
• Do US export controls and tech containment work on China? 
• China-Taiwan relations 
• Xi Jinping’s leadership style 
• Will CNY internationalise? 
• What people get wrong on China 
• Books mentioned: Present at the Creation (Acheson), The Wise Men (Isaacson, Thomas), The Ambassadors (Cooper) 

You can follow Ryan’s work here.  

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