The CISS Podcast features conversations with experts from CISS Tsinghua, a research institute that analyzes international security and strategy issues based in Beijing. In the CISS Podcast, scholars and experts will address their thinking on the most pressing challenges in international relations. It will also present China Forum series conducting one-on-one discussions with top-level officials, diplomats, well-known entrepreneurs, academics, and media experts from both China and abroad.
For nearly a decade, "strategic competition" has served as the dominant framework for understanding U.S.-China relations. However, amid increased high-level diplomatic engagement and emerging risks and opportunities in areas like advanced technology and climate change, "constructive strategic stability" is gaining traction as a new paradigm for defining this dynamic equilibrium.
With President Xi’s state visit just around the corner, critical questions arise: Will this summit signal a fundamental shift in U.S.-China relations, and can the consensus on "strategic stability" endure beyond a single meeting and translate into institutionalized mechanisms?
In this episode, Prof. Da Wei, Director of CISS, and Prof. Shao Yuqun, Director of the Institute of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, sits down with Senior Colonel (Ret.) Zhou Bo, Senior Research Fellow at CISS. The panel explores evolving perceptions of the U.S.-China power balance, the interplay of competition and interdependence in areas like trade and artificial intelligence, and how these forces establish guardrails for bilateral engagement and the broader international order.
01:22 Is China–U.S. Relations Entering a New Phase?
07:31 What Is Driving Changes in U.S.-China Relations?
17:01 Economic Leverage and Mutual Vulnerability
28:51 U.S. Policy Toward China: Decoupling, De-risking, or Localization
34:45 Shifts in U.S. Taiwan Policy
49:20 How U.S.-China Competition Is Shaping China’s External Environment
58:38 U.S.-China Dynamics and Their Implications for Global Order and Emerging Multipolarity
01:05:51 From Summit Consensus to Functional Mechanisms
Executive Producer：GUO Jia
Producer：QIAN Jiatong
Podcast Editor：CHAI Jingru
Content Assistant：RUAN Xinyi
Graphics Designer：CHAI Jingru
3 Jul 2026
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Prof. Xie Tao and Huang Ying interview Prof. Da Wei and Dr. Shao Yuqun about evolving Chinese perceptions of America, its potential decline, and democratic challenges.
15 Jun 2026
Fentanyl: From Accusation to Cooperation
Prof. Da Wei interviews Ms. Shan Yehua about the root causes, misunderstandings, and future of China-U.S. counternarcotics cooperation regarding the fentanyl crisis.
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Prof Da Wei
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Prof Xie Tao
Huang Ying
Da Wei
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