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SUMMARY:Foreign Affairs Discussion Group: China
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 mergesTaken together\, Austin and Blinken’s testimony\, along with Avril
  Haines and Janet Yellen’s testimony\, suggest an administration with a 
 largely unified view of China. They see it as the greatest challenge to th
 e US among nation states\, one aspiring to America’s throne as dominant 
 global power with an exportable model\, and one willing to use every tool 
 at its disposal ...\, necessitating a ‘whole of government’ response f
 rom Washington.    Politico\, 1/21/2021\nThis will be a first look at th
 e emerging US policy to China in the areas of military\, economic\, and po
 litics.  As befits a huge topic\, the suggested reading list is unusually
  long.  To register for the ZOOM link please contact the library.\n1.  T
 he Campbell/Sullivan article from the September/October 2019 issue of Fore
 ign Affairs is the focus\, largely because the authors are now senior memb
 ers of the Biden White House\, Jake Sullivan as the National Security Advi
 ser and Kurt Campbell as the NSC senior coordinator for Indo-Pacific issue
 s.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA copy of "How America Can Both Challenge an
 d Coexist With China" is available for loan at the library.  Also\, you m
 ight consider registering with Foreign Affairs for digital access (limite
 d to two full-length articles per month.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n2.  For background on China’s military strength compared to the US (ex
 ecutive summary only unless you’ve lots of free time):\n\n\nhttps://medi
 a.defense.gov/2020/Sep/01/2002488689/-1/-1/1/2020-DOD-CHINA-MILITARY-POWER
 -REPORT-FINAL.PDF\n\n3. For background on the size and nature of US-China 
 bilateral trade:\n\n\nhttps://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-ta
 iwan/peoples-republic-china\n\n4.  President Biden and President Xi had a
  two hour phone call on 2/11.  The first link below is the official White
  House readout\, a paragraph long.  The second link is a report by Axios 
 of the call plus reporting on the background briefing by ‘senior governm
 ent officials’ ahead of the call.\n\n\nhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefi
 ng-room/statements-releases/2021/02/10/readout-of-president-joseph-r-biden
 -jr-call-with-president-xi-jinping-of-china/\n\nhttps://www.axios.com/bide
 n-holds-first-call-as-president-with-chinas-xi-jinping-24fc24a6-0589-4e62-
 a5f5-b560eb29973f.html\n\n\n5.  The final link is for factual grounding. 
   IndexMundi has a comparison of China and US facts in the ares of histor
 y\, geography\, demographics\, government\, economy\, energy\, telecommuni
 cations\, transportation\, military\, transnational issues. Pay special at
 tention to demographics and economy. It’s a long\, but fascinating and q
 uick scroll:\n\n\nhttps://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/china.united
 -states\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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