What to watch as Xi visits Washington
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

What to watch as Xi visits Washington

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202638 min
  • Interview
  • Politics

Chinese leader Xi Jinping lands in Washington later this evening for a three-day state visit, his first to Washington since 2015. The Trump White House is rolling out the red carpet and laying on the full ceremonial treatment for a leader who currently still faces American tariffs, sanctions and export controls. Irish Times China correspondent Dennis Staunton joins Hugh from Hong Kong to explain what both men want out of the meeting and what it will tell us about the balance of power between the world's two superpowers. They also talk about the race for AI supremacy and China's economic...

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You're listening to The Irish Times. It's Wednesday, September the 23rd, and you're very welcome to the Inside Politics podcast from The Irish Times. I'm Hugh Linehan.

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Xi Jinping lands in Washington later this evening for a three-day state visit, his first to Washington since 2015, and the Trump White House is rolling out the red carpet and laying on the full ceremonial treatment for a leader who currently still faces American tariffs and sanctions and various kinds of export controls.

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Irish Times China correspondent Dennis Staunton joins me from Hong Kong to explain what both men want out of this meeting and what it tells us about the balance of power between the world's two superpowers. Dennis, good morning.

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