State of Asia

China's Assertive Insecurity in a Chaotic World, with Selina Ho

Asia Society Switzerland Season 8 Episode 11

Selina Ho, Associate Professor in International Affairs and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, discusses the Southeast Asia trip of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, why she labels China's foreign policy as both assertive and insecure, and why China is using the Korean War of the 1950s to rally its population behind the country's leaders in the current trade war with the United States.

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STATE OF ASIA is a podcast from Asia Society Switzerland
Season 8, episode 11 - Published: April 15, 2025
Host: Remko Tanis, Asia Society Switzerland
Editor: Remko Tanis, Managing Editor, Asia Society Switzerland

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