Does China have the upper hand over Trump? | Global News Podcast

President Donald Trump is in Beijing for the first time in nearly a decade, attending a summit with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. President Trump has struck a positive tone, saying that Mr Xi has offered to help open the Strait of Hormuz through talks with Iran. And Mr Xi told a state banquet that the US and China should be partners.

But Celia Hatton, Global News Podcast presenter and Asia analyst, says there were darker undertones to Xi Jinping’s words – which emphasised that China was America’s equal, and that the two nations were capable of conflict.

Relations between the rival superpowers have been under strain, due to tit-for-tat tariffs, a simmering trade war, and concerns over Taiwan – a US ally and self-governed island that China claims as its territory.

So, who has the upper hand? And how does Beijing view the future of its relationship with Washington?

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00:00 Introduction
00:28 What Donald Trump said in China
00:57 What Xi Jinping said
02:24 China wants the upper hand
03:35 Has President Trump’s China plan worked?
05:19 China’s global power
06:16 China’s link with Iran
07:56 China’s economy
10:39 China’s long-term vision