US arms sales to Taiwan...To make Taiwan militarily stronger to defend itself should China invade. This is the biggest joke. Question to ask is would all these weapons can really push back China? Just look into details of what type of weapons US is currently selling to Taiwan. Of course US has some of the most advance weapons in the world like the F35, long range missiles, submarines etc. But would US sell them to Taiwan? The main reason US is selling arms to Taiwan is US sees Taiwan as a cash cow. Do you people know that money paid by Taiwan in full since 10 years ago for the promised weapons has not even been delivered. And to all the warmongers anti China hawks, do you people seriously think China will sent its navy and army to invade Taiwan like Russia did on Ukraine?  China look at US and all its wars over the last 100 years, the current Ukraine and Iran wars and come into one conclusion. War is expensive with no return. Are you naive enough to think China has no other alternative plans to subdue Taiwan and bring it down to its knees? What about economic? Taiwan export almost 50% of its products to  China. Taiwan electronic sectors is heavily dependent on China intermittent products never mind whether they are manufactured in China by Taiwanese companies or by Chinese owned companies. Can China just announce a sea and air blockage on Taiwan? What will the impact be? And dont talk about international pressures or counter punitive actions. If China decides to do just that, it would have factored all these. So my 1 cent take on the greatest benefit on the President Trump and President Xi is : They are now communicating and therefore some forms of agreed guardrails will be put in place.  These guardrails may or may not be available to the public. This is most important to prevent accidental fires which will lead to greater wars. Trades, sanction, tariff, chips, Taiwan are all actually minor issues. So give credit where credit is due.

How long has Kevin not been in China? Did he really know what he is talking about?

On the American side, there’s no truce. The United States continues adding Chinese companies to its sanctions list even after previous agreements were made. That’s why China no longer feels obligated to follow those agreements. Western media rarely mention this, but I’m sure Chinese officials have made it clear to their U.S. counterparts that it is the United States that has broken its commitments first. As a result, many around the world now believe the United States is no longer a reliable partner, and cannot be trusted.

Great discussion, but let's focus on 3 things: 1 World Peace, 2 Work Together 3 Stop with Winning/Loosing, instead Cooperation!!

With 8+ billion people in this globe, we are much more better off if we set our mind to what is possible instead of fighting with each other. Thank you!

President Xi was taken on an expensive date with our tax dollars by trump. In exchange President Xi gave him 2 pandas 😂😂😂

Usa should press India for Agri production 😂😂😂

Rudd is great at repeating mainstream media narratives

All these people are not sincere, especially Kevin Rudd and Wendy. They talked about China not fulfilling commitments while never talked about US commitments, sounding like US don't need to commit anything! They talked about China not removing rare earth control while never talked about US needs to remove semi controls first. The host never pushed hard questions either. Not a sincere discussion! Never gonna work

Simple， Shows China and the US on equal at least.

😂 I couldn’t help but laughing out loud hearing Kevin Rudd comments on the rare earth retaliation. Really? China won the trade war that Trump initiated and that’s why Trump was at the air force base to pick up Xi himself — it’s Trump begging for help so hard and guess what, without rare earth, US can’t continue to supply the military, and how many proxy wars the US has right now? Do you think there’ll be a situation when China “holds it for too long and started losing”? 😂

Thank you for this session. Just wondering the representation of the commentators are all western minds? Isn’t this an Asia Society? Doesn’t it warrant some Asian minds like Eric Li as an example or even George Teo or Krishire. Just saying 😮

Very good insight by Kevin Rudd

Kevin is a typical Anglo-Saxon self-inflating white supremacist like Trump. His rhetoric filled with superior power over China is quite shocking. His occasional use of Chinese words to self inflate himself as someone who knows China is laughable. Blaming China for Western failure instead of taking responsibility for failing the people in the West again demonstrates self superiority instead of examining why the West has failed their people.

Wendy is a product of failed western education. Her lack of knowledge and understanding is pitiful.

Paul has more redeeming qualities than Kevin and Wendy to be a sensible speaker but he still falls into the trap of buying Kevin’s biased western superiority arguments as Paul is not specialized in politics.

Amy sure comes out as the most sensible speaker. She understands the importance of trust, which can only grow out of mutual respect.

America has to stop being the hegemony expansionist. Stop colonizing other countries. Stop treating Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines as their colonies. Get out of Venezuela and Greenland. End the war in Iran. Build infrastructures in US and fix the wellbeing of the bottom 50% of the Americans. Reeducate workers who got left behind. Participate in addressing global climate change crisis. There are so many problems in the US!!! Leave other countries alone. Foster mutual respect. Stop being the bully!

On US-China relationship, Trump does better than Biden. Despite having a more "hawkish" team & policies, he is able to better engage with the Chinese counterpart and negotiate.

Any truce with the U.S. is fragile. Ask Canada and Europe.

Really, China will alienate Trump if he continue to choke him of minerals.

Is this guy stupid?

What reaction can Trump do? Enlighten us please.

Are you stupid that there are no safety testing teams in Chinese AI companies? It’s the American labs that allow their agents to go rogue. Who needs more control and regulation?

It is difficult for any country to trust the Trump administration. Trump changes his policy day by day. His advisors are mainly "Yes" people and are unable to contribute much (Peter Navarrow).  China has its own AI system, well controlled by the experts and government.  China did not bring any of their expertise to this talk. Trump is trying to make money for his family  with investment in AI.  China is much more developed in the technical side of AI.  They are using it for practical purpose for health care and construction.  American investors are mainly interested in making money.

Overall, China doesn’t have much need for U.S. China has all the cards

Kevin should know in China before any business is the relationship or Guan Xi, between the most top leaders as possible. Here we go