[Elizabeth Economy](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/elizabeth-economy) join the *Foreign Affairs Interview* to talk about the global ambitions of the People’s Republic of China and its leader Xi Jinping. Economy “stresses that if the United States wants to outcompete China, Washington needs to offer its own vision for a new world order; it can’t simply defend an unpopular status quo.” Professor Economy and host Daniel Kurtz-Phelan also discuss whether the United States is pursuing a policy of containment against China; the weaknesses of the Chinese development model when exported abroad; and how the US-China relationship may shift following the American presidential election.
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[Elizabeth Economy](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/elizabeth-economy) join the *Foreign Affairs Interview* to talk about the global ambitions of the People’s Republic of China and its leader Xi Jinping. Economy “stresses that if the United States wants to outcompete China, Washington needs to offer its own vision for a new world order; it can’t simply defend an unpopular status quo.” Professor Economy and host Daniel Kurtz-Phelan also discuss whether the United States is pursuing a policy of containment against China; the weaknesses of the Chinese development model when exported abroad; and how the US-China relationship may shift following the American presidential election.
**Sources:**
“[China’s Alternative Order](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-alternative-order-xi-jinping-elizabeth-economy)” by Elizabeth Economy
“[China’s Imperial President](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2014-10-20/chinas-imperial-president)”[ ](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2014-10-20/chinas-imperial-president)by Elizabeth Economy
“[China’s Inconvenient Truth](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-05-28/chinas-inconvenient-truth)” by Elizabeth Economy