# Communication Amid Competition: A Conversation with Chen Dongxiao

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Podcast: [China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683)
Published: 2025-04-03T17:24:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.csis.org/podcasts/china-field-notes-scott-kennedy
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## Resource

On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Chen Dongxiao, the President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He discusses how China's shifting role to the center of global politics and economics has shaped his career, and he offers a frank assessment of the U.S.-China bilateral relationship during the late-Biden and early Trump administrations. The discussion concludes with a strong defense of the value of U.S.-China track-2 dialogue for thinking creatively about the world's most important challenges and offering reforms to global institutions.

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