Reflections at 100: China in international politics

Undercurrents

This episode of Reflections at 100, marking the centenary of International Affairs, the journal of Chatham House, looks at China’s role in the world over the past century. Isabel Muttreja and Krisztina Csortea speak to Evelyn Goh, who provides a whistle-stop tour of Chinese history. They also discuss how China has been understood in the journal over time.

Then Krisztina interviews Rosemary Foot about the impact of history on current affairs in China, before Isabel gets Xiangfeng Yang’s perspective on US–China relations from Donald Trump to current US president Joe Biden.

Reflections at 100 is a mini-series accompanying the journal’s centenary Archive Collections. The collections bring together articles from our archive which speak to the past, present and future of current affairs issues. In each podcast episode we speak to contributors from the issue and explore what the research tells us about policy-making today. 

International Affairs was started at Chatham House in 1922 to communicate research to members who could not attend in person. Over the last 100 years it has transformed into a journal that publishes academically rigorous and policy relevant research. It is published for Chatham House by Oxford University Press. Read the latest issue here. 

Explore the Archive Collection freely until the end of June 2022, including Evelyn’s introduction: 

100 years of China in international politics

Read Rosemary Foot’s article:

Remembering the past to secure the present: Versailles legacies in a resurgent China

Read Xiangfeng Yang’s article: The great Chinese surprise: the rupture with the United States is real and is happening

Credits: 

Speakers: Evelyn Goh, Rosemary Foot, Xiangfeng Yang

Hosts: Isabel Muttreja, Krisztina Csortea 

Editor: Jamie Reed Sound Services 

Recorded and produced by Chatham House