Robert Daly on U.S.-China Talks and Tensions (BBC World News)
The United States is “asking for structural changes in China which really amount to an ask that the Chinese Communist Party change its mode of governance,” says Kissinger Institute Director Robert Daly. “That isn’t going to happen.”
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Robert Daly
Robert Daly, the Director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, has compiled an unusually diverse portfolio of high-level work: He has served as a US diplomat in Beijing; as an interpreter for Chinese and US leaders, including President Carter and Secretary of State Kissinger; as head of China programs at Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, and the University of Maryland; and as a producer of Chinese-language versions of Sesame Street. Recognized East and West as a leading authority on Sino-US relations, he has testified before Congress, lectured widely in both countries, and regularly offers analysis for top media outlets.
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