March 18, 2021 — Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd delivers an address outlining how China views the newly-inaugurated Biden administration in the United States. Rudd then discusses the trajectory of U.S.-China relations with Bill Bishop, editor of the popular Sinocism newsletter, and ChinaFile editor Susan Jakes. (1 hr., 35 min.)

Read Rudd's unabridged remarks here. The Avoidable War: The Decade of Living Dangerously — a collection of speeches, articles, and essays produced by Rudd over the past year — can be downloaded here.

The program coincided with high-stakes diplomatic talks between the U.S. and China in Alaska, which began on Thursday. See Asia Society's complete coverage of the summit.