Episode 88: Ai Weiwei, and Doing Business with China | The New … – The New Yorker

Donald Trumps policy of America First gives a rising China more room to flex its muscles. This week, we consider from many sides the complex relationship between the U.S. and China. David Remnick talks with Ai Weiwei, the dissident and global art star; a congressman asks us to reconsider trade with China; and Chinese students explain why Ivanka Trump is considered a role model in the country, and what that says about gender roles there. (Evan Osnos hosts this special episode.)

The journalist Zhang Yuanan explains how the Chinese public sees the Trump Administration.

Congressman Rick Larsen has been working for years on trade issues involving China. After the collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, he laments the lost business opportunities.

Once celebrated by the government, Ai Weiwei is Chinas most famous artist. Now, though he is persona non grata in his country, he wont stop speaking out.

A Chinese science-fiction fable about alien contact resonates across cultures.

Women in China are torn between modern success and Confucian ideals. Many there wonder How does Ivanka Trump pull it off so well?

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