A Conversation with Politburo Member Yang Jiechi

Full transcript: https://www.ncuscr.org/yang-jiechi-event-transcript

In his first speech to an American audience since the Biden administration took office, Politburo Member Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Politburo of the 19th CPC Central Committee, joined the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations for a virtual address on February 1, 2021 to discuss the state of U.S.-China relations and prospects for the future. The address was in Chinese with simultaneous interpretation. Director Yang was introduced by the National Committee’s new board chair, Secretary Jacob Lew.

Director Yang's public remarks were followed by a private, off-the-record question and answer session with some fifty members of the National Committee's Board of Directors, who asked questions on various topics, including the potential for new U.S.-China dialogues, Taiwan, the Belt and Road Initiative, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, media censorship, the possibility of China's joining the Paris Club of creditor nations, and what actions China and the United States could take in the opening weeks of the Biden administration to help create greater political space to move toward better relations.

About Director Yang: https://www.ncuscr.org/event/coversation-with-yang-jiechi

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