Recently, against the backdrop of intensifying great-power competition and an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, Asia-Pacific leaders once again gathered at the APEC summit, drawing global attention. In this episode, the China Forum of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University invites Shao Yuqun, Director of the Institute of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Studies and Research Fellow at the Center for American Studies at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, and Zhao Hai, Director of the Department of International Political Studies at the National Institute for Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, to join CISS Director Da Wei in an in-depth conversation. They discuss key issues including possible leadership meetings during APEC, the role of South Korea as the host, and the relevance and prospects of APEC in today's international order.

02:11What are the root causes of current U.S.-China tensions?

05:32Why does the U.S.-China relationship rely so heavily on summit meetings? What are the drawbacks of this model?

13:45What are the characteristics of the second Trump administration's China policy?

18:19How might the "bottom line" of U.S.-China relations be defined in the future?

24:07What role does South Korea play as the host of APEC 2025? What is its role between China and the U.S.?

32:22Is APEC still relevant in today's global landscape? What are the differences between the concepts of "Asia-Pacific" and "Indo-Pacific"?