The Hale Report Podcast Episode 29 with Kevin Rudd -

How Can We Avoid War Between the US and China?

posted by Lyric Hughes Hale on May 20, 2022 - 9:23am

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It will be a consequential week in the Asia-Pacific region. Australia holds elections this weekend, and President Biden is visiting South Korea and Tokyo for the Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue. The members of the Quad are India, Japan, the US and Australia. The meetings are sure to be seen as provocative by China; North Korea can be expected to lob a missile or two during the proceedings.

To talk about this and other timely issues, my guest for the 29th episode of the Hale Report is the Honorable Kevin Michael Rudd, the 26th prime minister of Australia. A fluent Mandarin speaker, he is in the unique position of having interacted with the leaders of both the US and China at their level, and in their language. He has a new and very timely book, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China which he has dedicated to his grandchildren. I urge you to read it, for yours.

As an old China hand, Mr Rudd is also 老朋友 an old friend, and I think you will enjoy a personal anecdote we discuss at the beginning of the podcast. It involves an unannounced late night visit I made to The Lodge (the Australian White House) with my husband David Hale, who was a keen follower of the Australian economy. I will say no more, details to follow, as well as many quotable quotes and insights into the current state of US-China relations.

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