Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday. What did they talk about? Meanwhile, Nicholas Burns sworn in as new ambassador to China. What role will he play in the engagement of the two countries？

Tensions around Ukraine remain high as the U.S. rejects Russian demands and talks achieve no breakthrough. What comes next?

On Friday, China issued a paper called "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," which summarizes China's achievements in space science, space technology and space applications. What achievements have been made since 2016? Where does China stand in the global space power ranking? And how will the space program grow in the next five years?

For this edition of Dialogue Weekend show, we have Einar Tangen, independent current affairs commentator; Dr. Yang Yuguang, professor at the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation; Zhang Fan, Associate Professor of Astronomy at Beijing Normal University; Prof. John Gong from University of International Business & Economics; and Alexandra Vacroux, executive director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.