Since this summer, we've witnessed many high-level exchanges between China and the U.S., signaling some positive movement in bilateral ties. Are China-U.S. ties entering a new phase? How should the two countries deal with the pressing economic and political differences between them? Can they work together to help diffuse the ongoing crises around the world? Guests in this episode are Dr. Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, Zhou Bo, senior fellow from the Center for International Strategy and Security at Tsinghua University, and Warwick Powell, adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology and also the chairman of Smart Trade Networks.