Ep. 70 | Chairman Xi in DC

Vandenberg Flash Focus · Sep 30, 2026 · 31m

Last week, President Trump welcomed Chairman Xi Jinping to Washington for their second of four meetings this calendar year. It was heavy on pageantry but low on substance, leaving significant questions about the future of the U.S.-China rivalry, especially regarding technological competition, China’s malign influence operations, and Americans currently being detained by the Chinese Communist Party. Sunny Cheung, Fellow for China Studies at The Jamestown Foundation, joins Vandenberg Executive Director Carrie Filipetti to recap the summit and its implications.

(1:09) Summit Takeaways

(4:08) Who…