I denne uge rejser præsident Donald Trump til Kina for at forhandle betingelserne for klodens vigtiste bilaterale magtrelation, den amerikansk-kinesiske. Som en slags optakt linker jeg her til et interviewklip med fhv. Kina-korrespondent for Financial Times, James Kynge:

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Biography

James Kynge is Senior Research Fellow for China and the World with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House.

Prior to joining Chatham House in September 2025, he spent 28 years at the Financial Times, mostly as Global China editor and Beijing bureau chief. He worked in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan for almost 20 years.

His 2009 prize-winning book, China Shakes the World, was a bestseller translated into 19 languages. His latest publication – Global Tech Wars: China’s Race to Dominate – is based on podcasts that won a Publisher Podcast Award in 2025.

He studied Chinese and Japanese at Edinburgh University and has had postings during his journalism career in Japan, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. He lives in southeast London.