{"id":404,"date":"2026-07-09T04:34:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2026-07-09T04:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:34:57","slug":"what-china-thinks-it-can-gain-from-a-disordered-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":"What China Thinks It Can Gain From a Disordered World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Like the rest of us, China\u2019s leaders are confronting a world in turmoil. They see uncertain American commitments to allies, even as many of those allies ramp up their own defense efforts. They see changing relationships, whether deepening ties between Russia and North Korea or new connections among anxious middle powers. They see American military action in the Middle East and Western Hemisphere, with effects on American power in China\u2019s own region.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=402\">How to Save the UN From Irrelevance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yet, as Oriana Skylar Mastro sees it, far from surprising Beijing, such disruptions are being taken as confirmation of what Chinese leader Xi Jinping often refers to as \u201cgreat change unseen in a century.\u201d Mastro has written a series of essays for <em>Foreign Affairs<\/em> on how Beijing aims to shape and exploit that change. She joined Dan Kurtz-Phelan to discuss China\u2019s strategy for navigating this turmoil\u2014and what the United States should, and should not, do in response.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=400\">The Ukraine Lesson Taiwan Keeps Missing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim\u2019s Dangerous Liaisons\u201d by Oriana Skylar Mastro<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s Agents of Chaos\u201d by Oriana Skylar Mastro<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Next Tripartite Pact\u201d by Oriana Skylar Mastro<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taiwan Temptation\u201d by Oriana Skylar Mastro<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Stealth Superpower\u201d by Oriana Skylar Mastro<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Korea as It Is\u201d by Victor Cha<\/p>\n<p>This episode of <em>The Foreign Affairs Interview<\/em> was produced by Rose Kohler and Kanishk Tharoor, with audio engineering by Christopher Koch and Markus Zakaria and original music by Robin Hilton. Special thanks to Irina Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=398\">How Europe Can Get Putin\u2019s Attention<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Conversation With Oriana Skylar Mastro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,30,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","category-foreign-policy","category-geopolitics","category-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What China Thinks It Can Gain From a Disordered World - Housing News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=404\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What China Thinks It Can Gain From a Disordered World - 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