Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus 
Illuminating the Arts-Policy Nexus is a fortnightly series of articles on the role of art in public policymaking. This series invites WPI fellows and project leaders as well as external practitioners to contribute pieces on how artists have led policy change and how policymakers can use creative strategies.
In Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World, World Policy Institute Senior Fellow Ian Bremmer illustrates a historic shift in the international system and the world economy—and an unprecedented moment of global uncertainty.
China and the US
In a speech given at Columbia University on December 7th, Seymour Topping remembers his 50 years as a journalist, much of it as a correspondent in China.
The Roots of a Love-Hate Relationship
The story of the love-hate relationship between Mao's China and the U.S. started as early as in the 1940's.
The Turning Point
In the second part of his speech, Seymour Topping argues that the Truman administration's agreement with nationalist Chiang Kai-shek was the turning point of the U.S. and China's relationship.
A Booming China Rejects Western Interference
In the third part of his speech, Seymour Topping reports on the city of Chongqing and its governor Bo Xilai. A growing China refuses to allow any foreign interference.
From Mao's Victory to Nixon's Handshake
In the fourth part of his speech, Seymour Topping reports on Mao taking over the nationalists. He argues that China's foreign policy was led by security concerns, not ideology.
Cooperation Over Competition
In the last part of his speech, Seymour Topping says that in the end, despite their disagreements, China and the U.S. must cooperate to preserve world peace.
Seymour Topping at Columbia University V1 from Lesley Topping on Vimeo.
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Seymour Topping is the former correspondent and managing editor of The New York Times. He is the author of On the Front Lines of the Cold War, An American Correspondents Journal from The Chinese Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam.
[Photos courtesy of Ming Xia, Today is a good day, Ford APA, Wessel and Phil King]
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