Episode Notes:

Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping has embarked on a rare month of international travel, beginning with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and a state visit to Cairo, his first to Egypt in a decade, and culminating in a meeting with President Trump in Washington later this month. Ryan Hass joins the Warcast to unpack what Xi is trying to accomplish with this diplomatic push and what it signals about China's ambitions on the world stage.

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