In this episode, Aarya speaks to David Meale, former deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Beijing, and now head of Eurasia Group's China practice.

In this episode, we get into the wave of purges inside China's military leadership, what it tells us about Xi Jinping's grip on power, and why it matters . We talk trade, the fragile state of US-China relations, and the indicators to watch to understand where US China relations are actually heading.