Episode 4: US-China Part 1

We start by discussing a plethora of current events: - The debt ceiling bill-turned-law and the Congressional drama that came with it - Southwestern states' agreement to cut back on water use to prevent the drought of the Colorado River - The J.D. Vance-Elizabeth Warren Senate alliance to hold banking executives accountable - The May jobs report - Protests in Kosovo - U.S. partnership with Australia to support greentech development - Supreme Court ruling against labor unions Then, in our book club segment, we discuss the Introduction and Chapter 1 of "Supreme Inequality" by Adam Cohen, which goes in depth in progressive decisions made in the 1950s and 60s for welfare and workers' rights. Finally, in our deep dive segment, we talk about China and its relationship with the United States. We discuss China's governing structure, the history of the relationship over the past 50 years, and the ideological underpinnings of the current tensions. This will be the first deep dive in a series on China-US relations. In our next episode, we will go in depth on China's behavior in the South China Sea and American responses.