Jinping Xi - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Jinping Xi Index / People Transcripts John Brennan ...whatever. I think people like Putin, or President Xi of China, or others, really take ... ...longer-term ability. You mentioned President Xi and China, and I wanted to ask yo... Robert Gates ...or in their policies generally, until Xi Jinping came into office in 2013. And that wa... Susan Rice ...lot of time on his—in his dealings with Xi [Jinping] and I frankly think we managed i... ...little bit on how important that Obama- Xi relationship was. Because Xi had jus... ...that Obama-Xi relationship was. Because Xi had just come into power at the end o... ...was at the root of it. But they—with Xi 's predecessor, Hu Jintao, there was n... ...thing done with him, but it wasn't— Xi came with a lot more confidence, a lo... ...in very small groups. So with Xi , you weren't just beholden to hi... ...They weren't friends. It was, I think Xi , as I wrote in the book, certainl... ...kind of productive work that Obama and Xi were able to establish? Yeah, on... ...part of the preparation for the Obama- Xi summit in Beijing in the fall o... Show more... Chuck Hagel ...four days on one of them, met with Xi [Jinping] twice, long meetings with Xi. They wer... ...Xi [Jinping] twice, long meetings with Xi . They were not very happy meetings... ...with Chinese officials too with Xi . It strikes me that China looms ove... ...how did that message go over with Xi when you met with him? Did it feel lik... ...them. So to your question, how did Xi react to that, was this going to lea... Evan Medeiros ...was run by Hu Jintao. It was not run by Xi Jinping . Hu Jintao and the premier Wen Jiaba... ...Party Congress, which leads to Xi Jinping 's rise to power. At the time, ho... ...of this initiative to put Biden and Xi Jinping together that we had a pretty goo... ...had a pretty good understanding of who Xi Jinping was, circa 2012. So I wouldn't sa... ...either Obama or Biden had engaged with Xi , it was pretty clear that he saw th... ...there was this growing sense that Xi Jinping became general secretary of the party... ...2013. The original thinking was, “Okay, Xi Jinping is the top leader. Obama won't see hi... ...And he had a good relationship with Xi and Xi's people, because of all th... ...he had a good relationship with Xi and Xi 's people, because of all the stuff w... ...ended up doing was creating a trip for Xi Jinping to Latin America. So he went to—... ...think it was important for them and for Xi Jinping to have that meeting? I think largel... ...that meeting? I think largely because Xi Jinping understood that the US–Chin... ...Part of our strategy was to try and get Xi Jinping invested in the US–China relationship... ...Well, that's a hard question, because Xi Jinping has taken a hard right to the left, s... ...from that feeling like we understood Xi Jinping 's vision of the world. What wa... ...talked about his vision of America, and Xi talked about his vision of China. An... ...talked about his vision of China. And Xi did this whole thing about th... ...in our assessment. As I said, when Xi Jinping came in, nobody had any illusions, an... ...are pretty clear-eyed about what Xi Jinping is not going to be. What we didn't kno... ...hear and read about these speeches that Xi Jinping is making about putting Marxis... ...time. That led to our assessment that Xi Jinping was going to be a very differen... ...was surprised at what kind of leader Xi Jinping was going to be. Again, thinking abou... ...of the relationship is a function of Xi Jinping 's ambitions. I think it's a functio... Show more... Michael Posner ...has deteriorated even further in the Xi Jinping era. And we have a mixed picture in ... Jake Sullivan ...period of intensive engagement with Xi Jinping , who had ascended to being th... ...That he would go and basically tell Xi Jinping , “We are treating this as though i... ...hours of conversations in one day with Xi Jinping that spanned a broad range of issues... Avril Haines ...during the Obama administration because Xi [Jinping] 's relationship with Kim Jong-un becam... ...shifting sufficiently that, I think, Xi actually does feel considerabl... Michael Morell ...the president began a conversation with Xi Jinping at, what was it, Sunnylands, o... ...a pretty good job of warning about what Xi Jinping might be like domestically, that thi... ...more liberal, small l. Obviously, Xi Jinping 's personality and policy choices wen... William Burns ...administration, it was clear after Xi Jinping became China's leader and consolidate... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa