Jinping Xi - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Jinping Xi Index / People Transcripts Mark Lippert ...China with the 18th Party Congress and Xi Jinping 's rise to premiership there. I'... ...experts about, Was this underway before Xi Jinping , or was Xi Jinping—? I tend to be i... ...this underway before Xi Jinping, or was Xi Jinping —? I tend to be in the camp of, it wa... ...I tend to be in the camp of, it was Xi Jinping . Let's put it this way. The Chin... ...it, I tend to come down on the, “Post- Xi Jinping is the acceleration of this,” or a... ...we need to test the concept here. Is Xi Jinping really a different animal? That ende... ...pretty slim. Yeah. Kim Jong-un, like Xi Jinping , was a different type of leader tha... Show more... Samantha Power ...the board, or whether President [ Jinping ] Xi can be convinced that it's no... ...board, or whether President [Jinping] Xi can be convinced that it's not enoug... ...my teammates”—proverbially, because President Xi is not exactly a teammate of Presiden... Wally Adeyemo ...eighteenth party congress in China and Xi [Jinping] 's rise. Did you have a sense tha... ...I think I would say there was a pre- Xi and a post-Xi. And I'd say tha... ...say there was a pre-Xi and a post- Xi . And I'd say that pre-President Xi... ...and a post-Xi. And I'd say that pre- President Xi , there was a real debate in China. An... ...to take those steps. I think that as President Xi has risen to power and taken greate... Kenneth Roth ...shortly after that state dinner, Xi Jinping came in. And it's been completel... Ben Rhodes ...in Sunnylands [California]. Obama meets Xi Jinping in the spring of 2013, and you coul... ...I think Obama saw there that channeling Xi 's ambitions to, “Let's do somethin... ...2014, I remember Obama ended up sending Xi a letter. We were beginning to do mor... ...rights issues in the China case, and Xi is problematic, as you said, as well... ...that Obama was. Modi, unlike with Xi , there was this genuine—Modi suggeste... ...Agreement without what Obama did with Xi and with Modi. It's a fascinatin... ...to Putin, and Trump, and Xi , and Modi, and all these guys who wan... Show more... Samuel Locklear ...me into Beijing, and I met with—I think Xi Jinping was a vice [president] at that time. ... John Kerry ...in there I went to China and met with President Xi [Jinping] and persuaded him that we both share... ...with the president and go to China. President Xi and President Obama stood up in th... ...helpful in that process. I'd met with Xi personally to negotiate certain thing... ...all pushing towards this China meeting. President Xi [Jinping] and President Obama were able to stan... Denis McDonough ...highlights the personal dynamic with Xi Jinping . How important was that to setting u... ...it's really important to— Xi thinks he's the big chief, so you'v... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Education Education go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Labor Labor go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations go to the Chicago Chicago