Robert Spalding is a retired US Air Force brigadier general. He serves as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. His work focuses on U.S.–China relations, economic and national security, and the Asia-Pacific military balance. He is the founder and CEO of SEMPRE, a technology company created to connect, protect, and secure information and communication vital to critical infrastructure. In this episode, we discuss the future of the relations between the USA and China and the differences between the Western and the Chinese political system.