On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Huang Jing, the Director of the Institute of US and Pacific Studies at the Shanghai International Studies University. He discusses the significance of Xi Jinping going to the Middle East for the first China-GCC summits, why both China and the Gulf States are strengthening ties and what the future of the Middle East/West Asia will look like, rising tensions between the US and China over Taiwan, the rise of China and Washington viewing the competition as a zero sum game, China’s position on the Russia-Ukraine war and much more!