What to expect from Obama-Xi meeting

25 September 2015

Dr Bates Gill
Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies, Australian National University

CNBC Asia

CEO Bates Gill outlines the key issues for the meeting between Chinese president Xi Jinping and and US president Barack Obama, including action on cybersecurity and discussions about territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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Dr Bates Gill
Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies, Australian National University
Bates Gill was CEO of the US Studies Centre from 2012-2015. He is Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University. Previously, he was Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an independent think tank recognised as one of the world’s top ten research institutes in international affairs.

First published

25 September 2015

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