Sino-US relations; parking scam

8:30am-9:15am: Sino-US relations

8:30am-9:15am: Mark Michelson (in photo), chairman, Asia CEO Forum at IMA Asia 

8:30am-9:15am: Feng Chong-yi, Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology in Sydney

8:30am-9:00am: Andrew Leung, International and Independent China Strategist

9:15am-9:30am: parking scam

9:15am-9:30am: James Ockenden, Founder and Editor of Transit Jam; Producer of radio show ‘Wham Bam Tram!’ 

On Tuesday’s Backchat: As mixed signals emerge from the latest round of meetings between Chinese and American diplomats, we’ll be exploring whether Sino-US ties are starting to stabilise after months of angry rhetoric.

The meetings began badly with Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng telling visiting US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman that bilateral relations had reached a “stalemate”, only to end on a marginally more positive note after the US said it did not “seek conflict” with China.

But both sides remain at odds over many issues – including the tit-for-tat sanctions imposed over Hong Kong last week. So is there any sign relations will improve? Or do we have to accept that uneasy ties between the US and China is the new normal?

Also on Tuesday’s show, why did it take police so long to smash two illegal car parking syndicates in Jordan?