. >> history professor gregg brazinsky discusses the competition between the united states and chinao influence newly independent african and asian countries during the cold war. he is the author of "winning the world: sino-american rivalry during the cold war." this 90-minute event was co-hosted by the woodrow wilson center and the national history center. today's seminar featuring gregg is co-sponsored by the woodrow wilson center asterisk prm

thank you greg kaczynski -- gregg brazinsky. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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. >> history professor gregg brazinsky discusses the competition between the united states and china to influence newly independent african and asian countries during the cold war. he is the author of "winning the world: sino-american rivalry during the cold war." this 90-minute event was co-hosted by the woodrow wilson center and the national history center. today's seminar featuring gregg is co-sponsored by the woodrow wilson center asterisk program and the institute. with that, christian will introduce today's speaker. >> thank you. welcome to all of you. they've been patient with us in the past -- running over session. c-span is here. be aware you will be taped. i feel good about giving them a couple minutes extra for set up. we have, for those of you who have been with us for this spring semester, we have had a number of really great presentations and special events. this is one particularly special, special to me, the brazinsky'segg "winning the third world." gregg, as many of you know, is associate professor of history and national affairs at george washington university, real