Conversations exploring China, technology, and US-China relations. Guests include a wide range of an
'Everywhere Yet Nowhere in Particular' is the title of Devin Stewart's latest report. We discuss Chi
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Why, aside from Yao, have Chinese players had no success in the NBA? Post-NBA, what has Yao done to
How does the Chinese government's S&T spending differ fundamentally from America's and what does
In his memoir The World as It Is, Ben Rhodes, Barack Obama’s closest national security aide, confid
It's been a wild few weeks with President Trump threatening to shut WeChat and TikTok out of the U.S
Why would Xi invade and is the Taiwanese military up to the challenge? Paul Huang, freelance journal
Adam Tooze is my favorite economic historian. After writing a handful of books on the 1920s and Na
Turning a beloved movie of female empowerment into a dull endorsement of the patriarchy, autocracy a
Mister Softee, the famed northeastern American ice cream brand, in Suzhou, China? Yes, that was a th
In 1927, Mao wrote that "In a very short time...several hundred million peasants will rise like a m
Tanner Greer of the blog Scholarstage joins the show in a wide-ranging discussion touching on Xi's i
How do you even go about answering that question? Is there a consensus in Washington on how to confr
Lingling Wei and Bob Davis of the WSJ discuss their new book Superpower Showdown. We dive deep into
Should the US ban TikTok? What role does open source play in the tech ecosystem and the Chinese gove
Eddie Fishman, who worked in Obama's State Department's Policy Planning Staff, joins to discuss his
How can China be so corrupt and yet grow so fast? What's the relationship between corruption and com
This week Trump banned valid H1B holders from entering the country. What are the broader implication
On June 15th, dozens of soldiers died in clashes on the China-India border. What exactly happened up
This week’s ChinaTalk featured Antony Dapiran going deep with me on the origin, meaning, and legacy
