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What Next for China-Israel Ties After the Iran War
In the first few months of this year, it seemed that China's ties with Israel were on the mend after entering into a deep freeze following the October…
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Eric Olander
32:46
WEF Work | Made in China 2.0: The Future of Global Manufacturing?
For most of the last 25 years, I’ve worked as a writer for the World Economic Forum at various events.
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Kaiser Y Kuo
1
The Trivium China Podcast | China Preps for the Demise of U.S. Dollar Dominance
At the Lujiazui Financial forum in June, central bank (PBoC) Governor Pan Gongsheng gave a speech that we believe redefined Beijing's attitude toward…
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Andrew Polk
39:17

June 2025

WEF Work | Why China's AI Breakthroughs Should Come as No Surprise
For most of the last 25 years, I’ve worked as a writer for the World Economic Forum at various events.
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Kaiser Y Kuo
1
"Impossible to get a Labubu" — Phrase of the Week
The toy that everyone wants
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Andrew Methven
WEF Work | How China Got Rich: a Deep Dive into China’s 40-Year History of Economic Transformation
Originally published for the World Economic Forum
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Kaiser Y Kuo
2
Transcript | Carnegie's Tong Zhao on the Expansion of China's Nuclear Arsenal
Below is a complete transcript of the episode.
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Kaiser Y Kuo
Carnegie's Zhao Tong on the Expansion of China's Nuclear Arsenal
This week on Sinica, in a show taped in early June in Washington, Kaiser chats with Tong Zhao (赵通) of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
1:10:21
Will China’s Trade Strategy in Africa Succeed Where Europe’s Didn’t?
By Christian-Géraud Neema Byamungu
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China-Global South Project
"Bureaucratic overreach" — Phrase of the Week
New drinking bans go too far
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Andrew Methven
Consumer upswings + geopolitical downswings
In this week’s Trivium China podcast, host Andrew Polk is joined by colleagues Ether Yin (Trivium’s head of policy research) and Joe Mazur (Trivium’s…
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Andrew Polk
37:35
China's Africa Security Strategy: Training, Arms, and Political Influence
Over the past 25 years, China’s military engagement with Africa has grown dramatically.
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Eric Olander
56:59
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