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China's Economy Is Stronger and Weaker Than You Think
Two very different narratives about China’s economy emerged this week.
7 hrs ago • Eric Olander
53:10
"But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
This week on Sinica I’m joined by Robert Wright, author of The Moral Animal, Nonzero, and The Evolution of God, for a conversation that runs a little…
Jun 17 • Kaiser Y Kuo
1:53:44
Transcript | "But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
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Jun 17 • Kaiser Y Kuo
Book Review: Korean Messiah by Jonathan Cheng
Jonathan Cheng sheds new light on Kim Il-Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult
Jun 16 • Calvin Quek
Trivium China Podcast | The “China Shock 2.0” Fallacy
Listen now | It’s been a busy few weeks for Chinese diplomacy, with Xi Jinping making a rare trip to North Korea while tensions between Beijing and…
Jun 15 • Andrew Polk
52:32
"Shooting yourself in the foot" — Phrase of the Week
Education entrepreneur upsets his customers in university speech
Jun 14 • Andrew Methven
What Xi Jinping’s North Korea Visit Really Means (A Sinica Podcast X Global Dispatches Collab)
A recording from Kaiser Y Kuo and Mark Leon Goldberg's live video
Jun 9 • Kaiser Y Kuo and Mark Leon Goldberg
40:31
Livestream with Mark Goldberg of Global Dispatches Today at 12:30 pm EDT
As foreign affairs junkies, we’re blessed with all manner of excellent newsletters and podcasts, but for years and years, one of my main staples has…
Jun 9 • Kaiser Y Kuo
Trivium Weekly Recap | Rethinking Technology Export Controls |
When most people think of China’s export controls, they think of dual-use controls — the dramatic, headline-grabbing restrictions on critical mineral…
Jun 7 • Andrew Polk
"A crushing blow" — Phrase of the Week
Offshore investment platforms and their customers hit hard by new policies
Jun 7 • Andrew Methven
Trivium China Podcast | Can Asset Revitalization Save Local Government Finances?
Listen now | China’s local governments have spent the past four years grappling with the fallout from the property market collapse.
Jun 5 • Andrew Polk
50:02
In the Second Half of Tencent’s AI Journey, AI Capabilities Must Truly Land in Scenarios, and Generative Work Behind It Remains Complex
Tencent SVP Dowson Tong in Conversation with Tencent Chief AI Scientist Shunyu Yao
Jun 5 • Kaiser Y Kuo
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