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Trivium China Podcast | Nobody Knows Where the Line Is, and That's the Problem
Listen now | The US and China have been quietly testing each other’s limits all summer – and neither side actually knows where the breaking point is.
3 hrs ago
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Andrew Polk
52:34
How China Is Viewed Around the World
Public opinion toward China is improving across much of the world, especially in emerging economies across Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia.
Sep 1
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Eric Olander
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37:31
August 2026
"One long dream" — Phrase of the Week
An awakening from a life which was never real
Aug 30
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Andrew Methven
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This Week in China’s History: The Battle of Lake Poyang
August 30, 1363
Aug 29
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James Carter
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Trivium China Weekly Recap | Washington’s China Policy: All Bluster, No Substance
More bark than bite, more rattle than snake, more smoke than fire – pick your idiom of choice, but what’s clear is that Washington has spent the past…
Aug 29
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Andrew Polk
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Trivium China Podcast | Beijing’s New Directive to its Tech Firms: Behave Abroad
Listen now | Chinese tech companies keep getting fined and blocked overseas – sometimes unfairly, and sometimes because they’re behaving exactly like…
Aug 29
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Andrew Polk
4
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27:46
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Beijing’s answer to weak demand?
If you’ve been waiting for Beijing to unveil a plan to fix China’s flagging consumption, we have an answer for you.
Aug 24
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Andrew Polk
9
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China’s BRI Is Bigger Than Ever. It Just Looks Very Different
After the pandemic, as Chinese state-backed lending to developing countries largely dried up, critics declared the Belt and Road Initiative effectively…
Aug 23
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Eric Olander
7
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34:54
"Handcrafted from scratch" — Phrase of the Week
A new budget indie movie becomes a hit… because it’s made by hand
Aug 23
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Andrew Methven
14
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Another Grim Month for the Chinese Economy
Listen now (38 mins) | China’s July macro data just landed, and the title of our monthly macro note says it all: “A Grim Picture.”
Aug 21
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Andrew Polk
6
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37:42
Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
This week on Sinica, I sit down with the writer Pallavi Aiyar — at her own dining table in Beijing, where in recent months I’ve been the lucky…
Aug 19
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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Transcript | Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
Transcript (courtesy of the fantastic CadreScripts) further down the page.
Aug 19
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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