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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
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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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1:19:52
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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"The breeze cannot read, so why, then, does it riffle through my book" — Phrase of the Week
Huawei's war on a bamboo toy revives a Qing-era warning about abuse of power
Aug 16
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Andrew Methven
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The China Chokepoints Nobody's Watching
Listen now | When it comes to China’s key nodes of economic leverage, rare earths get all the attention — because they’re the cheapest, easiest lever…
Aug 14
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Andrew Polk
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Trivium China Podcast | Beijing Stops Playing Coy
Listen now | On August 5th, China dropped a new batch of retaliatory economic measures against various US entities.
Aug 14
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Andrew Polk
5
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33:37
Transcript | The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
Transcript (courtesy of the fantastic CadreScripts) further down the page.
Aug 11
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
This week on Sinica, I welcome back Evan Osnos of The New Yorker, whose marvelous new essay, “The Future, Made in China,” chronicles a tech-focused…
Aug 11
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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China's View of India Has Changed. Is New Delhi Ready?
China and India are entering a cautious period of diplomatic re-engagement after years of confrontation, but deep strategic mistrust, unresolved border…
Aug 10
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Eric Olander
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40:19
“Calm meltdown” — Phrase of the Week
A viral song and a new phrase capture the mood in China
Aug 9
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Andrew Methven
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Law Versus Development
Chinese businesses are pouring into Ethiopia. When someone gets hurt, what happens?
Aug 8
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Kevin Byrne Keller
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The Trivium China Podcast | There's No Such Thing as Overcapacity, China says
Listen now | Beijing just released its most detailed rebuttal yet to accusations from the West around industrial overcapacity – and it pointedly avoided…
Aug 6
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Andrew Polk
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