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How China’s Biggest Bank Advances Beijing’s Global Ambitions
The world’s largest bank by assets is also a powerful instrument of Chinese statecraft.
Oct 20 • Eric Olander
38:49
This Week in China’s History | The Beijing Streetcar Riot
October 22, 1929
Oct 19 • James Carter
“More haste, less speed” — Phrase of the Week
A luxury car’s poor quality brake pedals expose the cost of rushing to market
Oct 18 • Andrew Methven
Trivium China Podcast | China on Exchange Rate Revaluation: We’re Not Interested
Listen now (22 mins) | On October 8, the PBoC published an essay – in both English and Chinese – defending China’s exchange rate policy and pushing back…
Oct 16 • Andrew Polk
22:19
“Kill Switch” and “Second Strike Weapon:” Cuban Missile Crisis Vibes in the European China Debate
Šefčovič negotiates in Beijing as Merz and Macron devise a new weapon for a trade war. Ultimately, credibility, vulnerability, and room for negotiation…
Oct 14 • René Ruschmeier
India and China Are Talking Again. Can They Trust Each Other?
India and China are cautiously rebuilding ties after years of confrontation, but normalization remains fragile.
Oct 14 • Eric Olander
34:23
"Tourist-trap souvenir trio" — Phrase of the Week
Young Chinese travellers are browsing, but not buying
Oct 11 • Andrew Methven
Beijing’s Quiet Deleveraging Push
Listen now (33 mins) | For the first time in recent memory, a senior Chinese economic official is really pushing the idea that China needs to control…
Oct 10 • Andrew Polk
33:08
Transcript | Afra Wang on Liangzhu, China’s Vibe-Coding Capital, and the Anxious Optimism of the AI Boom
This week on Sinica, I’m joined again by Afra Wang, the Bay Area-based writer behind the AI newsletter Concurrent, who was last on the show in January…
Oct 9 • Kaiser Y Kuo
Afra Wang on Liangzhu, China’s Vibe-Coding Capital, and the Anxious Optimism of the AI Boom
This week on Sinica, I’m joined again by Afra Wang, the Bay Area-based writer behind the AI newsletter Concurrent, who was last on the show in January…
Oct 9 • Kaiser Y Kuo
1:38:47
China Isn't Ignoring AI risk. It's rejecting America's Version of It
Listen now (56 mins) | When Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on U.S.
Oct 7 • Andrew Polk
55:37
Kaiser Kuo on Americans’ Changing Views of China
U.S.
Oct 7 • Eric Olander
49:04
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