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"Drop the chain" — Phrase of the Week
China’s Approach to AI in the Global South: Selling the Razor Blades, Not the Razor
Trivium Weekly Recap | China’s Investment Picture: From Bad to Marginally Better
This Week in China’s History | The Boxer Protocol
Transcript | Strategic Stalemate: Ryan Hass on How Beijing Sees America — and Trump
Strategic Stalemate: Ryan Hass on How Beijing Sees America — and Trump
"Western medicine works faster" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | Nobody Knows Where the Line Is, and That's the Problem
How China Is Viewed Around the World
"One long dream" — Phrase of the Week
This Week in China’s History: The Battle of Lake Poyang
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Washington’s China Policy: All Bluster, No Substance
Trivium China Podcast | Beijing’s New Directive to its Tech Firms: Behave Abroad
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Beijing’s answer to weak demand?
China’s BRI Is Bigger Than Ever. It Just Looks Very Different
"Handcrafted from scratch" — Phrase of the Week
Another Grim Month for the Chinese Economy
Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
"The breeze cannot read, so why, then, does it riffle through my book" — Phrase of the Week
The China Chokepoints Nobody's Watching
Trivium China Podcast | Beijing Stops Playing Coy
Transcript | The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
China's View of India Has Changed. Is New Delhi Ready?
“Calm meltdown” — Phrase of the Week
The Trivium China Podcast | There's No Such Thing as Overcapacity, China says
Trivium China Weekly Recap | The Cavalry Isn't Coming
"To finally make it" — Phrase of the Week
How China Wants to Rewrite Global Governance
China's Economy Is Hurting, Beijing's Answer Is Patience
“Pilfered in passing” — Phrase of the Week
What the Iran War Reveals About China’s Power in the Persian Gulf
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Regulating Open Source
Trivium China Podcast | Kimi K3 Was So Good It Freaked Out Two Governments
Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3
Transcript | Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3
China's Stock Market Rescue: How Big Is Beijing's Bet?
The Limits of China’s Iran Diplomacy
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Can You See the K?
“The Odyssey Years” — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | China Is Building a Market for Data. Why Isn’t America?
Why China Is Winning the Iran War
Trivium China Podcast | Is China Quietly Beginning to Deleverage?
"Mass appeal" — Phrase of the Week
The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy
Transcript | The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy
"Gaming the system" — Phrase of the Week
Transcript | Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
Podcast | Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
"The Card Master" — Phrase of the Week
China as a Platform State, with Angela Zhang and Alex Yang
Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
Podcast | China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
Transcript: China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
How China Built the Energy System the World Now Needs
"The Great Duck-Leg Scam War" — Phrase of the Week
This Week in China's History: The Tianjin Massacre
Trivium China Podcast | China's Growth Model Hits Another Reality Check
China's Economy Is Stronger and Weaker Than You Think
"But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
Transcript | "But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
Book Review: Korean Messiah by Jonathan Cheng
Trivium China Podcast | The “China Shock 2.0” Fallacy
"Shooting yourself in the foot" — Phrase of the Week
What Xi Jinping’s North Korea Visit Really Means (A Sinica Podcast X Global Dispatches Collab)
Livestream with Mark Goldberg of Global Dispatches Today at 12:30 pm EDT
Trivium Weekly Recap | Rethinking Technology Export Controls |
"A crushing blow" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | Can Asset Revitalization Save Local Government Finances?
The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity
Transcript | The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity
"Social currency" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | What Exactly is U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan?
The View from Everywhere Else: Eric Olander on how the Global South is Reading the Beijing Summits
"Brave the elements" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | Jon Czin on Xi, Trump, and the U.S.-China stalemate
To Rule All Under Heaven: Andrew Meyer on His New Popular History of the Warring States
Transcript | To Rule All Under Heaven: Andrew Meyer on His New Popular History of the Warring States
China and the USA, the (Im)possible Balance
This Week in China's History: Xu Baoshan’s Expensive Vase (a Tale of Assassination)
"Impostor Hotel" — Phrase of the Week
Ministry of Commerce Presser on the China-U.S. Economic and Trade Consultations
ACF Voices on the Trump-Xi Beijing Summit
Trivium China Podcast | Xi-Trump Vibes, Meetings about Meetings, and the PBoC’s Next Moves
Trivium Weekly Recap | This State Visit Could Have Been an Email
Transcript | "The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 4: The AI Race Reconsidered
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 4: The AI Race Reconsidered
I Had Lots of Questions About The China Summit. So I Talked To An Expert: My Brother!
China Flexes Power In Panama Canal Clash
This Week in China's History: Let 100 Flowers Bloom!
Trivium Weekly Recap | Beijing Pulls a New Lever
"Pass the cost onto the end user" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | China Sanctions Pushback, Macro Resilience, and More Iran War Fallout
Is Vietnam Drifting Closer Toward China?
Transcript | The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong: A Conversation with Translator Eleanor Goodman
The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong: A Conversation with Translator Eleanor Goodman
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Caught in the Crossfire
Trivium China Podcast | Beijing Unwinds the Meta-Manus Deal
"Full-time children" — Phrase of the Week
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 3: Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future
Reminder if you’re learning Chinese (deadline tonight)
Iran War Boosts China’s Energy Strategy
Interactive Mandarin for Beginners
This Week in China's History: The Treaty of Shimonoseki
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Cracks in the Foundation
Trivium China Podcast | All the Latest on the China Supply Chain Front
"In the bag" — Phrase of the Week
Why 3 African States Said No to Taiwan
Trivium Weekly Recap | China’s Iran Conundrum
"Mockupation" — Phrase of the Week
Book review: Chinese Global Environmentalism
PM Pedro Sánchez's Tsinghua Speech: A Masterclass in Diplomatic Rhetoric
Transcript | "The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What the United States Wants
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What Does the United States Want?
From Med School Prep to Mandarin: Adam Syed’s Story
Awkward China-Africa Conversations in Washington, D.C.
"Dong Yuhui keeps getting away with it" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium Weekly Recap | The Wrong Kind of Inflation
Transcript | The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants
"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants
Trivium Weekly Recap | Party Balloon Shortage
"An abrupt end" — Phrase of the Week
Transcript | Adam Tooze is Chinamaxxing！
On the Ground in China: Sentiment is Improving
How Chinese Changed Our Lives (and Why It Might Change Yours)
China’s Economic Relationship With Africa Is Entering a New Phase
Sinica turns 16 — a Sweet 16 offer for you
Trivium Weekly Recap| I Hear You, and I Don’t Care
Trivium China Podcast | A Stress Test at the Worst Possible Moment
“A mantis trying to stop a chariot” — Phrase of the Week
Is China Trying to Sever Plato from NATO? Chang Che on Beijing's Embrace of the Greco-Roman Classics
Trivium Weekly Recap | An Uneven Rebound
Trivium China Podcast | How China Views the Iran Situation
"Pitfall major" — Phrase of the Week
Edge of Ruin: Mike Lampton and Wang Jisi’s Warning on U.S.-China Relations
Transcript | Edge of Ruin: Mike Lampton and Wang Jisi’s Warning on U.S.-China Relations
It’s Already Too Late to Break China’s EV Battery Dominance
Heritage, Belonging, and Healing Through Chinese: Jade’s Story
"Raising the lobster" — Phrase of the Week
This Week in China's History | The Longling Manse Movement March
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Extraordinary measures
View From Beijing: Why China is Not Protecting Iran
Governing Digital China, with Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo
Transcript | Governing Digital China, with Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo
Trivium China Podcast | FYP, GDP, and Ilaria Mazzocco on NEVs
"The real culprit" — Phrase of the Week
Don’t Read Kids’ Books to Learn Chinese
"Deeply unsettling" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium Weekly Recap | Chinamaxxing or Chinataxxing
Trivium China Podcast | Jude Blanchette on How China Views “The Rupture” in Global Politics
Yi-Ling Liu on The Wall Dancers: China's Internet, Its Creative Spirits, and the Art of the Possible
How a Little-Known Chinese Company Conquered Africa’s Cell Phone Market
China’s War Narratives on Ukraine: Entering the Fifth Year
"Turning the smile upside down brings success to the Year of the Horse" — Phrase of the Week
Transcript | Kyle Chan on the Great Reversal in Global Technology Flows
Kyle Chan on the Great Reversal in Global Technology Flows
Speak First, Figure It Out Later: How Jack Turned Chinese into a Superpower
"Dimensional wall" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | Heard on the Street, Beijing Edition
Brookings' Patricia Kim Takes Stock of Trump's Second-Term China Policy
Transcript | Brookings' Patricia Kim Takes Stock of Trump's Second-Term China Policy
Why the U.S. Development Finance Corporation Shouldn’t be Used to Compete With China
"A snake swallowing an elephant" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium Weekly Recap | The Party's Top Priority
Trivium China Podcast | Can U.S.-China Relations Remain a Calm Amidst the Geopolitical Storm?
Transcript | Uneasy Calm: Ryan Hass on Three Pathways for U.S.-China Relations Under Trump
Uneasy Calm: Ryan Hass on Three Pathways for U.S.-China Relations Under Trump
Why the Belt and Road Is Back in a Big Way
6 Chinese Listening Hacks That Will Transform Your Chinese Listening
Trivium China Weekly Recap | Cautious Optimism Springs Eternal
"Execution range" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | Can China Get Investment Growth Back on Track?
This Week in China’s History: The Murder of An Lushan
Trivium Weekly Recap |China’s Two-track Economy
"Empty nest youth" — Phrase of the Week
Trivium China Podcast | Financial Regulators Start 2026 with a Bang
China's Place in the New Post-American International Order
China's Low-Key Response to the Iran Crisis
Alexander Brose on Juilliard, the Royal Conservatory, and the Power of Language
"Marriage nagging" — Phrase of the Week
This Week in China's History: Marshall’s Other Plan
Transcript | Daniel Bessner on American Primacy, Cold War Liberalism, and the China Challenge
Daniel Bessner on American Primacy, Cold War Liberalism, and the China Challenge
"Kudos to me" — Phrase of the Week
The Return of the Chinese Consumer
Eric Olander: After the Maduro Capture — Assessing China's Real Exposure in Venezuela
Transcript | Eric Olander: After the Maduro Capture — Assessing China's Real Exposure in Venezuela
What Maduro’s Detention Means for China
The Lie We Were Told: You Must Handwrite Chinese Characters