Elon Musk, TSMC, Open Source, Endless Frontier and Zhang Yiming
Kevin Xu of the fantastic Interconnected newsletter, and formerly of Commerce and the Obama White House, ran through a grab bag of some of the hottest topics in US-China tech. We got into the politic...
11 Touko 202150min
Can China Win a War Over Taiwan? Plus Eve Online
Student Research Symposium: https://forms.gle/FYoSeHS7t3ZLLwEh9 Work with me! https://rhg.com/job/research-assistant-china-technology-and-industry-research/ Thomas Shugart joined me and Eric Lofgre...
7 Touko 202154min
China's Anti-Monopoly Moment
Fascinated (or stunned) by China’s recent anti-monopoly moves against tech giants Ant and Meituan? Want to get inside the head of Chinese regulators as they plan their moves against the globe’s larges...
1 Touko 202146min
Why Are Chinese TV Dramas So Bad?
What as the rise of streaming, idols, and increased censorship done to Chinese TV? Co-hosting is Ina Yang, one of the founders of the Chinese-language podcast Loud Murmurs. We discuss Chinese drama...
20 Huhti 202141min
How Huarong Explains China's Creaky Financial System
What is Huarong and why do its struggles explain the central contradictions of China's financial system? To discuss, Logan Wright of Rhodium joins the show. In the first ten minutes, Logan catches us...
17 Huhti 20211h 14min
Bo Xilai and How Xi Learned from the Chongqing Model
What was the Chongqing Model and why does it still matter? Yueran Zhang, a PhD student in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses. We talk about how Bo Xilai utilized mass mobi...
14 Huhti 20211h
'Invisible China': How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise
Scott Rozelle (legend, Stanford professor, co-director of the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions) joins ChinaTalk to discuss his recent book Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divid...
9 Huhti 202153min
