Kamala Harris in Singapore and Vietnam; India's changing US, China and Afghanistan relations
Post Asia reporter Bhavan Japraigas unpacks the goals of US Vice President Kamala Harris upon her visits to Singapore and Vietnam this week and looks at what was missing, contrasting her announcement ...
28 Aug 202137min
Beijing, the Taliban and Afghanistan; Malaysia’s political crisis and rising China tensions
SCMP's Beijing-based correspondent Sarah Zheng discusses how Chinese state media portrayed the chaos in Kabul amid the US withdrawal, China’s strategic plans for Afghanistan and how some are using the...
20 Aug 202130min
China vs Lithuania, Taiwan; analysing China's growing military reach to Australia
Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham unpacks why China has expelled Lithuania’s ambassador from Beijing and recalled its ambassador to Lithuania; China desk editor Teddy Ng on new PLA exercises off...
13 Aug 202137min
Merkel's misstep with Beijing; analysing the South China Sea military buildup
Europe correspondent Finbarr Bermingham analyses Germany's diplomatic faux pas with China over sending a warship to the South China Sea as analysts ponder a Germany without Angela Merkel; what’s behin...
6 Aug 202133min
US-China stalemate in Tianjin; Australia's US$1 billion bet to deny China in the Pacific
Hear from the SCMP’s New York and Beijing correspondents on the meeting between US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, chasing common ground, yet finding stal...
30 Jul 202137min
Xi Jinping, China and the United Nations, 50 years on: Professor Rosemary Foot
A special feature-length episode looking at China's 50 year relationship with the United Nations marking the month in 1971 when 17 members of the UN requested a vote on the "Restoration of the lawful ...
28 Jul 202142min
US-led alliance & China trade hacking claims ahead of top diplomatic meeting; geopolitics at the Olympics
Hear analysis from US correspondent Owen Churchill and Beijing-based correspondent Kinling Lo after this week's claims and counter-claims of state-sponsored hacking attacks, and why NATO's involvement...
23 Jul 202137min
Trailer: China Geopolitics
The South China Morning Post political economy team analyse the latest economic data from China, delve deep into the ongoing US-China trade and tech war, and examine China's changing economic relation...
23 Jul 20213min
