China Insider | State of Press Freedom in China, CCP Changes Approach to Lying-Flat Movement, KMT Internal Division and Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu discusses the state of press freedom and media rights in China in the wake of the 2026 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, where Chin...
5 Mai 36min
China Insider | US Sanctions Chinese Shadow Fleet Vessels over Iranian Oil, Significance of Japan’s Increasingly Tough Defense Posture Targeting China, New Chinese Regulations Target Foreign Companies From Decoupling
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu discusses the latest sanctions from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Controls targeting Chinese shadow fleet vessels involved in...
28 Apr 34min
China Insider | Sinicization of Religion in China, PLA Lessons from the US Naval Blockade, China’s Real Estate Market Decline
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu discusses Xi Jinping’s campaign for the sinicization of religion by the CCP and the increased repression of religious freedom in China, ten years late...
21 Apr 37min
China Insider | KMT Leader Cheng Li-wun Visits Beijing, China's Lessons from the US-Iran Conflict, 47th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews China’s planned peace offensive toward Taiwan ahead of the Trump-Xi Summit, and how this strategy may impact talks between the two countries’ ...
14 Apr 38min
China Insider | China’s Education Policy Reform, CCP’s Campaign of Transnational Repression, Xi Purges Politburo Member Ma Xingrui
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews new policies enacted by China’s Education Ministry aimed at reducing excess stress and pressure among primary and secondary school students. N...
7 Apr 30min
China Insider | Xiong’an New Area Development, Impact of Iran Conflict on Taiwan, CCP Espionage in US Academia
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews Xi Jinping’s fourth visit to the Xiong’an New Area development project and details his plans for the “city of the future” including its domest...
31 Mar 33min
China Insider | Xi Jinping Purges Top Weapons Scientists, Western Intellectuals as China’s Proxies, Militant ROK Labor Union Affects Geopolitics
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews the widespread scale of Xi Jinping’s purges in recent weeks that extends to include China's leading weapons experts and defense science offici...
24 Mar 37min
China Insider | China-Cuba Relations, China’s Stake in the Strait of Hormuz, Paris Summit
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews China’s western hemisphere influence in the context of Cuba, and the importance of Cuba to China’s global strategy. Next, Miles discusses Chin...
17 Mar 29min
