#19 | China's Economic Outlook, Blinken in Vietnam, and the PRC's Defense Posture
Hosts Miles Yu and Wilson Shirley discuss China's economic outlook in light of new Q1 data, Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent visit to Vietnam and that country's role in countering China's am...
18 Apr 202324min
#18 | The CCP Sanctions Hudson, Macron in China, and the PRC's Local Banking Crisis
Miles Yu and Wilson Shirley discuss what to make of the People’s Republic of China’s reaction to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the United States, the folly of French President Emmanuel M...
11 Apr 202323min
#17 | Hudson Honors President Tsai; China's Influence in Latin America; and the EU-China Strategic Rivalry
In this episode, Senior Fellow Miles Yu and Media Fellow Wilson Shirley discuss how Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited New York and accepted Hudson Institute’s Global Leadership Award. They also...
4 Apr 202326min
#16 | The TikTok Hearing, China and Russia, and the CCP’s Campaign to Isolate Taiwan
Wilson Shirley and Miles Yu discuss what last week’s congressional hearing means for the future of TikTok and other Chinese technology companies in the United States, what Xi Jinping and Vladimir Puti...
28 Mar 202326min
#15 | Xi and Putin Meet in Moscow, the Party Reform Plan, and COVID-19 Raccoon Dogs?
Miles Yu and Wilson Shirley discuss Xi Jinping’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the plan on reforming the Chinese Communist Party and state institutions that came out last Thursday, and the lat...
21 Mar 202320min
#14 | Iran-Saudi Deal Brokered by China, Americans’ Opinions of the CCP, and COVID-19 Origin Investigations
Miles Yu and Wilson Shirley discuss the China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran and what it means for the future of great-power competition in the Middle East and elsewhere. They continue wi...
14 Mar 202325min
#13 | The Two Sessions, and the House Select Committee on China’s First Hearing
Two events last week made the priorities and positions of Beijing and Washington clearer. First, thousands of delegates came together for the opening of the annual Two Sessions, which includes China’s...
7 Mar 202323min
#12 | The Lab Leak Theory Reemerges, and China's Ukraine Strategy
The US Department of Energy has assessed that COVID-19 mostly likely originated in a lab leak in Wuhan, and last week the Chinese Communist Party released its twelve-point "peace plan" for Ukraine. Mi...
28 Feb 202324min
