The Robots Are Coming!
China’s running, dancing, kung-fu fighting humanoid robots are better at being influencers than anything else. But soon they will have to get real jobs, and fast. In this episode, editor Tom Mitchell...
15 Aug 14min
China's Camera Wars on U.S. Shores
As U.S. restrictions complicate DJI’s expansion beyond drones, its camera rival Insta360 has gained an unexpected advantage among American consumers. In this episode, reporters Peiyue Wu and Savannah...
7 Aug 14min
Nvidia's Partner Problem
Nvidia has nearly 1,000 partners around the world, including over 100 in China. Some of these firms, according to a Wire China investigation, have close ties to China's military. What does this mean f...
31 Juli 15min
Live From Paris: Is China’s Consumer Sector Really That Bad?
China’s consumer economy is doing very poorly if you look at it one way: low consumption, deflation, and overcapacity. But popular — and successful — global brands like Anta Group and Popmart seem to ...
24 Juli 19min
The Company that Cried Huawei
Before Nvidia won approval to sell more chips to China, it first told the U.S. government that Huawei sales would soar if it was kept out. This week, Noah Berman joins fellow journalist Rachel Cheung...
10 Juli 9min
The Organization at the Heart of China's Tech Complex
China’s leading science organization does much more than spearhead basic research. It runs universities, advises the government, and incubates leading technology companies in frontier areas such as qu...
26 Juni 15min
Whatever Happened to Jupiter?
Jupiter Systems is an American company that makes video screen technology for the U.S. military. In 2024, the government discovered something shocking — it had been sold to a Chinese tech company year...
19 Juni 18min
