China's uphill battles, from Putin to COVID: Newsweek's Melinda Liu

China's uphill battles, from Putin to COVID: Newsweek's Melinda Liu

The relationship between Putin and Xi is a "marriage of convenience," journalist Melinda Liu tells Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast. Russia's war in Ukraine has put China in an awkward spot: they condemn the invasion, but not the invader.

Liu, who has been Newsweek's Beijing bureau chief for decades, believes that Xi is likely as isolated and surrounded by sycophants as Putin, which makes predicting what he'll do next very hard. Chinese coverage of the war hasn’t been consistent, and neither is China’s historical relationships with Ukraine and Russia.

She also explains why Xi's biggest problem right now is not Putin, but rather China's zero-COVID policy, which now has 26 million people under lockdown on Shanghai. China is facing a challenge they never saw coming — and that "hits right to the soul."

Subscribe to the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast platform, to receive new episodes as soon as they're published.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Avsnitt(425)

Will Israel's war spread north? The view from Lebanon with Kim Ghattas

Will Israel's war spread north? The view from Lebanon with Kim Ghattas

How likely is it that the Israel-Hamas war spreads into a wider conflict in the Middle East? On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with author of Black Wave and Distinguished Fellow at Col...

19 Dec 202330min

Unpacking the complicated US-Japan relationship with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel

Unpacking the complicated US-Japan relationship with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel

Ian Bremmer is in Tokyo, Japan, to check in on America’s “pivot to Asia.” How’s that going? Given that neither Ukraine nor Israel is located in the Asia Pacific, it is not so great! In 2011, then-Pres...

9 Dec 202335min

Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee

Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee

In the past decade, we’ve seen an explosion in medical and biotechnologies like gene editing with CRISPR, synthetic organs, cloning, and AI-powered prosthetics that are helping to eradicate disease, i...

2 Dec 202330min

Can governments protect us from dangerous software bugs?

Can governments protect us from dangerous software bugs?

We've probably all felt the slight annoyance at prompts we receive to update our devices. But these updates deliver vital patches to our software, protecting us from bad actors. Governments around the...

21 Nov 202324min

The path to a two-state solution for Israel & Palestine: Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's perspective

The path to a two-state solution for Israel & Palestine: Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's perspective

Is a two-state solution still possible for Israel and Palestine? Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel, joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast to discuss the ongoing war with Hamas, the es...

18 Nov 202330min

Would the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty hurt more than it helps?

Would the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty hurt more than it helps?

As the world of cybercrime continues to expand, it follows suit that more international legal standards should follow. But while many governments around the globe see a need for a cybercrime treaty to...

14 Nov 202331min

Foreign influence, cyberspace, and geopolitics

Foreign influence, cyberspace, and geopolitics

Thanks to advancing technology like artificial intelligence and deep fakes, governments can increasingly use the online world to spread misinformation and influence foreign citizens and governments - ...

7 Nov 202330min

Iran's role in the Gaza war: is escalation inevitable?

Iran's role in the Gaza war: is escalation inevitable?

With all eyes on Israel’s escalating war with Hamas, what’s Iran’s next move?   Iran gets around. In Southern Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters have a missile arsenal that dwarfs Hamas’ rocket s...

4 Nov 202324min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

svenska-fall
p3-krim
aftonbladet-krim
spar
fordomspodden
rss-krimstad
flashback-forever
rss-sanning-konsekvens
motiv
aftonbladet-daily
krimmagasinet
rss-krimreportrarna
rss-frandfors-horna
rss-vad-fan-hande
politiken
grans
rss-flodet
sydsvenskan-dok
dagens-eko
rss-aftonbladet-krim