#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
#11 | Retiree Protests Spread, China's Top Tech Investor Disappears, and Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference
The Chinese retiree protests that began in Wuhan have spread to other cities as local governments cut back on health-care subsidies. Miles and Wilson discuss where these protests are headed, and how X...
21 Feb 202325min
#10 | Wuhan Protests, the Chinese Healthcare System, and the “Hong Kong 47”
Protests broke out last week in the city of Wuhan over drastic cuts to healthcare subsidies. An unusual protest, driven mostly by retirees against the Municipal government in Wuhan, resulted in nearly...
14 Feb 202325min
#9 | The Balloon Seen ’Round the World and the Boy Whose Disappearance Jolted China
The Chinese Communist Party’s spy balloon may be a Sputnik moment for the United States, as millions of Americans saw pictures of a surveillance device sent by the United States’ top geopolitical riva...
7 Feb 202321min
#8 | Mike Pompeo Never Gives an Inch, Nationalist Rhetoric from Beijing, and the Case of a Missing Boy in China
The definitive memoir of foreign policy in the Trump administration is out: former Director of the CIA and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Never Give an Inch. Miles and Wilson discuss the China-relat...
31 Jan 202324min
#7 | COVID-19's Toll in China, Beijing's Charm Offensive at Davos, and the Real Power Behind Chinese Tech Companies
The chief epidemiologist of the PRC's Center for Disease Control and Prevention claims that 80% of China's population has been infected with COVID-19. Miles and Wilson discuss what that means for the ...
24 Jan 202324min
#6 | China’s Economic and Demographic Headwinds, Kishida’s G7 Tour, and Beijing’s Overseas Police Stations
China's latest economic and demographic numbers show that the country is facing significant headwinds. But are they still too good to be true? Miles Yu and Wilson Shirley discuss what to make of the l...
18 Jan 202319min
#5 | The PRC's Pandemic Chaos, The Reopening, and What To Expect from the 118th Congress
The big story out of China this week is that COVID-19 is ripping through the country and that Beijing’s lack of transparency has the World Health Organization urging the People’s Republic of China to ...
10 Jan 202322min
