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My Own Kingdom: A Chinese Immigrant's Tribute to America's 250th
Season 2 Episode 21
Terri Wu marks America's 250th birthday with a personal reflection on what freedom really meant to her as a Chinese immigrant.
She recalls the culture…
8 hours ago
When Biotech Purifies Rare Earths—Outdeveloping China in Its Key Industry
Season 2 Episode 20
When China cut off rare earth exports to the United States, most rare earth companies scrambled to copy China's technology.
Curtis Wu, founder and CEO…
1 week ago
Rare Knowledge About Rare Earths—the Hope, Solutions, and Imminent Threat
Season 2 Episode 19
China controls the rare-earth chokepoint that nearly every modern industry depends on: from smartphones and EVs to missiles and fighter jets.
Rare ear…
2 weeks ago
A Strange Email, a Five Eyes Warning, and the New Front Line of Chinese Espionage
Season 2 Episode 18
It started with a strange email: an unsolicited invitation for host Terri Wu to become a "senior geopolitical analyst" for a shadowy "defense advisor…
3 weeks ago
Deceiving Heaven: How America Keeps Getting China Wrong
Season 2 Episode 17
Terri sits down with Piero Tozzi, a China expert whose deep roots in both Western and Confucian thought give him a truly rare lens on the U.S.–China …
4 weeks ago
‘Sea Blind’ to China’s Threat, and Waking Up To It
Season 2 Episode 16
The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on May 19, charging Chinese shipping container manufacturers with price-fixing their products during…
1 month ago
Why China Is Finally Closing a Side Door It Tolerated for Years
Season 2 Episode 15
For years, Chinese investors used Tiger, Futu, and Longbridge to buy Tesla and Nvidia — through a side door Beijing called illegal but tolerated anyw…
1 month, 1 week ago
What Does US–China ‘Constructive Strategic Stability’ Look Like?
Season 2 Episode 14
The Trump–Xi summit may not have accomplished much, but both countries walked away with new labels for the U.S.–China relationship.
For Beijing, it's …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Entangled Combat: The Chinese Style of Competition Washington Should Understand
Season 2 Episode 13
Most Westerners in business operate on the baseline assumption that hard work leads to success and beating the competition.
With business in communist…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
On Shadow Fleets, ‘Teapots,’ and Layered Approaches to Avoiding Sanctions
Season 2 Episode 12
Teapots, gas stations, and shadow fleets sound like a grab bag of unconnected things, but they’re all part of a complex system keeping a terrorist re…
2 months ago