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Lessons from the American Civil War
Note: This episode was recorded in late 2024. Luckily, there haven't been any US Civil War updates since then, so the episode's content still holds u…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
North Korea's Messiah
Why is North Korea so weird? Is it Stalinism? Maoism? Japan-style emperor worship? Ancient Korean hermit kingdom energy? No, argues Jonathan Cheng, B…
2 months ago
The Rise of China’s Electric Vehicle Industry
How did China grow its EV industry? Hint: it wasn’t really central planning from Beijing. It was a magical concoction of entrepreneurs and local offi…
2 months ago
China's Best Music in 2026 (So Far)
Jake Newby is the author of the Concrete Avalanche Substack, which covers the best music coming out of China. If you enjoy this playlist, check out J…
2 months ago
$75k Contest Launch! ChinaTalk Hiring + Evals for the Situation Room
Contest links: General $50k https://www.chinatalk.media/p/50k-chinatalk-submission-hiring-contest we're looking at submissions on a rolling basis!
AI…
2 months, 1 week ago
WarTalk: Out of Ammo for Real + Are CCAs Dumb?
Six months into the war with Iran, the United States has fired 850 Tomahawks, emptied its LRASM and JASSM-ER inventories, expended essentially every …
2 months, 1 week ago
The FCC's New Robot Rules
The FCC has spent the past year quietly rewiring the American import market, first routers, then drones, next undersea cables, and as of last week, r…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Jordan talks AI with Sebastian Mallaby on his show 'The Spillover'
Don't sorry I put two ChinaTalk Records songs at the end!
their show notes:
On this episode of The Spillover, Sebastian Mallaby sits down with Jorda…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
WarTalk: Odyssey Edition
Roel Konijnendijk of Oxford returns to talk Nolan's Odyssey, ancient PTSD, siege warfare, and the choices we'd all make in adapting.
Justin McIntosh…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Iran War Oil Shock That Wasn’t...(Yet?)
The biggest oil shock in modern history came and went without the catastrophe everyone expected. When Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, analysts warn…
2 months, 3 weeks ago