Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#13 | The Two Sessions, and the House Select Committee on China’s First Hearing
Episode 13
Two events last week made the priorities and positions of Beijing and Washington clearer. First, thousands of delegates came together for the opening…
3 years ago
#12 | The Lab Leak Theory Reemerges, and China's Ukraine Strategy
Episode 12
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 rel…
3 years ago
#11 | Retiree Protests Spread, China's Top Tech Investor Disappears, and Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference
Episode 11
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…
3 years, 1 month ago
#10 | Wuhan Protests, the Chinese Healthcare System, and the “Hong Kong 47”
Episode 10
Protests broke out last week in the city of Wuhan over drastic cuts to healthcare subsidies. An unusual protest, driven mostly by retirees against th…
3 years, 1 month ago
#9 | The Balloon Seen ’Round the World and the Boy Whose Disappearance Jolted China
Episode 9
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 devi…
3 years, 1 month ago
#8 | Mike Pompeo Never Gives an Inch, Nationalist Rhetoric from Beijing, and the Case of a Missing Boy in China
Episode 8
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 Giv…
3 years, 1 month ago
#7 | COVID-19's Toll in China, Beijing's Charm Offensive at Davos, and the Real Power Behind Chinese Tech Companies
Episode 7
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…
3 years, 2 months ago
#6 | China’s Economic and Demographic Headwinds, Kishida’s G7 Tour, and Beijing’s Overseas Police Stations
Episode 6
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 …
3 years, 2 months ago
#5 | The PRC's Pandemic Chaos, The Reopening, and What To Expect from the 118th Congress
Episode 5
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 Org…
3 years, 2 months ago
#4 | China-Russia Relations, the PRC's COVID-19 Surge, and 2023 Predictions
Episode 4
Miles and Wilson discuss new developments in the relationship between China and Russia, the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases throughout China and what th…
3 years, 2 months ago