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China ShortCuts21st May 2025: April Macroeconomic Indicators
This episode contains segments on:
China April official macroeconomic indicatorsAction plan to advance China’s digitalisationAnti-dumping duties on imported polyoxymethylene copolymerYicai report on household savings
Listeners are invited to attend the European Chamber’s annual Business Confidence Survey online launch on 28th May.
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2025-05-2105 minChina ShortCuts26th March 2025: China Development Forum
This episode contains segments on the:
China Development Forum 2025;State Council’s Opinions on Further Strengthening Trade Policy Compliance Efforts;Provisions on the Implementation of the Anti-foreign Sanctions Law; andRevised Regulations to Protect Payments to SMEs.
Listeners are also invited to an event on 1st April to hear Professor Da Wei, a renowned international relations expert, discuss United States-China relations and Trump 2.0.
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2025-03-2605 min
China In ContextChina's Economic Challenges — Consumption Slump and Soaring Local Government DebtWith the US imposing new tariffs on Chinese exports, the state of the country’s domestic economy has become all the more crucial. Despite healthy export growth in recent years, at home consumer confidence has plummeted, with rising youth unemployment and a slump in the once booming housing market. Will recent government steps to reassure consumers and entrepreneurs and stimulate property sales be enough to revive the economy? Or does soaring local government debt mean more creative solutions are required?In this episode, we hear two perspectives on China’s economic challenges — from economist Andy Rothman, founder of ...
2025-02-2051 min
China In Context: Weekly podcast with experts from SOASEp185: China's Economic Challenges — Consumption Slump and Soaring Local Government DebtWith the US imposing new tariffs on Chinese exports, the state of the country’s domestic economy has become all the more crucial. Despite healthy export growth in recent years, at home consumer confidence has plummeted, with rising youth unemployment and a slump in the once booming housing market. Will recent government steps to reassure consumers and entrepreneurs and stimulate property sales be enough to revive the economy? Or does soaring local government debt mean more creative solutions are required? In this episode, we hear two perspectives on China’s economic challenges — from economist Andy Rothman, founder of Sinology LLC, and Pr...
2025-02-2051 min
China In Context: Weekly podcast with experts from SOASEp177: How America's Democratic Party views ChinaThere is a rising mood of bipartisan hostility towards China in Washington ahead of the 2024 election. If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he intends to impose steep tariffs on Chinese exports. His Democratic party opponent, Kamala Harris has said that "America, not China" will win the competition for the 21st century. In this podcast, James McGregor, Director of APCO Worldwide, uses his extensive knowledge of China-US relations to analyse the positions of the presidential candidates. The host is regular presenter, Duncan Bartlett.
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2024-08-3015 min
China In ContextHow America's Democratic Party views ChinaThere is a rising mood of bipartisan hostility towards China in Washington ahead of the 2024 election. If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he intends to impose steep tariffs on Chinese exports. His Democratic party opponent, Kamala Harris has said that "America, not China" will win the competition for the 21st century. In this podcast, James McGregor, Director of APCO Worldwide, uses his extensive knowledge of China-US relations to analyse the positions of the presidential candidates. The host is regular presenter, Duncan Bartlett.________________________________________The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of...
2024-08-3015 minChina ShortCuts21st August 2024: FDI from January to July
This episode contains segments on:
China’s actual use of foreign direct investment from January to July;China macroeconomic indexes in July;2024 negative list for foreign investment access and measures to reach 2024 economic targets;European Commission’s draft definitive findings in anti-subsidy probe into battery electric vehicles imported from China.
Also, listeners are invited to attend the HR training for building a diverse and inclusive team on 29th August online or in person in Beijing.
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2024-08-2105 min
Bush China Foundation PodcastOverreach and Overreaction with Dr. Susan ShirkThe year 2023 has thus far been a turbulent one for the U.S.-China relationship. An already deeply strained relationship has been rocked further by a number of significant events. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently concluded a visit to Beijing with the stated purpose of re-establishing and reinvigorating high-level contact between the two governments stemming the hemorrhaging in the bilateral relationship. What are the prospects for the U.S.-China relationship for the remainder of 2023 and beyond? Is a materially, or even incrementally, improved relationship between the two countries possible in the foreseeable future? Joining host D...
2023-06-2938 min
China Stories[Podcast] From state secret to city staple: China opens its first subwaySubways have become a dime a dozen in 21st century Chinese cities, another box the country can tick off on its list of modernizations. But China’s first public subway was a disruptive challenge, both a state secret and urban leveler.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
China Stories is published twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
2023-01-2000 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsCHINA Town Hall: Jon M. Huntsman Jr.Former Ambassador to China, Russia, and Singapore Jon M. Huntsman Jr. was the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2022, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our communities. From supply chains to national security, new technologies to climate change, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community.
The National Committee held a nationwide virtual conversation on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. EST, including Q&A, with a leading authority on foreign policy. As one of few Americans to personally know Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, Ambassador...
2022-11-2158 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsEmpires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to ChinaWill China become the global leader in higher education in the 21st century? The modern research university was born in 19th century Germany; during the 20th, the United States took the lead. In his book Empires of Ideas, William C. Kirby argues that Chinese universities are among the most innovative educational centers in the world. Professor Kirby examines the successes of several leading universities in Germany and the United States, and compares them to three Chinese universities aspiring to become world-class institutions that can compete with the best that United States and Europe have to offer.
In an interview conducted...
2022-08-2536 min
China 21China 21: Micro-Foundations of Capitalism - Featuring Roselyn HsuehIn this episode of China 21, UC San Diego Professor Barry Naughton speaks to Roselyn Hsueh about her new book which covers China's, India's and Russia's pathways to gloablization.
2022-06-0332 min
China 21China 21: Retrofitting Leninism - Featuring Dimitar GueorguievChina 21: Retrofitting Leninism - Featuring Dimitar Gueorguiev by 21st Century China Program
2022-05-0332 min
China 21China 21: The DOJ's China Initiative: Where it went wrong, and why - Susan Shirk & Carol LamIn this episode of China 21, Susan Shirk interviews former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam about the twists and turns taken by the DOJ's China Initiative.
2022-03-2433 min
China 21The DOJ's China Initiative: Where it went wrong, and why - Susan Shirk and Carol LamSusan Shirk, Chair of the 21st Century China Center, and former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam sit down to discuss the ways the China Initiative, from flaws in its inception to views towards the future of DOJ espionage prosecutions.
2022-03-2233 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsCHINA Town Hall 2021 | Fareed ZakariaCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria was the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns, and communities. From supply chains to national security, new technologies to climate change, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community.
On October 19, 2021, the National Committee held a nationwide virtual event, including Q&A with one of America's leading foreign policy commentators. He examined the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the 21st...
2021-10-211h 05
NCUSCR EventsCHINA Town Hall 2021 | Fareed ZakariaCNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria was the featured speaker for CHINA Town Hall 2021, a national conversation on how the U.S.-China relationship affects our cities, towns, and communities. From supply chains to national security, new technologies to climate change, the future of both countries will be determined by their relations with one another and the global community. On October 19, 2021, the National Committee held a nationwide virtual event, including Q&A with one of America's leading foreign policy commentators. He examined the challenges and opportunities for both countries as they confront the most critical issues of the...
2021-10-211h 05
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsThe Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st CenturyAt a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in 2010, the Chinese foreign minister, angered by a question about the South China Sea dispute, declared: “China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that is just a fact.” The authors whose essays are collected in "The Deer and the Dragon" examine the nature, dynamics, and implications of that fact – and the inequality that has resulted between China and the countries of Southeast Asia.
What does the history of Sino-Southeast Asian relations tell us about future possibilities? Do economic relations already suggest dependence? How do the countries of Southe...
2020-11-021h 14NCUSCR EventsThe Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century | Donald Emmerson, Ann MurphyAt a meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum in 2010, the Chinese foreign minister, angered by a question about the South China Sea dispute, declared: “China is a big country and other countries are small countries, and that is just a fact.” The authors whose essays are collected in The Deer and the Dragon examine the nature, dynamics, and implications of that fact – and the inequality that has resulted between China and the countries of Southeast Asia. What does the history of Sino-Southeast Asian relations tell us about future possibilities? Do economic relations already suggest dependence? How do th...
2020-11-021h 14National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsHas China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy | Kishore MahbubaniChina and the United States are the world powers of the 21st century. With many differences in political philosophy and diplomatic methods, they approach each other warily and communicate poorly. In Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, a former Singaporean diplomat and prolific scholar with access to policymakers in Beijing and Washington, has written a guide to the deep fault lines in the relationship, an assessment of the risks of confrontation, and an appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses, and superpower eccentricities, of the United States and China.
The National Committee held a virtual...
2020-10-151h 01NCUSCR EventsHas China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy | Kishore MahbubaniChina and the United States are the world powers of the 21st century. With many differences in political philosophy and diplomatic methods, they approach each other warily and communicate poorly. In Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, a former Singaporean diplomat and prolific scholar with access to policymakers in Beijing and Washington, has written a guide to the deep fault lines in the relationship, an assessment of the risks of confrontation, and an appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses, and superpower eccentricities, of the United States and China. The N...
2020-10-151h 01
China 21China 21: Xinjiang from Qing to Xi - James Millward & Micah MuscolinoMicah Muscolino interviews James Millward, a leading scholar on China and Central Asia at Georgetown University. They connect the history of Xinjiang in the Qing Empire, to assimilationist policies and terrorism of the 2000s, and to present day large-scale repression and cultural genocide of Uighurs under Xi Jinping.
This episode is adapted from the China Throughlines web series, which features UC San Diego’s China historians in conversation with their colleagues on the echos and connectedness of China’s storied past to the twenty-first century.
James A. Millward is Professor of Inter-societal History at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Geor...
2020-09-1731 min
China 21China 21: Epidemic Control & Medical Diplomacy - Mary Brazelton & Micah MuscolinoMicah Muscolino interviews Mary Brazelton, a historian of science, technology and medicine, on mass mobilizations to battle epidemics, medical diplomacy, and vaccines as tools of political control before and after 1949. They discuss the implications of those historical developments on how China and Taiwan managed Covid-19, the current usage of data collection and surveillance in the name of public health, the resistance against compulsory vaccinations, and how the PRC and ROC influence global health policy.
This episode is an extended interview adapted from the China Throughlines web series, which features UC San Diego’s China historians in conversation with their colleagues on...
2020-09-0251 min
China Law PodcastData War - China's Cross-Border Data Controls Compared with the EU, US - Dr Bo Zhao, Tilburg University School of LawThe rapid growth of the internet economy over recent years has ushered in a new frontier in the ongoing battle between the world’s biggest superpowers: that of data protection. With data being hailed by some as the oil of the 21st century, the battle between states and between companies is not just to see who can collect the most data, but also increasingly to see who can best protect their data from being collected by rival governments and market competitors.
In this episode, Dr Bo Zhao draws on his comparative research background to share insights on Chi...
2020-08-2826 min
China 21China 21: Remembering June 4 - Perry Link & Paul PickowiczThe 21st Century China Center is premiering a new web series: "China Throughlines" - featuring UC San Diego’s China historians in conversation with their colleagues on the echos and connectedness of China’s storied past to the twenty-first century.
In this audo excerpt from the pilot episode, Paul Pickowicz interviews Perry Link, esteemed cross-disciplinary China scholar and translator of the Tiananmen Papers. The memory of the tragic and pivotal date of June 4th 1989 or simply 六四, is still the subject of intense debate, censorship, and protest - especially in Hong Kong.
Web series host: Paul Pickowicz, UC San Diego
Editor: Samuel Tso...
2020-06-0418 min
China 21Remembering June 4 - Perry Link & Paul PickowiczThe 21st Century China Center is premiering a new web series: "China Throughlines" - featuring UC San Diego’s China historians in conversation with their colleagues on the echos and connectedness of China’s storied past to the twenty-first century.
In this audo excerpt from the pilot episode, Paul Pickowicz interviews Perry Link, esteemed cross-disciplinary China scholar and translator of the Tiananmen Papers. The memory of the tragic and pivotal date of June 4th 1989 or simply 六四, is still the subject of intense debate, censorship, and protest - especially in Hong Kong.
Web series host: Paul Pickowicz, UC San Diego
Editor: Samuel Tso...
2020-06-0418 min
China 21Rural China Copes with Covid-19 - Scott RozelleSince the novel coronavirus outbreak in the megacity of Wuhan in December 2019, lockdowns were also implemented across China’s vast countryside, home to more than 700 million people.Dr. Scott Rozelle, senior fellow at Stanford University FSI and co-director of the Rural Education Action Program, presents his latest study to assess the effects of local and nationwide disease control measures on the economy, social life and health of China’s rural population.This was recorded from a May 6th webinar, to view the full presentation, visit china.ucsd.edu or via YouTubeWebinar moderator: Vict...
2020-05-2058 min
China 21China 21: Rural China Copes with Covid-19 - Scott RozelleSince the novel coronavirus outbreak in the megacity of Wuhan in December 2019, lockdowns were also implemented across China’s vast countryside, home to more than 700 million people.
Dr. Scott Rozelle, senior fellow at Stanford University FSI and co-director of the Rural Education Action Program, presents his latest study to assess the effects of local and nationwide disease control measures on the economy, social life and health of China’s rural population.
This was recorded from a May 6th webinar, to view the full presentation, visit china.ucsd.edu or via YouTube
Webinar moderator: Victor Shih, UC San Diego
Editor/Host: Samuel...
2020-05-2058 min
China 21Investing in US-China Relations - Weijian Shan and James KralikAs we are living through a historic pandemic and ever more turbulent U.S.-China relations, we revisit a conversation recorded at our last public lecture right before the lockdown. 21st Century China Board Chair James Kralik interviews investor and best-selling author Weijian Shan about his memoir of living through the trauma and turmoil of Mao’s Cultural Revolution to become one of Asia’s most successful financiers, and how to move forward on constructive U.S.-China relations.Watch Shan’s full presentation for the So Kwan Lok Distinguished Lecture series on china.ucsd.eduWeij...
2020-05-1843 min
China 21China 21: Investing in US-China Relations - Weijian Shan and James KralikAs we are living through a historic pandemic and ever more turbulent US-China relations, we revisit a conversation recorded at our last public lecture right before the lockdown. 21st Century China Board Chair James Kralik interviews investor and best-selling author Weijian Shan about his memoir of living through the trauma and turmoil of Mao’s Cultural Revolution to become one of Asia’s most successful financiers, and how to move forward on constructive U.S.-China relations.
Editor/Host: Samuel Tsoi, UC San Diego
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project
Watch Shan’s full presentation for the So Kwan Lok Distingu...
2020-05-1843 min
China 21China 21: Lessons from 1989 - Wang Dan and Victor ShihWang Dan 王丹 speaks with Victor Shih on the lessons from the 1989 student democracy movement. They discuss Wang’s journey as a young student leading up to the Tiananmen Square protests and his life since. Wang describes his mission for Dialogue China - and the discussions he’s fostering about prospects of political reform and preparing citizens for potential crisis at the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1987, Wang Dan was admitted into Peking University. In school, Wang hosted the “Democracy Salon” regularly. In 1989, he participated and organised the 1989 democracy movement, and was one of the people who went on to the hunger strike. Afte...
2020-03-0527 min
China 21Interpreting the Xi Dynasty - Geremie Barmé & Susan ShirkGeremie Barmé is an esteemed historian, journalist, translator and film-maker. He spoke at UC San Diego in January on resistance movements in two Chinese cities - the case of Tsinghua Prof. Xu Zhangrun’s 許章潤 dissent, and the protests in Hong Kong. Prof. Barmé is the editor of China Heritage, a journal devoted to Chinese history, literature, and thought. Previously, he founded The Australian Centre on China in the World at The Australian National University. Prof. Barmé’s prolific writings provide a rich lens into China for English language audiences. His work can be found at chinaheritage.net and his full presenta...
2020-02-2751 min
China 21China 21: Interpreting the Xi Dynasty - Geremie Barmé & Susan ShirkIn a wide-ranging conversation, Susan Shirk and Geremie Barmé discuss cultural and political life in China during the Xi Jinping era. Barmé, who coined the term “Chairman of Everything,” compares Xi’s style and ambition with the cult of Mao and dynastic rulers from China’s long history. They also traced the usage of classical Chinese in the formation and articulation of policy agendas such as the "China Dream” 中国梦 and the “Community of Common Destiny.” 人类命运共同体, and the continuity of literary Chinese education and culture through the periods of revolution and reform.
Geremie Barmé is an esteemed historian, journalist, translator and film-maker. He spoke at UC San Diego...
2020-02-2751 min
China 21China 21: Defending Digital Rights - Rebecca MacKinnon & Molly RobertsMolly Roberts interviews Rebecca MacKinnon about her time as a journalist covering human rights and politics in Asia that leads to her pioneering work on advocating for digital rights, corporate responsibility and freedom of expression around the world.
Rebecca MacKinnon is the director of Ranking Digital Rights, a program at New America promotes freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights. She was a Pacific Leadership Fellow at the Center for Global Transformation at UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy.
Ms. MacKinnon is the au...
2019-11-0137 min
China 21Defending Digital Rights - Rebecca MacKinnon & Molly RobertsRebecca MacKinnon is the director of Ranking Digital Rights, a program at New America promotes freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for companies to respect and protect users’ rights. She was a Pacific Leadership Fellow at the Center for Global Transformation at UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy.Ms. MacKinnon is the author of the book Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom and the co-founder of the citizen media network Global Voices.Ms. MacKinnon was CNN’s Beijing Bureau Chief from 1998-200...
2019-11-0137 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsMatt Sheehan | The Transpacific Experiment: China and California, Collaboration and CompetitionEntrepreneurs, students, local politicians, and others in California and China are forging connections across a wide array of fields. Who are these people? What do their activities mean for the bilateral relationship and the world in the 21st century? Journalist Matt Sheehan tells the stories of some of the individuals tying our two countries together in his new book, "The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future." Mr. Sheehan selects a few people in the real estate, film, AI, and electric vehicle industries to illustrate the relationship’s complexity.
On September 10, 2019, Matt Sheehan discussed his ne...
2019-10-071h 19
China 21China 21: China Tripping (Part 2) - Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Jeremy MurrayPaul Pickowicz, Perry Link and Jeremy Murray speaks with guest host Lazlo Montgomery in this special co-produced episode with China History Podcast, with excerpts from their new book “China Tripping: Encountering the Everyday in the People’s Republic” and discussion about how traveling to China across four decades changed these authors. (Part 2 of 2)
Buy the book: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538123690/China-Tripping-Encountering-the-Everyday-in-the-People%E2%80%99s-Republic
Editor/Host: Lazlo Montgomery & Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner, Kirk Wang
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project
2019-09-0645 min
China 21China 21: China Tripping (Part 1) - Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Jeremy MurrayPaul Pickowicz, Perry Link and Jeremy Murray speaks with guest host Lazlo Montgomery in this special co-produced episode with China History Podcast, with excerpts from their new book “China Tripping: Encountering the Everyday in the People’s Republic” and discussion about how traveling to China across four decades changed these authors. (Part 1 of 2)
Buy the book: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538123690/China-Tripping-Encountering-the-Everyday-in-the-People%E2%80%99s-Republic
Editor/Host: Lazlo Montgomery & Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner, Kirk Wang
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project
2019-09-061h 01
China 21China Tripping (Part 2) - Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Jeremy MurrayPaul Pickowicz, Perry Link and Jeremy Murray speaks with guest host Lazlo Montgomery in this special co-produced episode with China History Podcast, with excerpts from their new book “China Tripping: Encountering the Everyday in the People’s Republic” and discussion about how traveling to China across four decades changed these authors. (Part 1 of 2)
Buy the book from Rowman & Littlefield: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538123690/China-Tripping-Encountering-the-Everyday-in-the-People%E2%80%99s-Republic
Editor/Host: Lazlo Montgomery & Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner, Kirk Wang
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project
2019-09-0646 min
China 21China Tripping (Part 1) - Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Jeremy MurrayPaul Pickowicz, Perry Link and Jeremy Murray speaks with guest host Lazlo Montgomery in this special co-produced episode with China History Podcast, with excerpts from their new book “China Tripping: Encountering the Everyday in the People’s Republic” and discussion about how traveling to China across four decades changed these authors. (Part 1 of 2)
Buy the book from Rowman & Littlefield: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538123690/China-Tripping-Encountering-the-Everyday-in-the-People%E2%80%99s-Republic
Editor/Host: Lazlo Montgomery & Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner, Kirk Wang
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project
2019-09-061h 01
China 21China 21: Mobilizing Without the Masses - Diana FuDiana Fu describes the evolution of activism, citizenship and civil society in China, and how NGOs engage in unconventional mobilization under authoritarian rule, based on her research on migrant workers and labor organizations.
Diana Fu is an associate professor of political sciences at the University of Toronto. She’s the author of the award-winning book Mobilizing Without the Masses, which describes a third pathway of contention that challenges conventional understandings of mobilization under authoritarian rule.
Editor/Host: Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner
Music: Dave Liang/Shanghai Restoration Project
2019-07-0517 min
China 21US-China Rivalry Roils Asia - Danny Russel & Steph HaggardSteph Haggard speaks with Danny Russel about the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry that is ushering in new dynamic in the Asia Pacific region. They address the trade war, negotiations with North Korea, American alliance with Japan, the Indo-Pacific strategy, and warn against the notion of decoupling.
Prof. Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies and Director of the Korea-Pacific Program at the School of Global Policy & Strategy.
Daniel Russel is Vice President of International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, and most recently served as the...
2019-06-2731 min
China 21China 21: U.S.-China Rivalry Roils Asia - Danny Russel & Steph HaggardSteph Haggard speaks with Danny Russel about the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry that is ushering in new dynamic in the Asia Pacific region. They address the trade war, negotiations with North Korea, American alliance with Japan, the Indo-Pacific strategy, and warn against the notion of decoupling.
Prof. Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies and Director of the Korea-Pacific Program at the School of Global Policy & Strategy.
Daniel Russel is Vice President of International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, and most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of State for...
2019-06-2731 min
China 21Will China Save the Planet? - Barbara FinamoreBarbara Finamore, who founded the National Resource Defense Council’s China program, discusses with China Focus editor-in-chief Charlie Vest about China’s clean energy sectors, domestic environmental activism and its push to develop renewable energy infrastructure abroad.
Barbara Finamore founded NRDC’s China program, focusing on climate, clean energy, environmental protection, and urban solutions in China. She is the author of "Will China Save the Planet?"
Charlie Vest is a Master’s Candidate in Chinese Political and Economic Affairs at the School of Global Policy & Strategy, and the Editor-in-Chief for the China Focus blog for 2018-2019.
2019-05-0713 min
China 21China 21: Will China Save the Planet? - Barbara FinamoreBarbara Finamore, who founded the National Resource Defense Council’s China program, discusses with China Focus editor-in-chief Charlie Vest about China’s clean energy sectors, domestic environmental activism and its push to develop renewable energy infrastructure abroad.
Barbara Finamore founded NRDC’s China program, focusing on climate, clean energy, environmental protection, and urban solutions in China. She is the author of "Will China Save the Planet?"
Charlie Vest is a Master’s Candidate in Chinese Political and Economic Affairs at the School of Global Policy & Strategy, and the Editor-in-Chief for the China Focus blog for 2018-2019.
This episode was recorded at UC Sa...
2019-05-0712 min
China 21China 21: AI, 5G, and the Race for Tech Supremacy - Elsa KaniaElsa Kania discusses the potential and concerns of cutting-edge technologies that are underpinning the competition between the U.S. and China, especially in the race towards supremacy in AI and 5G - and describes what healthy U.S.-China competition can look like going forward.
Elsa Kania is an independent analyst, consultant, and co-founder of the China Cyber and Intelligence Studies Institute. She is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Among her many accolades, she’s also been named an official “Mad Scientist” by the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. Elsa is also...
2019-04-2430 min
China 21AI, 5G, and the Race for Tech Supremacy - Elsa KaniaElsa Kania discusses the potential and concerns of cutting-edge technologies that are underpinning the competition between the U.S. and China, especially in the race towards supremacy in AI and 5G
Elsa Kania is an independent analyst, consultant, and co-founder of the China Cyber and Intelligence Studies Institute. She is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Among her many accolades, she’s also been named an official “Mad Scientist” by the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. Elsa is also a doctoral candidate at Harvard University's Department of Government.
Th...
2019-04-2430 min
The Sound of EconomicsDirector's cut: EU-China partnership after the 21st EU-China summitIn this episode of the Director's cut, Guntram Wolff discusses with Alicia Garcia Herrero about the results of the 21st EU-China Summit.
The EU and China committed to further strengthen the EU-China strategic partnership at the 21st EU-China summit. Both sides agreed on a joint statement setting out the direction for EU-China relations in the years to come. Leaders expressed their joint support for multilateralism and rules-based trade. They reaffirmed their joint engagement to reform the World Trade Organisation. The EU and China agreed to work together to address industrial subsidies. They also discussed foreign and security iss...
2019-04-1225 min
China 21US-China Symbiosis - Joe Tsai & Susan ShirkAlibaba’s Joe Tsai speaks with Susan Shirk in front of a live audience on a wide-ranging conversation about current trade disputes, security concerns, technological competition, and the innovation and collaboration capacity for U.S. and China.
Mr. Tsai is the co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Alibaba Group, and this year’s speaker for the Sokwanlok Distinguished Lecture Series at the 21st Century China Center, chaired by Prof. Susan Shirk.
This episode was recorded at UC San Diego, and is a production of the 21st Century China Center
Editor: Samuel Tsoi
Prod...
2019-03-1857 min
China 21China 21: U.S.-China Symbiosis - Joe Tsai & Susan ShirkAlibaba’s Joe Tsai speaks with Susan Shirk in front of a live audience in a wide-ranging conversation about current trade disputes, security concerns, technological competition, and the innovation and collaboration capacity for U.S. and China.
Mr. Tsai is the co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Alibaba Group, and this year’s speaker for the [Sokwanlok Distinguished Lecture Series][1] at the [21st Century China Center][2], chaired by Prof. Susan Shirk.
This episode was recorded at UC San Diego, and is a production of the 21st Century China Center
Editor: Samuel Tsoi
Production Support: Mike Fausner, Lara Sievert
Music: Dave Lian...
2019-03-1857 min
China 21China 21: China's Investment Outlook - Andy Rothman & Victor ShihAndy Rothman speaks with Victor Shih on the opportunities and volatility of investing in the People's Republic and the outlook on China's impact on global economic growth. They discuss the risk of including China's bonds and SOEs in passive indices, the challenge of data verification and spurring entrepreneurship, how to actively look for the dynamic industries and avoid risks, and the rebalancing of the economy towards services and consumption.
Andy Rothman is an Investment Strategist at Matthews Asia. He has a leading role in shaping and presenting the firm’s thoughts on how China should be viewed at the country, re...
2019-02-2731 min
China 21China's Investment Outlook - Andy Rothman & Victor ShihAndy Rothman speaks with Victor Shih on the opportunities and volatility of investing in the People's Republic and the outlook on China's impact on global economic growth. They discuss the risk of including China's bonds and SOEs in passive indices, the challenge of data verification and spurring entrepreneurship, how to actively look for the dynamic industries and avoid risks, and the rebalancing of the economy towards services and consumption.
Andy Rothman is an Investment Strategist at Matthews Asia. He has a leading role in shaping and presenting the firm’s thoughts on how China should be viewed at...
2019-02-2731 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsBenjamin Shobert: Blaming ChinaSome of the central arguments of the 2016 presidential campaign emphasized growing American fear and distrust of globalization. Then-candidates Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump energized large portions of the electorate against existing free trade agreements, particularly the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the trade relationship between the United States and China was held up for particular attack. Since he was elected, President Donald Trump has lambasted Chinese trade policies, and has argued that the trade imbalance between the two largest economies was part of a Chinese effort to undermine the United States.
In a new book, Blaming China: It Might Feel Good but...
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China Is Communist Dammit – CHINA RISING RADIO SINOLANDLook who is praising The China Trilogy: the votes are in – it R-O-C-K-S! What are you waiting for?Pictured above: Front covers of the much-acclaimed China Trilogy. You will NEVER figure out what’s behind today’s headlines, until you understand China. The China Trilogy is your key to cracking the code of 21st century mainstream media. Downloadable SoundCloud podcast (also at the bottom of this page), as well as being syndicated on iTunes...
2018-07-0114 min
China 21China 21: Unlikely Partners On the Cruise To Reform - Julian GewirtzIn the critical period of China’s opening in the 1980s, Chinese policymakers invited Western economists to learn and debate the way forward for China, and that’s the subject of fascinating research by Julian Gewirtz in his book “Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China” Gewirtz is currently a Fellow in History and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He completed doctorate in history at the University of Oxford, and he is interviewed by Charlie Vest, a Master’s Candidate in Chinese Political and Economic Affairs here at the School of Global Policy & Strategy...
2018-05-3119 min
China 21China 21: Soul of a Superpower - Ian Johnson & Richard MadsenIan Johnson joins Richard Madsen to discusses how today’s Chinese Communist Party is striving for a national set of values, and how ordinary Chinese are seeking for deeper meaning in their lives, and the lessons for the rest of the world in this global populist moment.
Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter in China for over 20 years, for various publications, including The New York Times and The New York Review of Books, and is author of a new book: The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao.
Dr. Richard Madsen is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at...
2018-03-2723 min
China 21Ballasting the US-China Relationship - John Pomfret & Paul PickowiczHistorian Paul Pickowicz interviews acclaimed author John Pomfret about patterns in the long history of US-China relations, and how it informs the controversies in the current moment of Sino-American relations ranging from the impact of Chinese students on US universities, Xi Jinping’s end to presidential term limits, and trade and business relations.
Dr. Paul Pickowicz is one of the country’s leading historians of modern China with 15 books engaging across disciplines that investigated the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese peasants, the history of Chinese cinema, Cold War propaganda strategies and Chinese soft-power initiatives.
Jo...
2018-03-2748 min
China 21China 21: Ballasting the US-China Relationship - John Pomfret & Paul PickowiczHistorian Paul Pickowicz interviews acclaimed author John Pomfret about patterns in the long history of US-China relations, and how it informs the controversies in the current moment of Sino-American relations ranging from the impact of Chinese students on US universities, Xi Jinping’s end to presidential term limits, and trade and business relations.
Dr. Paul Pickowicz is one of the country’s leading historians of modern China with 15 books engaging across disciplines that investigated the impact of the Cultural Revolution on Chinese peasants, the history of Chinese cinema, Cold War propaganda strategies and Chinese soft-power initiatives.
John Pomfret is an awar...
2018-03-2648 min
China 21China 21: Qualcomm & U.S.-China Tech Rivalry - Tai Ming Cheung, Mikko Huotari, Barry NaughtonTai Ming Cheung, Mikko Huotari and Barry Naughton unpack the China factor in the case of the U.S. government’s protection of Qualcomm, and discuss what kind of tools and policies will emerge as the rules of engagement in international investment and technological competition continue to become murky and fraught with geopolitical tensions.
Dr. Barry Naughton is one of America’s most highly respected economists working on China. He holds the Sokwanlok Chair on Chinese International Affairs at UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy (or GPS)
Dr. Tai Ming Cheung is an Associate Professor at GPS, and the...
2018-03-1427 min
China 21Qualcomm & U.S.-China Tech Rivalry - Tai Ming Cheung, Mikko Huotari, Barry NaughtonTai Ming Cheung, Mikko Huotari and Barry Naughton unpack the China factor in the case of the U.S. government’s protection of Qualcomm, and discuss what kind of tools and policies will emerge as the rules of engagement in international investment and technological competition continue to become murky and fraught with geopolitical tensions.
Dr. Barry Naughton is one of America’s most highly respected economists working on China. He holds the Sokwanlok Chair on Chinese International Affairs at UC San Diego School of Global Policy & Strategy (or GPS)
Dr. Tai Ming Cheung is an Asso...
2018-03-1427 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsBook Launch Interview: Street of Eternal Happiness - Author Rob SchmitzWithin the past few decades, China has undergone a series of profound social changes stemming from globalization and its own domestic economic reforms and political development. Cultural attitudes deeply embedded in China for centuries have changed seemingly overnight with the expansion of the Chinese middle class. Perhaps no city in China quite exemplifies this colossal transformation like Shanghai. Once a moderately sized port city, Shanghai has quickly become a sprawling global financial and cultural center rivaling New York and London. The economic promise of Shanghai has attracted millions of Chinese and foreigners alike seeking to partake in the seeming torrent...
2018-03-0719 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsBook Launch: Street of Eternal Happiness - Author Rob SchmitzWithin the past few decades, China has undergone a series of profound social changes stemming from globalization and its own domestic economic reforms and political development. Cultural attitudes deeply embedded in China for centuries have changed seemingly overnight with the expansion of the Chinese middle class. Perhaps no city in China quite exemplifies this colossal transformation like Shanghai. Once a moderately sized port city, Shanghai has quickly become a sprawling global financial and cultural center rivaling New York and London. The economic promise of Shanghai has attracted millions of Chinese and foreigners alike seeking to partake in the seeming torrent...
2018-03-071h 00
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChina’s Latest Twists and Turns: Jeffrey WasserstromNoted cultural historian and author (including of the second edition of China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, due out in June) Jeffrey Wasserstrom discusses challenges facing contemporary Chinese society, including corruption, energy, politics and the environment, and ways they are being addressed by China's people and leadership. Dr. Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History and chair of the department of history at the University of California, Irvine and editor of the Journal of Asian Studies, is interviewed by National Committee Senior Director for Education Programs Margot Landman.
2018-03-0226 min
China 21China 21: Xi Without Limits - Victor Shih, Susan Shirk, Barry Naughton, Lei Guang21st Century China Center faculty reflect on Sunday's announcement by Chinese Communist Party to end term limits on the presidency, clearing the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely. Even in the context of the party's authoritarian rule, it is a significant break from rules established in the 1980s to prevent the country from returning to the days when Mao Zedong dominated every sphere of the political system.
Susan Shirk is the chair of the 21st Century China Center, Barry Naughton is the Sokwanlok professor of international affairs, and Victor Shih is the Ho Miu Lam professor...
2018-02-2728 min
China 21Xi Without Limits - Victor Shih, Susan Shirk, Barry Naughton, Lei Guang21st Century China Center faculty reflect on Sunday's announcement by Chinese Communist Party to end term limits on the presidency, clearing the way for President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely. Even in the context of the party's authoritarian rule, it is a significant break from rules established in the 1980s to prevent the country from returning to the days when Mao Zedong dominated every sphere of the political system.
Susan Shirk is the chair of the 21st Century China Center, Barry Naughton is the Sokwanlok professor of international affairs, and Victor Shih is the Ho...
2018-02-2728 min
China 21China 21: China's Political Order - Francis Fukuyama & Barry NaughtonFrancis Fukuyama and Barry Naughton trace the origins of the Chinese state, its historic economic modernization, and how the current Xi Jinping era is challenging assumptions and theories about political order and decay. They also discussed the relationship between political freedom and technological innovation and roles of China and US in global leadership.
Dr. Francis Fukuyama is professor of political science at Stanford University, where he directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Dr. Fukuyama is the author of the landmark book on international relations, The End of...
2018-02-1431 min
China 21China's Political Order - Francis Fukuyama & Barry NaughtonProfessors Fukuyama and Naughton trace the origins of the Chinese state, its historic economic modernization, and how the current Xi Jinping era is challenging assumptions and theories about political order and decay. They also discussed the relationship between political freedom and technological innovation and roles of China and US in global leadership.
Dr. Francis Fukuyama is professor of political science at Stanford University, where he directs the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Dr. Fukuyama is the author of the landmark book on international relations, The...
2018-02-1431 min
China 21The Specter of Global China - Ching Kwan LeeUCLA sociologist Ching Kwan Lee discusses her new book that is the result of over six years of ethnographic research in Zambia on Chinese capital and labor. In The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa, Prof. Lee analyzes the peculiarity of outbound Chinese state capital by comparing it with global private capital in copper and construction in Zambia. Refuting the rhetorical narratives of “Chinese colonialism” and “south-south cooperation,” Prof. Lee chronicles the multi-faceted struggles that confront and differentiate these two varieties of capital, and discuss their uneven potentials for post-colonial African development, China's Belt-and-Road Initiati...
2017-11-2223 min
China 21China 21: The Specter of Global China - Ching Kwan LeeUCLA sociologist Ching Kwan Lee discusses her new book that is the result of over six years of ethnographic research in Zambia on Chinese capital and labor. In The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa, Prof. Lee analyzes the peculiarity of outbound Chinese state capital by comparing it with global private capital in copper and construction in Zambia. Refuting the rhetorical narratives of “Chinese colonialism” and “south-south cooperation,” Prof. Lee chronicles the multi-faceted struggles that confront and differentiate these two varieties of capital, and discuss their uneven potentials for post-colonial African development, China's Belt-and-Road Initiative, and tell...
2017-11-2223 min
China 21China 21: Thailand-China Relations - Somkiat TangkitvanichDr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, President of the Thailand Development Research Institute, discusses current Thailand-China relations and the impact of Chinese investment and infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.
Dr. Tangkitvanich is a leading Thai expert in the areas of trade and investment policies, innovation policy, education policy and information, communication and technology policy. He is an Eisenhower Fellow and a member of the Trilateral Commission. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Dr. Tangkitvanich is a weekly commentator for Thai PBS, Thailand’s public television. He has been instrumental in drafting many laws in Thailand. Under hi...
2017-11-1026 min
China 21Thailand-China Relations - Somkiat TangkitvanichDr. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, President of the Thailand Development Research Institute, discusses current Thailand-China relations and the impact of Chinese investment and infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia.
Dr. Tangkitvanich is a leading Thai expert in the areas of trade and investment policies, innovation policy, education policy and information, communication and technology policy. He is an Eisenhower Fellow and a member of the Trilateral Commission. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Dr. Tangkitvanich is a weekly commentator for Thai PBS, Thailand’s public television. He has been instrumental in drafting ma...
2017-11-1026 min
China 21Left, Right, Middle Kingdom: Ideology in China – Jennifer Pan & Yiqing XuScholars Jennifer Pan & Yiqing Xu discussed their paper on “China’s Ideological Spectrum,” which has generated widespread acclaim and discussion. They analyzed data from an opinion survey of more than half a million Chinese citizens, and find that public preferences in ideology are not simply split along a pro-regime or anti-regime divide in authoritarian contexts. The paper can be accessed via: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2593377
Jennifer Pan is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Stanford University. Her research examines the strategies authoritarian regimes employ to perpetuate their rule, including censorship, redistribution, and responsiveness, using large-scale data from tradit...
2017-07-1329 min
China 21China 21: Left, Right, Middle Kingdom: Ideology in China – Jennifer Pan & Yiqing XuScholars Jennifer Pan & Yiqing Xu discussed their paper on “China’s Ideological Spectrum,” which has generated widespread acclaim and discussion. They analyzed data from an opinion survey of more than half a million Chinese citizens, and find that public preferences in ideology are not simply split along a pro-regime or anti-regime divide in authoritarian contexts. The paper can be accessed via: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2593377
Jennifer Pan is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Stanford University. Her research examines the strategies authoritarian regimes employ to perpetuate their rule, including censorship, redistribution, and responsiveness, using large-scale data from traditional and digital media...
2017-07-1329 min
China 21China 21: China's News Media - Wang ShuoCaixin's Managing Editor Wang Shuo 王烁 describes the challenge for investigative journalists in China in the context of a changing media landscape and state control of information. He also discusses the stories his team has worked on, from high-speed rail accidents, to the one-child policy, to shadow banking - and Caixin's growing international audience.
Wang Shuo 王烁 is the co-founder and managing editor of Caixin, a leading Chinese business and finance media group. Wang Shuo provides high-quality news reports and leads an award-winning editorial team, which was honored by Stanford University with the Shorenstein Journalism Award. Wang Shuo is a World Economic Forum Yo...
2017-05-1834 min
China 21China's News Media - Wang ShuoCaixin's Managing Editor Wang Shuo 王烁 describes the challenge for investigative journalists in China in the context of a changing media landscape and state control of information. He also discusses the stories his team has worked on, from high-speed rail accidents, to the one-child policy, to shadow banking - and Caixin's growing international audience.
Wang Shuo 王烁 is the co-founder and managing editor of Caixin, a leading Chinese business and finance media group. Wang Shuo provides high-quality news reports and leads an award-winning editorial team, which was honored by Stanford University with the Shorenstein Journalism Award. Wang Shuo is a World...
2017-05-1834 min
China 21China 21: SHIFT+Asia: Digitizing Chinese Studies - Karl Gerth & Tom MullaneyDr. Karl Gerth interviews Dr. Tom Mullaney about his journey in building a digital humanities community for Asian studies and how a new set of analytic tools are disrupting and transforming the practice of teaching history and understanding various phenomena in China.
Karl Gerth is a professor of Modern Chinese history and holds the Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Endowed Chair here at UC San Diego, he is writes on the history and contemporary implications of Chinese consumerism. His latest book is titled As China Goes, So Goes the World: How Chinese Consumers are Transforming Everything. It explores the wide-ranging ramifications...
2017-03-0848 min
China 21US-China Trade – Gordon Hanson & Charlene BarshefskyGordon Hanson and Charlene Barshefsky discuss China’s commitments and market reforms since joining the WTO and the path ahead in the trade relationship between the world’s two biggest economies. They explore the policy and enforcement tools the US has to confront China over the imbalance and lack of reciprocity, and the immediate political pressure on US policy makers to address the loss of jobs due to trade.
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky served as the US Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, she was responsible for the negotiation of hundreds of complex market access, regulatory and investment agreements with virt...
2017-03-0744 min
China 21China 21: US-China Trade – Gordon Hanson & Charlene BarshefskyGordon Hanson and Charlene Barshefsky discuss China’s commitments and market reforms since joining the WTO and the path ahead in the trade relationship between the world’s two biggest economies. They explore the policy and enforcement tools the US has to confront China over the imbalance and lack of reciprocity, and the immediate political pressure on US policy makers to address the loss of jobs due to trade.
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky served as the US Trade Representative from 1997 to 2001, she was responsible for the negotiation of hundreds of complex market access, regulatory and investment agreements with virtually every major coun...
2017-03-0744 min
China 21Chinese Dream on Wheels: China & The Future of Cars - Michael J. DunneChina is now the biggest auto market, including electric vehicles. Michael Dunne discusses the government's role in guiding the car industry, competition and cross-border investment among Western and Chinese firms, and implication for clean energy, infrastructure and job-creation in both countries.
Dunne is the author of the book titled “American Wheels, Chinese Roads” and is a commentator on major outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Forbes. He’s originally from the Motor City and a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received an MBA and a Masters in Chinese History.
...
2017-03-0322 min
China 21China 21: Chinese Dream on Wheels: China & The Future of Cars - Michael J. DunneChina is now the biggest auto market, including electric vehicles. Michael Dunne discusses the government's role in guiding the car industry, competition and cross-border investment among Western and Chinese firms, and implication for clean energy, infrastructure and job-creation in both countries.
Dunne is the author of the book titled “American Wheels, Chinese Roads” and is a commentator on major outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Forbes. He’s originally from the Motor City and a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received an MBA and a Masters in Chinese History.
This episode was record...
2017-03-0322 min
China 21China 21: Trump & China - Bipartisan Policy Recommendations with Susan Shirk and Winston LordTwo China policy veterans: Prof. Susan Shirk and Amb. Winston Lord are members of a high-level bipartisan task force that launched a report on US Policy Toward China, with detailed policy recommendations for the Trump administration. They offer an overview of the comprehensive list of issues covered in the report, and discuss the priorities that the 45th President must address in his first year, such as the North Korean nuclear threat, climate change leadership, Asia Pacific alliances, and trade and civil society reciprocity.
The task force comprises a group of 20 prominent China specialists that include policymakers, scholars, and trade representatives...
2017-02-2743 min
China 21China 21: Make America & China Laugh Again - Jesse AppellIntercultural comedian Jesse Appell, founder of US-China Comedy Center in Beijing, shares his fun and educational journey of learning what makes Chinese people laugh, and bridging cultural gaps with humor. www.ChinaFocus.us hosted Jesse's performance at UC San Diego on Feb. 6 as part of his “Great LOL of China” North American tour.
Jesse Appell (艾杰西) is a Fulbright Scholar alumni whose research focuses on Chinese humor and performance. He is a disciple of master Xiangsheng performer Ding Guangquan, and regularly perform Xiangsheng (a form of Chinese comedy also known as crosstalk), bilingual improv comedy, and Chinese stand-up live and on TV. Jesse...
2017-02-1534 min
China 21Trump & China: Bipartisan Policy Recommendations - Susan Shirk and Winston LordTwo China policy veterans: Prof. Susan Shirk and Amb. Winston Lord are members of a high-level bipartisan task force that launched a report on US Policy Toward China, with detailed policy recommendations for the Trump administration. They offer an overview of the comprehensive list of issues covered in the report, and discuss the priorities that 45th President must address in his first year, such as the North Korean nuclear threat, climate change leadership, Asia Pacific alliances, and trade and civil society reciprocity.
The task force comprises a group of 20 prominent China specialists that include policymakers, scholars, and...
2017-02-1343 min
China 21Make America & China Laugh Again - Jesse AppellIntercultural comedian Jesse Appell, founder of US-China Comedy Center in Beijing, shares his fun and educational journey of learning what makes Chinese people laugh, and bridging cultural gaps with humor. www.ChinaFocus.us hosted Jesse's performance at UC San Diego on Feb. 6 as part of his “Great LOL of China” North American tour.
Jesse Appell (艾杰西) is a Fulbright Scholar alumni whose research focuses on Chinese humor and performance. He is a disciple of master Xiangsheng performer Ding Guangquan, and regularly perform Xiangsheng (a form of Chinese comedy also known as crosstalk), bilingual improv comedy, and Chinese stand-up live and o...
2017-02-0734 min
China 21China’s Green Leap Forward - Julio Friedmann & David VictorDr. Julio Friedmann unpacks the environmental and energy challenges in China - the world’s largest energy user, largest emitter, largest market and largest cleantech enterprise. Interview is followed by excerpt from conversation with Dr. David Victor
Dr. Friedmann is the senior advisor for energy innovation at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has extensive experience at the intersection of clean energy, public policy and global cooperation. Previously, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal at U.S. Department of Energy. He also advised the US-China Clean Energy Research Center.
Following ratification of...
2016-12-1433 min
China 21China 21 : China’s Green Leap Forward - Julio Friedmann & David VictorDr. Julio Friedmann unpacks the environmental and energy challenges in China - the world’s largest energy user, largest emitter, largest market and largest cleantech enterprise. Interview is followed by excerpt from conversation with Dr. David Victor
Dr. Friedmann is the senior advisor for energy innovation at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has extensive experience at the intersection of clean energy, public policy and global cooperation. Previously, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal at U.S. Department of Energy. He also advised the US-China Clean Energy Research Center.
Following ratification of Paris, they have undertaken an...
2016-12-1433 min
China 21China 21: U.S.-China Relations After Obama: Looking Ahead with Melanie HartDr. Melanie Hart reviews America's foreign policy towards China in the last eight years, and looks ahead to opportunities and challenges in US-China Relations in light of constructive milestones and the US presidential elections.
Dr. Hart is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress, a think-tank based in Washington D.C. She focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward China and works to identify new opportunities for bilateral cooperation, particularly on energy, climate change, and cross-border investment. Her research also covers China’s political system, market regulatory reforms, and how China’s dome...
2016-11-0429 min
China 21U.S.-China Relations After Obama - Melanie HartDr. Melanie Hart reviews America's foreign policy towards China in the last eight years, and looks ahead to opportunities and challenges in US-China Relations in light of constructive milestones and the US presidential elections.
Dr. Hart is currently a Senior Fellow and Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress, a think-tank based in Washington D.C. She focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward China and works to identify new opportunities for bilateral cooperation, particularly on energy, climate change, and cross-border investment. Her research also covers China’s political system, market regulatory reforms, and ho...
2016-10-1929 min
China 21China 21: The Cross is Red - Richard Madsen on Christianity in ChinaThe Chinese Communist Party issued new directives for religious affairs earlier this year, especially calling for religions to serve national interests. What does this new project to “sinicize” religions imply for religious practice in China? For Christians in China, how are they adapting as rising nationalism clashes with religions that have foreign roots?
Sociologist Richard Madsen reflects on the takeaways from a recent gathering to discuss China's new policy on religion, which convened some of the key thinkers who formulated the new regulations and practitioners such as Catholic priests whose work are impacted by the regulations.
Prof. Madsen is the Dist...
2016-09-1442 min
China 21The Cross is Red: Christianity in China - Richard MadsenThe Chinese Communist Party issued new directives for religious affairs earlier this year, especially calling for religions to serve national interests. What does this new project to “sinicize” religions imply for religious practice in China? For Christians in China, how are they adapting as rising nationalism clashes with religions that have foreign roots?
Sociologist Richard Madsen reflects on the takeaways from a recent gathering to discuss China's new policy on religion, which convened some of the key thinkers who formulated the new regulations and practitioners such as Catholic priests whose work are impacted by the regulations.
Pr...
2016-09-0142 min
China 21China 21: 13th Five Year Plan with Deborah Seligsohn & Jack Zhang (十三五: China’s Roadmap)Deborah and Jack unpacks the details and highlights of China’s latest five-year-plan, the most basic and authoritative document that charts out the country’s strategic vision, covering policies, measures and targets on domestic social issues, to the environment, to education and economic development.
The document is meant to mobilize the nation’s officials and state-owned enterprises to work jointly across the sectors and ministries on implementing the goals from the central to the provincial level. It is also a window into China’s policy formulation process and how their leaders are responding to complex domestic and international challenges. Today, we have...
2016-07-011h 30
China 21China 21: Running a Bank in China - Victor Shih & Ken WilcoxProfessor Victor Shih speaks with Ken Wilcox of Silicon Valley Bank on the lessons learned from running a joint-venture with a state-owned bank and how banking practices have evolved during recent financial crises in China.
Victor Shih is a leading expert in examining the intersection of China’s elite politics and the People’s Republic’s financial policies. He has written widely on the topic and teaches a course at UC San Diego on Financing the Chinese Economic Miracle. Not only does Professor Shih have an authoritative voice on the subject, he has gain a following on Twitter for his intere...
2016-06-2833 min
China 2113th Five Year Plan - Deborah Seligsohn & Jack Zhang (十三五: China’s Development Roadmap)Deborah and Jack unpacks the details and highlights of China’s latest five-year-plan, the most basic and authoritative document that charts out the country’s strategic vision, covering policies, measures and targets on domestic social issues, to the environment, to education and economic development.
The document is meant to mobilize the nation’s officials and state-owned enterprises to work jointly across the sectors and ministries on implementing the goals from the central to the provincial level. It is also a window into China’s policy formulation process and how their leaders are responding to complex domestic and internat...
2016-06-011h 30
China 21Running a Bank in China - Victor Shih & Ken WilcoxProfessor Victor Shih speaks with Ken Wilcox of Silicon Valley Bank on the lessons learned from running a joint-venture with a state-owned bank and how banking practices have evolved during recent financial crises in China.
Victor Shih is a leading expert in examining the intersection of China’s elite politics and the People’s Republic’s financial policies. He has written widely on the topic and teaches a course at UC San Diego on Financing the Chinese Economic Miracle. Not only does Professor Shih have an authoritative voice on the subject, he has gain a following on Twitte...
2016-05-2633 min
China 21China 21: Poverty Alleviation in China - Albert ParkProfessor Albert Park of Hong Kong University of Science & Technology talks with Samuel Tsoi about his research on human capital and labor, firm performance, poverty and inequality, rural-urban migration, and the social safety net in the People's Republic of China.
Albert Park is a development economist who focuses on China. Prof. Park is the Director of the Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Chair Professor of Social Science, Professor of Economics, and Senior Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 香港科技大學 or HKUST. He completed his Ph.D. at Stanford and previously held faculty positions at...
2016-03-3127 min
China 21China's Internal and Regional Politics - Susan Shirk & Stapleton RoyTwo of the most influential China Hands, Professor Susan Shirk and Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, discuss the current state of Chinese politics, the South China Sea, and US foreign policy toward China.
Susan Shirk is the esteemed chair of the 21st Century China Program, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy is one of the most respected diplomatic experts on East Asia. He retired after a 45 year career in the US Department of State as Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the Foreign Service. He was a three-time ambassador who served...
2016-03-3038 min
China 21China 21: Dr. Susan Shirk & Amb. Stapleton Roy on China's Internal and Regional PoliticsTwo of the most influential China Hands, Professor Susan Shirk and Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, discuss the current state of Chinese politics, the South China Sea, and where they see China in the next 5 to 10 years.
Susan Shirk is the esteemed chair of the 21st Century China Program, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. http://gps.ucsd.edu/faculty-directory/susan-shirk.html
Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy is one of the most respected diplomatic experts on East Asia. He retired after a 45 year career in the US Department of State as Career Ambassador, the highest rank in the Foreign Service. He...
2016-03-2938 min
China 21Poverty Alleviation in China - Albert ParkProfessor Albert Park of Hong Kong University of Science & Technology talks with Samuel Tsoi about his research on human capital and labor, firm performance, poverty and inequality, rural-urban migration, and the social safety net in the People's Republic of China.
China 21 is produced by the 21st Century China Program, at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. This podcast features expert voices, insights and stories about China’s economy, politics, society, and the implications for international affairs. Learn more at china.ucsd.edu
Albert Park is a development economist who focuses on Chin...
2016-03-0927 min
China 21Reporting from China - David BarbozaPulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Barboza reflects on his decade-long journey of reporting on China's economy, culminating in his investigative article on the hidden wealth of China's political elite, published by the New York Times in 2013.
David Barboza has been a Shanghai-based correspondent for The New York Times since November 2004. He was a freelance writer and a research assistant for The New York Times before being hired in 1997 as a staff writer. For five years, he was the Midwest business correspondent based in Chicago. Since 2008, he has served as the paper’s Shanghai bureau chief.
In 2013, Ba...
2016-03-0237 min
China 21China 21: Reporting from China - David Barboza of the New York TimesPulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Barboza shares his decade-long journey of reporting on China's economy, culminating in his investigative article on the hidden wealth of China's political elite, published by the New York Times in 2013.
David Barboza has been a Shanghai-based correspondent for The New York Times since November 2004. He was a freelance writer and a research assistant for The New York Times before being hired in 1997 as a staff writer. For five years, he was the Midwest business correspondent based in Chicago. Since 2008, he has served as the paper’s Shanghai bureau chief.
In 2013, Barboza was awarded the Pulitzer Prize fo...
2016-02-2737 min