ChinaTalk

Conversations exploring China, technology, and US-China relations. Guests include a wide range of analysts, policymakers, and academics. Hosted by Jordan Schneider.

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Music Hour! Chinese Shoegaze: An Introduction
73 min
27
Soviet Ruins and China's Future
Why the CCP studies the USSR
102 min
28
中文版:打造矽盾:台積電與台灣的未來
晶片島上的光芒
90 min
29
Imperial Legacy Part 2: 1949 to Xi's Death
Is democracy a hindrance to economic growth? Can engagement with authoritarian states ever be productive?
124 min
30
Autocracy, Exams and Stagnation: Imperial China...
75 min
31
R&D Renaissance with Kumar Garg
Philanthropy for the rebirth of industrial policy
75 min
32
National Intel Council on The IC's Pivot to Asia
Can intelligence really bend the arc of history?
63 min
33
Competition Policy 2025
The view from inside Trump’s executive branch
75 min
34
AI and the Rise and Fall of Great Powers
From the ChinaTalk Archives
71 min
35
History and Future of Global Patent Policy
Maybe the real innovations were the FRANDs we made along the way
57 min
36
Industrial Icebreaker Policy
Finland has warmed up to friendshoring, but can Russia take the heat?
66 min
37
The Pentagon’s Innovation Insurgents
How DIU Fought to Bring Silicon Valley to the DoD
75 min
38
The Chips Act and National Security
Chip wars have made industrial policy great again
63 min
39
A BREATHER: Making Clothes in China
76 min
40
EMERGENCY POD: JD Vance's Economics + How to SP...
89 min
41
Sen. Young on Tech Legislation
How to keep tech innovation bipartisan
40 min
42
EMERGENCY POD: Biden and Shakespeare
74 min
43
A National Vision for Competitiveness
What will it take for the US to run the gauntlet?
47 min
44
Scale's Alex Wang on the US-China AI Race
Can the US build a “national moat” around AI innovation?
65 min
45
Taiwan War + Grand Strategy for Cold War II
Dmitri Alperovitch on how to compete with China
90 min
46
The Best Chinese Songs of 2024 - with Concrete ...
Tibetan chanting meets postmodern hippie
69 min
47
Shakespeare and Power
Every demagogue loves a good monologue
75 min
48
Why America Didn't Invade Taiwan: WWII Lessons ...
The story of Operation Causeway
51 min
49
Preventing an Invasion of Taiwan
Is there still time to deter WWIII?
92 min
50
Sovereign AI
Vanity project or national security requirement?
71 min