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China Watch
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“China Watch” is a weekly deep dive that pulls back the curtains on one of the world's most enigmatic powers. Join Epoch Times contributor Terri Wu as she deciphers where China is headed next and how its politics, technology, and business affect Americans.
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‘Sea Blind’ to China’s Threat, and Waking Up To It
1w ago00:23:52Tap to summarizeThe Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on May 19, charging Chinese shipping container manufacturers with price-fixing their products during the COVID years.As a result, container prices nearly doubled between 2019 and 2024. And a leading defendant saw its profit increase by nearly 100-fold.This case is not an isolated case.Join Terri and maritime historian Salvatore Mercogliano in unpacking China’s evolution in maritime dominance and the U.S. response.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Show your support for Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch
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Why China Is Finally Closing a Side Door It Tolerated for Years
2w ago00:20:46Tap to summarizeFor years, Chinese investors used Tiger, Futu, and Longbridge to buy Tesla and Nvidia — through a side door Beijing called illegal but tolerated anyway. On May 22, Beijing finally shut it.Why now? Most headlines frame this as another step in U.S.–China decoupling, or as Chinese leader Xi Jinping putting another aspect of Chinese society under total control. But there's a third possibility.Join Terri in connecting the dots to the ongoing trade war behind this seemingly sudden policy change.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Show your support for Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch
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What Does US–China ‘Constructive Strategic Stability’ Look Like?
3w ago00:20:51Tap to summarizeThe 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 "constructive strategic stability." For Washington, it's "a constructive relationship of strategic stability on the basis of fairness and reciprocity."Join Terri as she decodes what the Chinese term really means—and how the regime's intent gets "lost in translation," or perhaps "strategically concealed in translation."This isn't just essential listening for China watchers. It's information Washington needs to hear.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Show your support for The Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch
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Entangled Combat: The Chinese Style of Competition Washington Should Understand
May 1100:22:12Tap to summarizeMost Westerners in business operate on the baseline assumption that hard work leads to success and beating the competition.With business in communist China, that doesn’t hold. Hard work is a must, but not the most important ingredient for success.In this episode, join Terri as she discusses the machinations that determine whether top companies live or die, and how the competitive mentality is set from a very young age.Hear about one of many fallen giants, and how another may be in the same ominous position but still holding on—for the time being.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Show your support for Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch
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On Shadow Fleets, ‘Teapots,’ and Layered Approaches to Avoiding Sanctions
May 400:28:58Tap to summarizeTeapots, 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 regime in power and rendering international sanctions ineffective.That is, they’re part of the system China uses to import Iranian oil. But that system is no longer being allowed to run unchecked.Hear about what has changed since Feb. 28, including what has been seized by the U.S. Navy.Find out why this is all happening ahead of the Trump–Xi summit, with Terri Wu on this week’s episode of China Watch.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Show your support for Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch
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Why a Once-Taboo Topic on China Is Now a US Bestseller
Apr 2700:45:25Tap to summarizeForced organ harvesting in China was once a taboo topic, in both China and the United States. But now, a book about it, “Killed to Order,” has made it to The New York Times non-fiction bestsellers list.I interviewed the author Jan Jekielek, senior editor of The Epoch Times and host of American Thought Leader, about why and how the tide has turned.Buy a copy of “Killed to Order”The Hot Mic Moment that Exposed China’s Elite Transplant Obsession | Rob Schneider & Jan Jekielek (Watch)Rate this showViews expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Show your support for Epoch Times and independent journalism by leaving a 5-star review of this show on your podcast platform or visit www.RateThisPodcast.com/chinawatch
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The Battlefield Vulture—China’s Postwar Build-Back Playbook
Apr 2000:22:35Tap to summarizeBeijing avoids the battlefield, then shows up for the rebuild. Precedents include Iraq and Afghanistan. The Chinese regime moved quickly to secure oil, minerals, and influence.In this way, the regime acted like a vulture on a battlefield.When the Iran war enters a new phase, what role will China play in reconstruction? And how can the United States respond to protect its strategic interests?I spoke with Max Meizlish of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Galia Lavi of the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel for more insights.Tell us how we can improve at Epoch Times Podcast Network (Take Survey)Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Help shape the future of The Epoch Times Podcast Network by filling in this short survey: www.tinyurl.com/etpodcastsurvey
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Learning Machines or Machine Learning? How Education Shapes the U.S.–China Tech Race
Apr 1300:37:55Tap to summarizeHow much could concepts such as high school education and high-tech development overlap? Terri says a lot.Hear in this week’s episode, along with producer Daniel, how China’s education system builds people who are very specifically trained for certain tasks—and trained away from other tasks.The specific innovations—and the shocks from China’s AI industry—appear to follow a certain pattern, something that is ingrained in the populace from a very young age.Tell us how we can improve at Epoch Times Podcast Network (Take Survey)Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
Transcribe →Beijing Is Facing the Biggest Challenge to Its Soft Power
Apr 600:25:02Tap to summarizeFor decades, a core assumption about China has gone largely unchallenged: That the Chinese Communist Party can legitimately represent Chinese culture—or is inseparable from it.Then came Shen Yun.For 20 years, the dance company has presented a vision of traditional Chinese culture independent of the regime—one that, some say, counteracts a century of the Party’s efforts to harness culture as soft power.A new documentary reveals the extent to which the regime has tried to suppress the dance troupe.Terri speaks with the film’s executive producer about why the Chinese Communist Party fears Shen Yun, and the untold stories behind the campaign to stop it.Unbroken: The Untold Story of Shen Yun (Watch)Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
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When China’s Growth Deflates to Zero—What It Means for the US
Mar 3000:21:02Tap to summarizeChina has set its lowest growth target since 1991, reinforcing concerns that its economy faces structural challenges that may be difficult to reverse.Some analysts have taken it further, asking the fundamental question: “When does China stop growing altogether?”And when that happens, what does it mean for the United States?Join Terri as she presents expert views on this question.Thomas Duesterberg’s policy memo (Read)Derek Scissors’s report (Read) Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
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