Isaac Stone Fish on Self-Censorship and Engagement with China
The journalist-turned-CEO talks about his new book, how companies should think about risk, and how China's overreaction to Covid accelerated decoupling.
Shelley Rigger on Why Taiwan Matters So Much to the U.S.
The scholar talks about how Taiwan propelled China’s economic rise and why the Ukraine war doesn't allow for predictions about Taiwan.
Derek Scissors on the Case for Partial Decoupling
The economics scholar talks about China's tradeoff of growth versus control; what a U.S.-led coalition to confront China looks like; and why activity, not ownership,...
Ami Bera on How the U.S. Should Compete with China
The congressman talks about Beijing's changing calculus on Taiwan, the difference between Democrats and the Republicans on China, and the power of Biden's coalitions.
Jane Perlez on What Nixon Knew
The journalist talks about her new podcast, Deng Xiaoping's secret meeting with the CIA, and why the U.S. and China still don't understand each other...
Minxin Pei on the Biggest Misperception about China’s Surveillance State
The political scientist talks about China’s appetite for political reform, why no one saw Xi Jinping coming, U.S. responsiveness, and why China’s low tech surveillance...
Chen Qiufan on Science Fiction as a Weapon of Storytelling
The writer talks about why technology is the only valid tool we have right now, how sci-fi is becoming too conservative as a genre, and China's...
Mark Dreyer on the Status of China’s Sports Scene
The journalist talks about what it’ll take for China to deem this Olympics a success, the boom-bust cycle of Chinese soccer, and if Eileen Gu...
Andrew Nathan on the Politicization of the ‘China Threat’
The scholar talks about sizing the China threat, the 'surprise' Hong Kong identity, and China's unique approach to Taiwan.
Bonny Ling on Values, Sanctions and Ethical Supply Chains
The business consultant talks about the full complexity of human trafficking, how companies can 'leave' responsibly, and the very fast-evolving picture of sanctions.
Jeff Stoff & Glenn Tiffert on Why the U.S. Needs to Do Its Homework on Chinese Research Partners
The authors talk about their new Hoover Institution report, the big picture of unclassified research collaboration, and why academics can't just neatly compartmentalize risk.
Caroline Humphrey and Franck Billé on the Unique China-Russia Borderlands
The anthropologists describe the lack of physical bridge building, the idea of the "far east" in the Russian imagination, Putin's pivot to Asia, and the...