Joseph Torigian on Making Sense of Chinese Politics
The academic talks about the changing understanding of Leninist regimes; common misperceptions of the post-Mao era; and what the collapse of the Soviet Union means...
Teng Biao on Fascism with CCP Characteristics
The scholar, who has been living in exile from China since 2011, talks about the CCP's 'performance legitimacy'; why the billionaire exile Guo Wengui turned...
Frank Dikötter on Paying Attention to China’s Primary Sources
The historian talks about his new book; why he eschews the sinological armchair; how the architect of modern China is Jiang Zemin, not Deng Xiaoping;...
Chris Miller on the Past, Present and Future of the Chip War
The historian talks about his new book; how the Cold War history of missile systems led him to the semiconductor industry; and why China hasn't...
Cai Xia on How Xi Jinping Overturned the Pillars of Marxism
The CCP insider-turned-dissident talks about how Xi Jinping changed the Central Party School, where she was a teacher, and destroyed the CCP's 'democratic centralism'; how...
James Fok on the Flawed Dollar System
The financial markets and HKEx veteran talks about the mistake of decoupling; China's international markets predicament; and why mutual dependencies in the global financial system...
Jessica Chen Weiss on Stepping Back from the Brink
The academic talks about creating a vision for the U.S. that isn't defined by beating China; why the repudiation of engagement went too far; and...
Ash Carter on the Pentagon’s Lonely Pivot to Asia
The former Secretary of Defense talks about what went wrong during the 'rebalancing' effort; Xi Jinping's big mistake with ethnocentrism; and the 'Great Firewall of...
Josh Chin & Liza Lin on How China Developed its ‘All-Seeing’ Surveillance State
The journalists and authors talk about what sets China's use of surveillance tech apart from other countries; how the building blocks of that tech came...
Aaron Friedberg on What the U.S. Got Wrong About China
The professor talks about his latest book; why engagement was a gamble, not a blunder; what changed after Tiananmen; and why the U.S. should take...
Hal Brands On Navigating America’s “Danger Zone” With China
The scholar talks about his new book; why China's best days are behind it, both strategically and economically; how that could lead to China lashing...
Louisa Lim on the Erosion of Democracy in Hong Kong
The journalist and author talks about the uncertainty of Hong Kong's political red lines; what it's like to report there now; the lack of possibility...