Episodes

  • Does China want world domination?

    Does China want world domination?
    Nov 11 2026
    Joining us is Chen Weihua, a veteran journalist, former EU Bureau Chief of China Daily, and long-time China Daily columnist. A Chinese journalist and commentator who has lived in the United States and Europe, he tells us what the West gets wrong about China. We discuss world peace, and more. Tune in.

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    58 mins
  • From Sesame Street to China Bridge

    From Sesame Street to China Bridge
    Nov 3 2026
    Josh Selig is a 12-time Emmy-winning children’s TV veteran behind Sesame Street and Super Wings, and founder of China Bridge Content. He breaks down how kids’ IP travels across the U.S., China, and global markets—and why some shows cross borders while others don't. The conversation is candid, funny, and full of surprising stories from inside Sesame Street, China’s animation boom, and the global theme-park business.

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    57 mins
  • Sino-US presidential diplomacy

    Sino-US presidential diplomacy
    Oct 27 2026
    Joining us is Cyrus Janssen, an American-Canadian businessman who has spent over two decades doing business across China and the United States. His firsthand experience in both markets gives him rare insight into how the two superpowers can find common ground—if they make the right moves.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Self-discipline in the Communist Party of China

    Self-discipline in the Communist Party of China
    Oct 25 2026
    Joining us today is the British author Carlos Martinez. We ask about the self-discipline of the Communist Party of China. He explains how Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is still socialism and what China’s rise means for the West and the world.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The USA, made in China, and the 21st Century

    The USA, made in China, and the 21st Century
    Oct 20 2026
    Joining us is Mitch Presnick, a pioneer in bringing the Super 8 hotel brand to and expanding it across the Chinese market, and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. He explains the nuanced ways in which the US and China are already interdependent, and what that means for our future and world.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • How DC makes investment in the USA risky

    How DC makes investment in the USA risky
    Oct 13 2026
    Joining us today is Dr. Warwick Powell—Queensland University of Technology academic, policy advisor, and media commentator—on the trillion-dollar question facing Chinese investment in America. Chinese firms may want in. But, as he explains, Washington's behaviour could make the risk too high. Money may be ready to move; politics may not.

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    55 mins
  • China's Global Initiatives Explained

    China's Global Initiatives Explained
    Oct 7 2026
    Joining us today is Einar Tangen, an international political and economic affairs commentator based in Beijing. We ask him if the world will become more peaceful or more volatile in the new world of multipolarity. Tangen explains how global governance might just preserve the peace.

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    1 hr
  • Sino-US relations amidst the rise of China

    Sino-US relations amidst the rise of China
    Sep 29 2026
    Joining us today is Dr. Josef Mahoney, an American professor in China teaching politics and international relations. We discuss how laws are made in China and the nature of Sino-US relations.

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    52 mins