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Data is the Hard Part | Building AI Tools for the Military
Everyone wants AI that wins wars. Very few people want to collect, label, store, and test the data it runs on.
Episode with Snek on Bond & rest of finance market
This week, I welcomed back my friend Snek on the show to talk about something that will inevitably effect the entire global economy, but especially the tech sector, which is the bond meltdown and rising oil prices across the board.
S5E6: How does Civil Society Shape Taiwan’s Space Ecosystem? ft. Andie Wang (Taiwan Space Generation)
As the Taiwanese government increasingly invests in its space capabilities, civil society is doing what state programs alone cannot: cultivating relations with international space communities which are often closed.
Podcast | Inside China’s two-decade campaign to win over Latin America
From ports to lithium mines to diplomatic battles over Taiwan, China has spent two decades persistently building influence across Latin America and the Caribbean – one contract, one relationship, one chamber of commerce at a time. Leland Lazarus's new book – Dragon in the Americas: China’s Power, P
Ep 89 - Inside China's two-decade campaign to win over Latin America
From ports to lithium mines to diplomatic battles over Taiwan, China has spent two decades persistently building influence across Latin America and the Caribbean – one contract, one relationship, one chamber of commerce at a time.
Section 301 and the Spice Man who Sued Trump Over Them
In February, the Supreme Court ruled Trump's IEEPA tariffs illegal. So why is everyone still paying them? Because the administration rebuilt them: first under Section 122, then under Section 301, and now the 301 tariffs are in court too.
China in the Arctic: How Real Is the Threat? | China Considered | Hoover Institution
Economy sits down with Glenn Tiffert, a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution, to examine what China wants in the Arctic and what it can currently do there. Tiffert distinguishes the limited military presence he describes from the longer-term capabilities China is developing through scientific research, ice-capable ships, and commercial activity.
How do Institutions Shape Gender Equality, and How Does Gender Equality Shape Economic Development? With Prof. Elliot Fan
Our guest today is Professor Fan Chia-chung (Elliot Fan), Professor of Economics at National Taiwan University. His research explores how work, family, education, and gender shape economic development, with particular attention to the experiences of women and their contribution to Taiwan’s economic transformation.
Taiwan’s Economy: 400 Years, with Prof. Wu Tsong-min
Professor Wu Tsong-min is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University and one of Taiwan’s leading economic historians. His work explores one of the most fundamental questions in economics: why do some societies become prosperous while others do not? His latest book, Taiwan's Economy: Four Hundred Years, traces Taiwan’s remarkable transformation from an agricultural frontier into one of the world’s leading high-tech economies.
Volexity spots another China-aligned threat group exploiting Chrome and Microsoft defects
The threat group Volexity tracks as UTA0565 showcased a variance in tactics, but it used the same exploit kit as multiple Chinese threat groups.
China Insider | Trump-Xi Summit 2.0, China’s Japan Narrative, Xi’s Purge Campaign and China’s Economic Weakness
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu reviews last week’s Trump-Xi summit, and details the key highlights from the second dialogue between the two leaders this year. Next, Miles takes a closer look at US-Japan relations following last week’s summit, and China’s emerging narrative against Japan. Finally, Miles follows up on China’s intensifying internal purges amidst continued economic slowdown, and what we can expect from the upcoming slate of purges at China’s fifth plenary meeting.
Inside Taiwan’s First Sovereign AI Benchmark
In this crossover episode with our “Chipping In” event series, host Channing Lee takes the stage with Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Lin Yi-jing (林宜敬), one year into his tenure at the Ministry of Digital Affairs (moda).
China's Economy is Broken | Logan Wright
After the global financial crisis, China added a third of global GDP to its bank assets in just eight years... the largest single-country credit expansion in at least a century.
David Fishman on Power, Politics, and a Mega-Dam: Inside China’s Energy Sector - Baiguan Radio #43
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China, BRICS and the New Global Order
China is using a renewed diplomatic push to expand its room for maneuver as global power shifts. Xi Jinping’s visits to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Central Asia, and Egypt reflect an effort to strengthen alternative governance forums while working within institutions China has benefited from. For much of the Global South, however, the choice is not between Washington and Beijing but maintaining relationships with both. That same “both-and” approach is emerging in technology.
How One Woman Defined Africa for Millions of Chinese Readers
For generations of Chinese readers, Taiwanese writer Sanmao offered a rare window into Africa through her bestselling stories of life in the Western Sahara. But her accounts also carried colonial-era stereotypes, romanticized her role in the region, and included stories that historical evidence suggests were embellished or never happened. Sanmao’s legacy reveals a more complicated history of how Africa has been imagined in Chinese popular culture.
The Rise of the Petroyuan: Who will win the Global Economic Order?
In the fifth episode in the China Rules series, we look at China’s efforts to reshape to global financial system. One milestone has been the recent designation of Deutsche Bank as a renminbi clearing house. China is pushing hard to increase its influence inside international institutions and to internationalize the renminbi, driven by the Iran war and uncertainty about the US dollar. But with a tradition of strict capital controls and limited liquidity, it’s not clear whether the CCP would be able to underwrite the international order.
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