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Our hosts, from the US and China, discuss what unites us. Using funny stories and brilliant guests from all walks of life, we join hands in laughter, building bridges across our cultural world. This is The Bridge.


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    • Society & Culture

Our hosts, from the US and China, discuss what unites us. Using funny stories and brilliant guests from all walks of life, we join hands in laughter, building bridges across our cultural world. This is The Bridge.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What’s inside China's economic engine?

    What’s inside China's economic engine?

    Special guest Einar Tangen, a Senior Fellow of Taihe Institute, joins us for a peek inside China’s economy in a global context. Why has the west gotten China so wrong and how can we better understand the most important economic transformation in modern history?
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    • 56 min
    The Belt and Road Initiative in global context

    The Belt and Road Initiative in global context

    We discuss Xinjiang, the Belt and Road Initiative and our new multipolar world with Hussein Askary, Vice Chairman of The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden. He describes his recent trip to Xinjiang and the transformative power of global development within the context of the Modern Silk Road.
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    • 56 min
    Challenges US may face after TikTok ban

    Challenges US may face after TikTok ban

    The US TikTok ban will affect one out of every two Americans in the US. Has the US abandoned freedom of speech? What will happen to the US economy? Will other companies fear investing in the US? We break it down.
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    • 56 min
    A U.S. university tour of China

    A U.S. university tour of China

    Visiting Assistant Professor at Vassar College in New York joins us to discuss a tour that university students took across China. We talk about their first impressions and the rural and urban spaces in the country.
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    • 55 min
    Why Gen Z has had it with excess work

    Why Gen Z has had it with excess work

    If you are okay with working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week, in a lot of countries, with the right education, you can make big bucks. But is it worth it?
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    • 56 min
    A Serbian-American expat in China

    A Serbian-American expat in China

    China’s President Xi heads to Europe with a stop in Serbia. We spoke to Nik Stankovic, an expat in China from Serbia, on his thoughts on the Belt and Road, and Chinese investment in Serbia and Europe.
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    • 56 min

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