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Conversations exploring China, technology, and US-China relations. Guests include a wide range of analysts, policymakers, and academics. Hosted by Jordan Schneider.
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Conversations exploring China, technology, and US-China relations. Guests include a wide range of analysts, policymakers, and academics. Hosted by Jordan Schneider.
Check out the newsletter on Substack at https://www.chinatalk.media/

    Peak China with Noah Smith and Matt Klein

    Peak China with Noah Smith and Matt Klein

    Noah Smith of https://www.noahpinion.blog/ and Matt Klein of https://theovershoot.co/ join ChinaTalk to discuss:
    We get into:

    What's really happening with China's economy and why it matters strategically

    How China's potential peak parallels Japan's

    Why the world should and shouldn't be scared of China's progress in semis and EVs

    What another Trump Administration could do for US-China relations

    How Noah actually does his substack


    This was a fun one, I hope you enjoy!
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    EMERGENCY POD: Huawei's Breakthrough, the Technical, Industrial and Strategic Implications

    EMERGENCY POD: Huawei's Breakthrough, the Technical, Industrial and Strategic Implications

    Huawei’s breakthrough Kirin 9000s: what is it, why is it a big deal, and what if anything should the US do about it? Joining me, I have on two fantastic semiconductor analysis, Doug O'Laughlin of Fabricated Knowledge and Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis. We get into:

    How this chip illustrates Chinese engineering excellence and the porous nature of the current export control regime

    Why we can expect AI chips on par with the A100 coming out of China in the next two years

    What steps the US government could take to tighten export controls and set back the Chinese semiconductor ecosystem

    How China has come to dominate both the lagging edge and the EV space


    Here's my piece on the topic: https://www.chinatalk.media/p/huaweis-breakthrough-the-strategic
    And here's Dylan's: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/china-ai-and-semiconductors-rise
    Outtro music: 潮州土狗 - 50元的檳榔 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjl2qabfSNs
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    • 1 hr 16 min
    Why Congress Can Save Us All

    Why Congress Can Save Us All

    This episode of China Talk explores the past, present, and future of Congress with AEI's Philip Wallach. We get into:

    Origins of representative government trace back to medieval England, when the king consulted regional advisors – leading to development of Parliament

    Founders inspired by this model when establishing Congress, wanting representation for diverse parts of young U.S.

    But competing visions emerged for how Congress should work:

    Madison's view: embrace factional conflict and compromise

    Wilson's view: stronger centralized leadership

    These tensions played out through different eras of Congress:

    Early years: backlash against Hamilton’s Treasury power leads to first political party

    New Deal/WWII: Congress oversees executive branch while enabling key programs

    Civil rights era: Senate leaders allow extended filibuster, focus national attention, build enduring coalition

    1970s reforms decentralize Congress but decrease cooperation between members over time

    Under 1994 Gingrich revolution, partisan centralization becomes norm – embraced by both parties

    Potential futures discussed, including a fever dream of Philip's where an immigration crisis actually prompts real lawmaking.


    Outtro music: Nixon's 1972 campaign song
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    • 1 hr 2 min
    How China Regulates AI

    How China Regulates AI

    How does the public, corporations, academia and civil society end up directly influencing some of China's most important regulations? What's the trajectory of China's approach to AI?
    Matt Sheehan of CIEP returns to discuss the AI regulatory policy process in China!
    Matt's paper: https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/07/10/china-s-ai-regulations-and-how-they-get-made-pub-90117
    Outtro music: 曾涵江Cup :天选 CHOSEN ONE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB607_3sDYQ
    Image: I took an image from Dunhuang and prompted it with "artificial intelligence"
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    • 56 min
    Culture Month! Painting in Premodern China

    Culture Month! Painting in Premodern China

    Culture month continues with some traditional Chinese painting coverage!
    What was it like to paint in premodern China? How did a husband-wife and master-mentee team up to produce some remarkable art? Why is it okay to say Chinese art is "good" or "bad" while those who critique western art have so much heartburn over saying their opinion?
    Cohosting is Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Chinese paintings curator at the MET.
    This episode is better experienced on YouTube. Check out the video on ChinaTalk's YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/Rxr6xOj29A8
    Here's the link to the exhibit: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/learning-to-paint/exhibition-objects
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    • 1 hr 2 min
    "Emergency" Pod: Outbound Investment Screening!

    "Emergency" Pod: Outbound Investment Screening!

    Emily Benson (CSIS) and Martin Chorzempa (PIIE) come on to discuss the new executive order and Treasury's ANRPM (advanced notice of proposed rulemaking) on novel outbound investment screening rules on AI, quantum and semis.

    Treasury document: https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/206/Treasury-ANPRM.pdf
    Outtro music: 水碾河南三街 LSGCsikoriot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wzz1Deafh8
    Midjourney: used this 18th century Japanese woodprint and prompted it with "quantum semiconductor"
    https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55371
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    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
231 Ratings

231 Ratings

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Fantastic show

Intelligent

AverageJewishListener ,

Fantastic

Great host and guests, China content I wouldn’t have found anywhere else.

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Favorite China Pod

This podcast was the one that helped me the most to make sense of the country I was living in.

It’s easy to hear Jordan’s love of China. I appreciate the wide range of topics he hits on from the arts to economics to lifestyle, and the ever present political side.

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