Hybrid Talk Podcast

Hybrid Talk

Online & In-Person, Political & Non-Political, Theoretical & Empirical, Chinese & Non-Chinese hybridtalk.substack.com

  1. Oct 10

    Taiwan at the Geostrategic Fault Line

    On October 9, 2026, at the invitation of the “German East Asia Mission” (Deutsche Ostasienmission, DOAM), I delivered a keynote speech on the Taiwan issue at its annual conference. 00:00 Opening Remarks00:48 Taiwan from a Geopolitical Perspective03:30 Land and Sea Power: Mackinder’s Heartland05:42 Spykman’s Rimland and U.S. Containment07:06 Industrialization, World Wars, and the Cold War09:51 The First Island Chain and U.S.-China Competition12:43 Taiwan’s Pivotal Strategic Position14:29 Geostrategic Fault Lines and Conflict Risk17:09 Taiwan and Ukraine: Similarities and Differences18:32 Why a Taiwan Conflict Could Have Global Consequences20:27 Taiwan’s Hedging Strategy Under Pressure22:16 The Yizhou Dilemma: Lessons from the Three Kingdoms23:15 The U.S.-China-Taiwan Triangle25:08 Conclusion: Geography Does Not Make War Inevitable This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    Taiwan at the Geostrategic Fault Line

  2. May 30

    China Shock 2.0: The Cost of Germany's Complacency?

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    China Shock 2.0: The Cost of Germany's Complacency?

  3. Mar 17

    Interview with German Artist Andrej Pirrwitz

    Interview with German Artist Andrej Pirrwitz: How does he juggle multiple roles as photographer, painter, artist, PhD in physics, multinational corporation manager, and speaker of six languages—including Chinese? For video, please visit https://youtu.be/6bvAoW_Xa1E This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

  4. 12/23/2025

    The US, China, and Sino-American Economic & Strategic Competition

    The co-host of “Hybrid Talk”, Chaoting, was invited by the Institute for Customs and International Trade Law at the University of Münster, Germany, to deliver a lecture on “Strategic and Economic Competition Between China and the United States” on December 20, 2025, as part of their part-time master's program. This episode is the recording of that lecture. For video, please click https://youtu.be/gFYaNeuciGs This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    The US, China, and Sino-American Economic & Strategic Competition

  5. 12/16/2025

    The Weaponisation of Interdependence: A Conversation about Geo-economics and Economic Statecraft

    In this episode, Yating, Dimitri, and Chaoting discuss the weaponisation of interdependence, which is a hot topic of economic statecraft or geo-economics. For video, please click https://youtu.be/-GFq7cgdxO4 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    The Weaponisation of Interdependence: A Conversation about Geo-economics and Economic Statecraft

  6. 12/16/2025

    Comparing the Economic Reforms in China & Russia

    In this episode, Yating and Dimitri discuss and compare economic reforms in China and Russia. For video, please click https://youtu.be/EEaG69CaVDQ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    Comparing the Economic Reforms in China & Russia

  7. 12/09/2025

    Interview with Dr. Mher Sahakyan: VI Eurasian Research on Modern China & Eurasia Conference

    Last week I, Chaoting Cheng, attended the Sixth Eurasian Studies Conference in Armenia. After the conference, I interviewed Dr. Mher D. Sahakyan, the organizer of the event, whom I consider a role model. Please enjoy our conversation. For video, visit https://youtu.be/PFTCh-KSiAk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    Interview with Dr. Mher Sahakyan: VI Eurasian Research on Modern China & Eurasia Conference

  8. 12/01/2025

    Muscles, Politics, and Quantum Ideas: A Conversation with a Young Russian Researcher in Germany

    In this episode of Hybrid Talk, we had a discussion with a young Russian researcher living in Germany to explore a surprisingly rich journey, from muscles to body politics, from quantum ideas to intellectual thinking, and from studying experiences in Russia to rebuilding one’s intellectual world abroad. We begin with something simple and human: the motivations for working out every day. Why do muscles matter in Russia? What does “feeling safe” have to do with strength after the 1990s? And how do fitness culture, capitalism, and body politics shape how we understand freedom? Our guest speaker explains why he named his podcast “Universal Wavefunction”, and how quantum ideas became a metaphor for thinking about uncertainty, world politics, and intellectual life beyond academia. We also discuss: * Why he left Moscow to restart his studies in Germany * How Russian academia differs from the German system * Why young scholars today feel the need to communicate ideas outside academia This is a conversation about bodies and minds, power and knowledge, freedom and constraint, and what it means to build a life, physically and intellectually, in a world full of change and distractions Timeline: 00:00-00:35 Preview clips 00:36- 01:02 Brief intro of the guest speaker 01:07- 07:53 Fitness, body politics, and sports as a body need 7:54 -14:12 Sports in Russia, China and US 14:13-15:42 Beauty Standards in China 15:44- 19:35 Getting muscles in Russia is a way of self-defense 19:36- 21:53 Chinese preferring to be intellectuals rather than being jacked 21:56- 24:27 Everyone needs to do some sports 24:28- 28:51 Diet, fitness, steroids and capitalism 28:52- 30:46 Sports and intellectual work 30:51- 42:12 Universal Wavefunction, quantum metaphor, motivation for making podcast, problems of academia 42:16- 49:20 Studying experiences in MGIMO University 49:21- 55:06 Unspoken rules, corrupted system in Russia, and silent dissents For video, please click https://youtu.be/qmlXbJBlmus This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hybridtalk.substack.com

    Muscles, Politics, and Quantum Ideas: A Conversation with a Young Russian Researcher in Germany
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  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
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