Deborah Seligsohn, assistant professor of political science at Villanova University, talks about her time spent in Shanghai and Beijing between October 2022 to early January 2023. She shares her firsthand experience with quarantine, testing, and lockdowns — as well as witnessing the protests and China's sudden reopening.
Susan St. Denis, the face behind the China Vibe’s official TikTok channel for The China Project, talks about what people are getting wrong about TikTok, the challenges of presenting complex issues in this medium, and much more.
Clay Baldo, creator and host of the Strangers in China podcast, talks about the third season on the chaotic Shanghai lockdown of 2022.
Rebecca Kuang discusses her best-selling historical fantasy novel: Set in the 1830s in England, the book weaves the story of a Chinese-born protagonist who sets out to prevent a war with China over the opium trade.
Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass discuss their new essay in Foreign Affairs on why U.S. policy should be judged on whether it helps preserve peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
Diana Choyleva and Dinny McMahon discuss their recent report for the Wilson Center on China's efforts to internationalize the renminbi, and whether Beijing can reshape the U.S.-led global financial order.
Michael J. Mazarr, a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation, warns of certain parallels between what happened two decades ago and the growing sense of urgency and moral imperative to confront China that he now senses in Washington.
In a special bonus episode this week, David Moser and Jeremiah Jenne, co-hosts of the Barbarians at the Gate podcast, offer an on-the-ground account of what happened at the protests in major Chinese cities over the weekend, and what it all means.
In the emerging great power contest between the U.S. and China, European countries are generally siding with the U.S. But they’d rather not be forced to choose.