This series features brief discussions with leading China experts on a range of issues in the U.S.-China relationship, including domestic politics, foreign policy, economics, security, culture, the environment, and areas of global concern. For more interviews, videos, and links to events, visit our website: www.ncuscr.org. The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citize ...
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NCUSCR's new podcast series features short interviews and explainers on timely issues in the U.S.-China relationship with leading experts. For more interviews, videos, and links to events, please visit us at: www.ncuscr.org. The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading American nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.
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Midweek Sitrep with Jerry Fowler is your biweekly briefing on what’s happening in the world of national security—decoded for everyday listeners. From classified documents and sanctions to cyberattacks, foreign interference, and spycraft, Jerry breaks down the headlines, the history, and the hidden forces shaping global power today. Whether it’s a presidential executive order, a new war in a far-off region, or a tech ban making waves in Washington, Jerry gives you the background and context t ...
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A Ropes & Gray (RopesTalk) podcast series focused on legal issues of interest to the semiconductor industry.
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Episode 0018 — CFIUS on the Ground: How Real Estate Became a Security Review
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15:11It looks like empty farmland. Or a patch of desert in New Mexico. But if it sits next to a missile range, a radar site, or a nuclear base, that land isn’t just real estate anymore—it’s national security. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry Fowler breaks down how CFIUS now reviews foreign purchases of U.S. land under FIRRMA, why Chinese farmlan…
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How does China Perceive the United States?
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13:10How does the Chinese government view American cultural products and what is the role of journalism in China? Zhifan Luo joined us in May 2025 to discuss narratives about America in China and the difference between institutional and independent journalism in China. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video here. This interview is part of our …
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How does the United States Perceive China?
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16:36How does the American government view Chinese people and products and how has this view changed as U.S.-China relations have changed? Viola Zhou joined us in April 2025 to discuss how curiosity towards China turned into skepticism. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video here. This interview is part of our Faultlines series that examines t…
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Episode 0019 —The Hidden Tech Regulator: How ICTS Shapes What America Can Trust
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18:03Who decides which technologies Americans can trust? When the U.S. banned Kaspersky antivirus in 2024, the decision didn’t come from Congress, the Pentagon, or even the White House. It came from a small office inside the Commerce Department — the ICTS office. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry Fowler breaks down how ICTS went from a little-kno…
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How does religion work in China? Officially, the government recognizes five religions, but people and their practices don’t fit neatly into these categories. Spiritual folk traditions are widely practiced and look like religious activity, but the Chinese government labels these actions as “intangible cultural heritage,” sometimes supporting and sub…
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China & the Hill: Iran Leverages Covert Financial Entity to Sell Oil to China, Beijing Funds Cyber Campaign in the Philippines
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7:23China & the Hill is now on Substack! China & the Hill is a weekly newsletter covering Washington DC’s China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the U.S.-China Podcast.…
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Why Labubus Are Changing China's Soft Power Strategy
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22:11China’s soft power strategy has been largely unable to resonate with global audiences, but Labubus have taken the world by storm. From Thailand to Texas, Pop Mart stores are popping up to satiate consumers’ desire for these collectable toys. Contrary to state-backed soft power strategies, Labubus tapped into organic market-driven trends, such as bl…
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China & The Hill: Pentagon Orders Expansion of U.S. Missile Stockpiles, China to Stop Seeking WTO Special Treatment, U.S. Expands Entity List to Subsidiaries
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5:21China & the Hill is now on Substack! China & the Hill is a weekly newsletter covering Washington DC’s China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the U.S.-China Podcast.…
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China's Alternative Vision for Global Governance
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26:03How does China want the world to work? Beijing views the current global governance system as one that skews unfairly in favor of Western powers. China seeks to reshape the dynamics in international organizations in pursuit of its own goals, mimicking the multilateral foreign policy that the United States pursued during the Cold War. However, unlike…
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How Does The United States View Global Governance?
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26:33What is global governance and why does the United States care about it? Esther Brimmer joined us in June 2025 to discuss the United States' role in global governance systems and what future realms of global governance can look like. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video here. This interview is part of our Faultlines series that examines …
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China & The Hill: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Beijing, TikTok Deal Talks, and Taiwan Aid Delay
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What the US strike on Iran means for security in East Asia
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28:12On June 22, 2025, the United States launched a preventive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a decision that reverberated beyond the Middle East. How might this action reshape thinking about deterrence in the Taiwan Strait? The strike has raised broader questions about U.S. strategy, the credibility of its security assurances, and the potential r…
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Why does the U.S. economy matter to the rest of the world?
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21:29How is the United States trying to grow and safeguard its economic strength? Wendy Edelberg joined us in June 2025 to discuss the United States' role in the global economy and what the U.S. trade deficit with China means. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video here. This interview is part of our Faultlines series that examines the strateg…
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China & The Hill: U.S.-Japan Missile Drills Raise in Concerns in Beijing, NASA Bars Chinese Nationals From Work, and A Collision in the South China Sea
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8:10China & the Hill is now on Substack! → This week's edition China & the Hill is a weekly newsletter covering Washington DC’s China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on th…
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Episode 0017 — When Cartels Become Foreign Terrorist organizations: The Tren de Aragua Strike
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17:58On September 2, 2025, U.S. forces struck a small vessel in the southern Caribbean, killing eleven alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua. But this wasn’t just another counternarcotics operation. It was the first military strike carried out under a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation against a cartel. In this episode of Midweek S…
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How Basketball Builds Bridges On and Off the Court
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13:07Basketball is more than a favorite American pastime. It has expanded into a global cultural movement that combines sports, fashion, and lifestyle. Chinese players such as Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin drew attention to untapped basketball talent in Asia and helped bring basketball culture to China. The Asian University Basketball League (AUBL) taps into …
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China’s Strategic Advances in the Global Economy
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23:08China’s GDP is projected to reach $25.83 trillion USD in 2030, as it continues to grow at a faster rate than the United States’. China’s role in the global economy has shifted from “The World’s Factory” to a technological and economic powerhouse. Yet, China’s economy operates differently than Western ones – raising questions of how these divergent …
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Episode 0016 —Seeds of Control: Espionage, Ownership, and the Future of Food Security
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11:48Foreign spies in Iowa cornfields. A Chinese conglomerate buying America’s biggest pork producer. Forty-plus million acres of U.S. farmland now in foreign hands. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry Fowler takes you from the FBI’s famous “Cornfield Sting” case—where agents caught operatives digging up hybrid seed corn—to the billion-dollar Smith…
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China & the Hill: Xi Takes Center Stage at SCO Summit while U.S. Treasury Flags Chinese Money-Laundering Networks
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Unearthing Leverage: Critical Minerals in U.S.-China Competition
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41:47Critical minerals have become a cornerstone of economic and geopolitical competition, essential to technologies from EVs to advanced defense systems. China’s dominance in the sector reflects decades of strategic planning and global shifts in supply chains. This conversation examines how China attained its current position, the scale of its capacity…
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China & the Hill: Beijing sends top trade envoy to Washington, China eyes yuan-backed crypto stablecoins
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Weaponizing Trade: China’s New Economic Arsenal
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37:03“China’s New Economic Weapons: Statecraft, Strategy, and the Future of U.S.-China Economic Relations” examines how the Chinese government is increasingly leveraging its economic power for strategic and coercive purposes. In their report, Evan S. Medeiros and Andrew Polk explore the evolution of China’s economic toolkit and how various measures are …
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Jobs Wanted: China’s Struggle with Youth Unemployment
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32:36After the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s economy has struggled to regain momentum. Low domestic demand has impacted multiple industries, while rising youth unemployment is fueling concern among local communities. In response, the Chinese government has introduced a range of policies to strengthen vocational education, aiming t…
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China & the Hill: U.S. Chip Restrictions Bite as DeepSeek Delays New Model
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Episode 0015 — Seeds of Control: How Land and Fertilizer Became Weapons of Power
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21:41Foreign companies are quietly buying American farmland. Fertilizer markets are controlled by Russia, Belarus, and China. And the price of your groceries is tied to global conflicts thousands of miles away. In this episode of Midweek Sitrep, Jerry Fowler breaks down why food is more than farming—it’s national security. From the Chinese land deal nea…
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Gender, Policy, and Progress: How China Governs Women’s Labor in STEM
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28:29In 1995, the world turned its attention to Beijing as thousands gathered for the Fourth World Conference on Women – an event that produced the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Nearly three decades later, its legacy continues to inform gender equity movements around the world. What has its impact been within China, particularly …
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Brief 0007 — Location Data Is National Security: From Fitness Apps to Foreign Intel
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9:39Your phone is tracking you—and that data is worth more than you think. In this week’s Brief, we uncover how everyday location data, from fitness apps to weather trackers, can become a national security risk. Foreign governments and intelligence services don’t need your name—they just need your patterns. Learn how the DOJ’s new data enforcement meas…
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China & the Hill: U.S. To Allow Advanced Chip Sales in China
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