The Story Behind China’s Environmental Awakening
The US-China Podcast
China's period of rapid industrialization generated unsustainable waste and posed significant threats to humans, wildlife, and the . A handful of dedicated environmental activists in China pushed for policy change, leveraging technological and between American and Chinese scientists and preexisting U.S. regulatory approaches to manage China’s pollution problem. However, China’s approach to ultimately took a different path to accommodate its ongoing development process. Despite their differences, the two...
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China & the Hill: Trump’s China Pivot, CEO Diplomacy, and What U.S. Strikes on Iran Mean for Taiwan
The US-China Podcast
China & the Hill is a weekly 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 . China & the Hill is published by the , the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.
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China & the Hill: Beijing Hacks Moscow, Courts Tehran, and Flies By Taiwan
The US-China Podcast
China & the Hill is a weekly 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 . China & the Hill is published by the , the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.
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Urbanization and its Consequences in China
The US-China Podcast
How is China dealing with urbanization and what problems have urbanization brought about? Join our PIP Fellows Mark W. Fraizer and Nick R. Smith for a discussion on urbanization in China, its consequences, and how it relates to other parts of the world. .
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China
The US-China Podcast
NPR correspondent Emily Feng tells the stories of nearly two dozen people in China who define for themselves what it means to be Chinese. She profiles a Uyghur family; human rights lawyers fighting to defend civil liberties despite the dangers; a teacher from Inner Mongolia forced to make hard choices because of his support of his native language; and a Hong Kong fugitive trying to find a new home and live in freedom. In, she reveals dramatic stories of resistance and survival in a country that is increasingly closing itself off to the world. To understand modern China, one has to...
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China & the Hill: Revoking Chinese Student Visas, "Trade not Aid" Diplomacy in Africa, and is Wechat Complicit in the Fentanyl Crisis?
The US-China Podcast
China & the Hill is a weekly 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 . China & the Hill is published by the , the leading nonprofit nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries. Read this week's edition of C&TH:
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Forging a New Path Forward: Navigating the Future of U.S.-China Relations
The US-China Podcast
At a time of heightened tension and strategic recalibration, the U.S.-China relationship is undergoing significant change as the Trump Administration announces high tariffs on Chinese goods and trade and investment restrictions while also signaling that President Trump may be open to negotiations. Sino-American competition is intensifying across economic, political, and technological realms, and opportunities for collaboration to tackle global issues such as AI governance, climate change, and public health remain elusive. From debates over trade and industrial policy to diverging visions of...
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How is China Using Soft Power?
The US-China Podcast
Soft power is not just about movies and television shows, but the ability to attract people to one’s country through cultural influence and persuasion. Tourists and traveling to China interact with the people and culture, influencing their worldview along the way. How effective is China’s soft power on a collective and individual level and what is the impact of China’s soft power on the rest of the world? Irene Wu joins the National Committee on May 8, 2025 to discuss soft power and how countries like China use it.
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What Happened to Hong Kong’s Protest Movement?
The US-China Podcast
With the fifth anniversary of the last big Hong Kong marches behind us and the first anniversary of the National Security Law’s imposition on the horizon, Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Emily Feng assess the city’s recent past and significantly changed realities. What is the legacy of the protest surge of 2019? What is most and least surprising about how Hong Kong has been transformed in this decade? How can we place the Hong Kong story into national narratives about the way the PRC has been moving under Xi Jinping? How can we connect the Hong Kong events to trends in other parts of Asia and...
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What Is Fueling the U.S.-China Trade War?
The US-China Podcast
With U.S.-China tariff levels reaching historic highs and a fragile truce now in place, economic experts examine how the in 2025—and where it might be headed next. What are the strategic goals behind the sweeping tariff measures imposed by both sides? How are they reshaping trade flows, business decisions, and bilateral diplomacy? What lessons can we draw from the past seven years of trade tensions, and how do current developments fit into broader patterns of economic decoupling and strategic competition? In an interview conducted on May 13, 2025, Claire...
info_outlineSoft power is not just about movies and television shows, but the ability to attract people to one’s country through cultural influence and persuasion. Tourists and international students traveling to China interact with the people and culture, influencing their worldview along the way. How effective is China’s soft power on a collective and individual level and what is the impact of China’s soft power on the rest of the world?
Irene Wu joins the National Committee on May 8, 2025 to discuss soft power and how countries like China use it.