Chat Lounge

State leaders of Brazil, the biggest developing country in the Western Hemisphere, and France, the locomotive of European growth, are looking to the East to explore economic opportunities. Of the deals Brazil and France recently clinched with China, which one may have the biggest long-term impact? Can the two presidents achieve their respective goals of relaunching relations with China and ensuring more strategic autonomy for Europe?

Host Tu Yun is joined by John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University and Jiang Shixue, Professor and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Shanghai University on this episode of Chat Lounge to find out the answers.

Younger American adults have been found to be friendlier to China than the older generation or those above 45-years-old. What’s behind such a phenomenon? What implications does it have for future policies and the China-US relations, which are currently at historic lows?

Host Tu Yun is joined by Lile Mahoney, a Chinese language & literature major at East China Normal University; Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization; Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University and colleague Song Ruixin on this episode of Chat Lounge to find out the answers.

Asia’s economy is expected to outperform the global growth by increasing 4.5 percent this year. What risks could stand in the way of the region attaining such a target? Would the U.S. attempt to reshore the global supply chain sew any discord in the region? And how could Asia play a better role in promoting economic certainty amid global volatility instead of becoming a source of uncertainty?

Host Tu Yun is joined by Hilton Root, Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University, and Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at University of International Business and Economics on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Beijing has been feeling the pinch of America’s all-in strategy on crippling China’s chip industry. As Washington steps up its containment policy, how will China’s role in the global chip supply chain be altered? Can China cut an escape route from the West’s containment or even stage an extraordinary turnaround in chipmaking? And how will the landscape of the world’s chip industry look over the next ten years?

Host Tu Yun is joined by Stanley Chao, Managing Director for All In Consulting and author of the book “Selling to China”, William Lee, Chief Economist at the U.S.-based Milken Institute, Chen Jiahe, Chief Investment Officer of Beijing-based Novem Arcae Technologies, and Jiang Tianjiao, Associate Professor, Development Institute, Fudan University, on this episode of Chat Lounge.

As investors are still trying to digest the immediate consequences of the bank failures in the United States, there are growing concerns that a financial crisis is around the corner. Are we really going to see a 2008 déjà vu all over again? How far are we from a U.S. Treasury bond market debacle or the end of the US dollar’s global hegemony?

To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by John Ross, Senior Fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, Professor David Feldman, School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, and Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics, University of International Business and Economics in Beijing on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Born and raised in a blue-collar family in Chicago, Brian Linden first came to China nearly 40 years ago as a language student. He has followed a varied career path that has included but not limited to being the leading actor in China’s first movie to cast a foreigner, cameraman for CBS’ Beijing bureau, Stanford PhD candidate and education agent in East European countries. But eventually, he decided to return to China, where he realized his dream of a better and fuller life through involvement in China’s rural and cultural development over the past few decades.

In this special episode, we talk to Brian Linden, founder of the Linden Center, a chain of boutique hotels converted from historic buildings in rural China.

China is expected to see the biggest ever wave of retirements over the next decade after recording a shrinking population for the first time in six decades last year. Is a demographic crisis fermenting in the country? What lessons can China learn from developed countries to deal with the challenge?

Host Tu Yun is joined by Dr. Lauren Johnston, Associate Professor at the China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia, Liu Yunyun, Deputy Executive Editor of the Beijing Review, and Mike Bastin, China observer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton in the UK on this episode of Chat Lounge.

China is seeing a record number of its overseas graduates returning home. But at the same time the country is found to have fallen short of attracting top talents, especially in the science and technology field. What’s behind such a phenomenon? Can there be any change?

To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by Han Hua, President, Beijing Belt & Road Cooperative Community, Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at University of International Business and Economics, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University, and colleague Song Ruixin on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Americans in Ohio are dealing with the toxic aftermath of a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed. Is it just another common derailment in the country’s rail system that reportedly faces over 1,000 such accidents per year? Why do local people feel so frustrated? What other consequences may it generate in the longer terms?

To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by Changhua Wu, Executive Director of the Professional Association for China's Environment, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University in Shanghai, and Edward Lehman, founder and managing director of China-based law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu on this episode of Chat Lounge.

The United States is trying to solve an opioid overdose crisis while continuing with the legalization of recreational marijuana and even decriminalization of some hard drugs. Could this be the right approach to solving the crisis? Why is the country awash with narcotics in the first place? How fair is it to blame its fast-rising fentanyl-related death toll on China?

To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization & former diplomat at the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board in Vienna, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University and Victor Gao, Chair Professor at Soochow University on this episode of Chat Lounge.