How much could concepts such as high school education and high-tech development overlap? Terri says a lot.

Hear in this week’s episode, along with producer Daniel, how China’s education system builds people who are very specifically trained for certain tasks—and trained away from other tasks.

The specific innovations—and the shocks from China’s AI industry—appear to follow a certain pattern, something that is ingrained in the populace from a very young age.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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For decades, a core assumption about China has gone largely unchallenged: That the Chinese Communist Party can legitimately represent Chinese culture—or is inseparable from it.

Then came Shen Yun.

For 20 years, the dance company has presented a vision of traditional Chinese culture independent of the regime—one that, some say, counteracts a century of the Party’s efforts to harness culture as soft power.

A new documentary reveals the extent to which the regime has tried to suppress the dance troupe.

Terri speaks with the film’s executive producer about why the Chinese Communist Party fears Shen Yun, and the untold stories behind the campaign to stop it.

• Unbroken: The Untold Story of Shen Yun (Watch)

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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China has set its lowest growth target since 1991, reinforcing concerns that its economy faces structural challenges that may be difficult to reverse.

Some analysts have taken it further, asking the fundamental question: “When does China stop growing altogether?”

And when that happens, what does it mean for the United States?

Join Terri as she presents expert views on this question.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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When an ally, even a business partner, is in dire straits, one would think that others would come to their aid. It would be unwise to make this assumption about a partner such as China.

As the war in Iran continues, China is being placed in a deeper dilemma about how to handle its relationships with the United States and Iran.

It manifests similarly to how many movies and stories have portrayed villains: in a state of total indifference toward their underlings and what happens to them.

Join Terri in this week's episode to hear how the Chinese Communist Party truly treats its people and allies, according to historical cases, and why this explains the lack of support for falling regimes such as those in Venezuela and Iran.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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China has long maintained a 5% economic growth target, even as many analysts questioned the reliability of the numbers. But this year, Beijing broke that streak.

If growth figures have been widely seen as inflated, why lower the target now?

And what does the move signal as China prepares for a potential Trump–Xi summit at the end of March?

Meanwhile, China’s export numbers look unusually strong. But what might be behind those stellar figures, and what might Beijing prefer the world not to notice?

Join Terri as she examines the signals behind China’s latest economic messaging and what they could mean for China’s economy and its geopolitical posture.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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“The energy rice bowl must be held in our own hands.” That’s Xi Jinping’s mantra on China’s energy security. It has guided Beijing’s policy for years.

Now, the Iran war is testing that strategy, shaking the very “rice bowl” Xi has warned must remain firmly in China’s hands.

But could the conflict also fit into a broader U.S. strategic calculus toward China?

Join Terri this week as she speaks to Tamuz Itai, a geopolitical columnist based in Israel and a contributor to The Epoch Times.

Related Report:

1. In Charts: How Iran War Tests China’s Oil Supply (Read)
2. Beijing Afraid Iran Strikes Will Spur Uprising in China, Insiders Say (Read)

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While much of the international news focuses on what is happening in Iran, other moving pieces in the region will play additional critical roles in America's future foreign business efforts.

And there are consequences for China as well.

Listen as Terri and Daniel discuss how America is expanding into its last “Economic Frontier,” which counters many of the power players in the area.

Learn how this concept exists as a “Dragon Vein” for both China and the United States, and what having it, or losing it, means.

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China proudly holds a total global monopoly on critical minerals—at least, that’s what they’d like you to think.

As one of this week’s experts explains, “And as long as the perception of dominance remains, dominance remains.” And that is the case for China in terms of its control on this important product, a “smoke-and-mirror” monopoly.

Daniel and Terri first examine why early reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision striking down Trump-era tariffs may be overstating the impact—particularly when it comes to China.

Then they turn to a deeper shift underway: why China’s control of the global supply chain of critical minerals is slipping.

This is the analysis you hear first on China Watch.

Related Report:

Here’s How a New US-Led Mineral Alliance Could Sideline China (Read)

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Happy Lunar New Year! The year of the Horse has arrived, and so has a new co-host for this week’s episode.

Show producer Daniel Holl joins Terri this week for a more lighthearted discussion on Chinese propaganda. That is, the kind that takes movie form, which can be unintentionally comical to a non-Chinese audience.

And if you noticed issues with Daniel’s audio, he’ll have them fixed for next week’s show! Let us know what you think of the co-host dynamic.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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The Panama Canal, the Board of Peace, and the Critical Minerals Ministerial seem to be unrelated projects, but they’re all coordinated moves against the Chinese Communist Party.

Listen to Terri Wu connect these seemingly unrelated dots to explain how they’re part of a broader geopolitical strategy by the United States to address Chinese influence and how the interconnectedness is working in the broader interests of the West.

Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].

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