The new visa policy for Chinese international students marks another major shift in the U.S.-China decoupling. It’s getting personal.

The potential impact is way bigger than tariffs.

It’s also personal for host Terri Wu because she came to America as a Chinese student.

There’s a lot to unpack: national security concerns, personal concerns, and emotional reactions.

The count of Chinese students in the United States began with 52 in 1978. Five years after that, it increased to 100,000. Today it's about 277,000.

Allowing Chinese students to study in the U.S. was part of the “People’s War” strategy deployed by Deng Xiaoping.

One expert, John Lenczowski, a former senior official in President Ronald Reagan’s National Security Council, said there are 25,000 Chinese intelligence collectors in Silicon Valley alone.

Join Terri as she explores the historical—and the emotional—aspects of the complex relationship between the United States and China, and by extension, the people of the two countries.

Related report:

• Targeting Military Installations, IP Theft: A Look at Criminal Cases Involving Chinese Students (Read)

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He created propaganda by painting Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong’s portraits.

He studied in America to try to figure out a way to help China’s economy.

But with free access to information in the West, he realized that his world views were not grounded in reality—they were shaped by the regime’s propaganda, which he now calls a mass “brainwashing project.”

Li Shaomin, professor of international business at Old Dominion University in Virginia, lived through China’s communist propaganda and outgrew it.

He shares his intriguing life story of how he deciphered Chinese propaganda—narrative by narrative.

Related Article:

How the Chinese Regime Uses YouTube to Influence Americans (Read)

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang once said that humanoid robots are the only AI product that can scale because they can do what humans do.

The sector is on the cusp of mass production this year. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may produce more than 10,000 units by 2027. One unit has already joined the police force, patrolling the streets in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

The CCP is also developing AI weapons that are increasingly capable of making their own decisions.

Which company is supplying the CCP with the chips it needs to fuel its AI race? 

Some analysts think it’s Huawei, the Chinese smartphone company banned by the first Trump administration in 2019.

Listen as Terri unpacks China’s AI landscape.

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In this bonus episode, we’re not just going to rehash tariffs—we’ve heard enough of that. We’re going to talk about the scheming of China’s negotiators.

This topic is so significant that I rushed to talk to my favorite experts. 

So, how should we understand communist-Chinese deal-making? Join us as we lay out Beijing’s “Art of the Deal.”

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In June, another 12 million students in China will graduate from college. About 7 million of them will enter the job market, and the remainder will pursue advanced studies.

The influx of new workers is expected to strain a job market already defined by a high youth unemployment rate.

As a consequence, fewer young people are getting married in China—they cannot afford to. Many of them have to rely on their parents, who are also facing their own economic challenges.

Meanwhile, Beijing hasn’t been transparent about its economic data. How do we know where China is heading, and what we should be on high alert for?

Here’s the trick to understanding China’s data. Let’s look at metrics that are harder to lie about.

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Exports made up one-third of China’s economic growth last year.

If Beijing doesn’t resolve its tariff standoff with the United States soon, it will lose tens of millions of jobs.

That will drive China’s economy into depression, experts say.

Listen for more details that the Chinese regime doesn’t want you to know.

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If you are confused and fatigued by the China tariff news, listen to this episode.

We cancel the noise for you and show you what matters in the trajectory of U.S.-China relations. 

Reports covered in this episode:

• In First 100 Days, Trump Reorganizes the Chess Board Against China (Read)
• Chinese Exporters Begin to Feel Pain of Tariffs as Containers Stack Up (Read)

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Xi Jinping’s drunk fight in the late 1980s offers a glimpse of his personality.

The two leaders also face different domestic pressures. 

In addition, Xi has an extreme option he could use in the battle.

Read the original report:

• With Tariff Escalations, US and China Enter a New Era

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Experts say U.S.–China relations have crossed a key threshold. A showdown between the world’s largest and second-largest economies has begun.

Read the original reports:

• With Tariff Escalations, US and China Enter a New Era
• Why US Has Upper Hand Over Beijing in Tariff Standoff

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A lot is going on in China, aside from tariffs. In this episode, we present a unique analysis of Xi Jinping’s grey hair, the serial disappearances of Chinese generals, and how they are connected to a well-known Chinese prophecy.

Show Notes:

Poem No. 46

有一軍人身帶弓　只言我是白頭翁

東邊門裡伏金劍　勇士後門入帝宮

There is a soldier carrying a bow,

A voice says, I’m just an old, white-haired man.

A golden sword is hidden in the east gate.

A warrior enters the palace through the back door.

—From “Tui Bei Tu” 推背图, a collection of prophecies from 7th century China.

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Icon Art courtesy of Library of Congress Online Catalog.

It’s a slightly different version from the text quoted in the episode. Similar to many ancient books, “Tui Bei Tu” went through variations.