ChinaEconTalk

Ivana Karásková, China Research Fellow and a Project Coordinator at the Association for International Affairs (AMO), shares her view from Central Europe.

We discuss

This podcast was recorded midday US time on Sunday the 27th.

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Chris Miller of Tufts joins to discuss

• Why Putin invaded
• Why he humiliated his security council
• If Putin is on drugs
• US public opinion and the politics of sanctions
• Sanctions' impact on the Russian economy
• Russia/China tech trade in the context of global sanctions
• The far-reaching implications of Ukrainian heroism

This show was recorded on Feb 26.

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Chris Miller of Tufts joins to discuss

This show was recorded on Feb 26.

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Justin Sherman of the Atlantic Council joins to discuss

• Putin's history of cyber operations
• How he sees the current state of play
• What is Putin thinking about as he considers escalating in the cyber domain
• The tradeoffs of various policy choices facing American and Europeans leaders thinking about more aggressive offensive cyber operations

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Justin Sherman of the Atlantic Council joins to discuss

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What’s the point of NASA? Will Starlink end up funding Elon’s Mars dreams? To discuss the US space ecosystem in both the private and public sector, I am joined by Casey Handmer (@CJHandmer), former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab system architect and founder of Terraform Industries.

We also talk about

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What’s the point of NASA? Will Starlink end up funding Elon’s Mars dreams? To discuss the US space ecosystem in both the private and public sector, I am joined by Casey Handmer (@CJHandmer), former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab system architect and founder of Terraform Industries.

We also talk about

• The potential for Starlink to improve internet access in developing countries
• Whether the US immigration system is hurting its ability to attract the best scientists
• Making electricity from air
• How much it would cost to send me into space

Check out Casey’s blog here: https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com

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Do you know your breaking porcelain from your eating human-blood-soaked steam buns? Slow Chinese author Andrew Methven (@AndrewMethven) joins me to talk about some of the newest and most interesting Chinese internet slang from the previous year and their origin stories.

We discuss new words and phrases inspired by Haidilao cockroach scams, misbehaving tech companies and 996 culture, as well as:

• Which slang phrases have been co-opted into party talk
• Luckin Coffee founder Charles Lu’s latest venture
• Whether idioms are fortelling the fates of Chinese celebrities
• The best sites Chinese-language sites and accounts for Chinese news

See Andrew’s full list here:

https://newsletter.slowchinese.net/p/china-in-2021-in-21-words

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Do you know your breaking porcelain from your eating human-blood-soaked steam buns? Slow Chinese author Andrew Methven (@AndrewMethven) joins me to talk about some of the newest and most interesting Chinese internet slang from the previous year and their origin stories.

We discuss new words and phrases inspired by Haidilao cockroach scams, misbehaving tech companies and 996 culture, as well as:

See Andrew’s full list here:

https://newsletter.slowchinese.net/p/china-in-2021-in-21-words

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Author of China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy Peter Martin (@PeterMartin_PCM) and Schwarzman scholar Jason Zhou return to take us from the young diplomats venturing out of China in the eighties to today’s Wolf Warriors and the adoption of more nationalist rhetoric.

We also discuss

Check out Peter's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Civilian-Army-Warrior-Diplomacy/dp/0197513700

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Public notice: ChinaTalk's editor Callan is currently in London and planning an informal meetup up on February 24th. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/china-nerds-meetup-tickets-261114549647

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