How China Works

How China Works

By Brendan Davis and Yingying LiSociety & CultureBusiness
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How China Works episodes

  • DAVID THOMAS | Four Decades of China Engagement

    David Thomas has a very special history with China. His father Michael was the Attorney General for Hong Kong in the early-mid 80s charged by the UK government with creating what ultimately became known as the Basic Law, and he had a front row seat as it all unfolded. David has been deeply involved with China ever since, and today - in an interview recorded before Covid-19 became a household word - he shares some of his insights from four decades of engagement with the Middle Kingdom. Also: we fill you in on the impact of the current situation on us, and the show.

    55 min
  • GANG LU | TechNode
    GANG LU is the Founder and CEO of China’s leading English-language tech-focused media company TechNode, China’s answer to TechCrunch. They offer analysis in print, on video, and on their podcasts including China Tech Talk and China Tech Investor. Learn more about technode.com and visit howchinaworkspodcast.com for more info about our show!
    1 hr 5 min
  • How China Works NEW YEARS EVE Special
    For our annual Year In Review / Look Ahead episode, Yingying and Brendan wanted to also do a video version, showing you exactly how (and where) we brainstorm on guests and episodes. Problem: it was New Years Eve, we didn't have proper cameras or lights, and my friends who do were all unavailable. Solution: two webcams, one old Canon Powershot, and our podcast mics. The video quality is lo-res (and the sync is slightly off in the first 15 minutes) but it sounds great, the conversation was FUN, and we hope you enjoy it!

    WATCH on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f4195bdTAtM

    SEARCH the show everywhere or LISTEN to “How China Works” here: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-china-works/id1440747395  ALL PLATFORMS: http://howchinaworks.libsyn.com
    46 min
  • MARCUS FREITAS | The Brazil / China Relationship
    MARCUS FREITAS is a visiting professor at the China Foreign Affairs University. Prof. Freitas brings a fresh perspective to our show as our first Brazilian guest (and the first with whom Yingying could practice her Portuguese). Our show topic only hints at the range of our talk; we had an engaged, eclectic conversation, and look forward to having him back on the show in the future. Visit howchinaworkspodcast.com for more - and Happy Holidays!
    1 hr
  • DAVID CHUNG | AI-ECG
    DAVID CHUNG is the US Head of AI for Carewell, a medical devices and solutions company focused on heart health. David is using AI to help create wearable devices to monitor a wide spectrum of factors for at-risk people to provide an early-warning system to help avoid and treat a heart issue BEORE it happens. He’s doing the good work and we were glad to have him on the show. Find him on LinkedIn at on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmtchung/ and learn more about the show at howchinaworkspodcast.com
    49 min
  • CORDELL CARTER | Education and Leadership
    Cordell Carter is a lawyer, former Eisenhower Fellow, tech founder, and a graduate of The Socrates Program who now works at The Aspen Institute himself, helping to train emerging leaders. In his own words, he’s entirely “self-contrived”, having harnessed an innate desire to maximize his impact to build an impressive life and career for himself. He’s particularly passionate about helping young African-American men to also see their futures as being global in scope, which lead to him creating The Sophomore Project to bring them to China. Cordell shares many insights that we think are crucially important for to take to heart, so we hope you enjoy listening. Learn more at howchinaworkspodcast.com
    52 min
  • JAY THORNHILL | Baopals

    Jay Thornhill is a co-founder of Baopals, a website designed to help English-speaking expats in China access the wonderful world of shopping available on Chinese-only Taobao and its sister site, TMall. Their success story is really inspiring, and Jay’s insights gleaned along the way are priceless. Also this week we debut a NEW FORMAT for the show that we would love your feedback on. Learn more at howchinaworkspodcast.com!

    54 min
  • FRANK MÜLLER | The Bridge To Luxury

    Yingying sat down with Frank Müeller on the sidelines of the 2019 Horasis China Meeting to discuss his company, The Bridge To Luxury, a consulting firm assisting companies working in high-end products and services markets. It was a brief but fascinating talk, densely packed with Müller’s insights into not just the luxury industry but the changing landscape of the country’s evolving middle-class also. More information on the company can be found at http://www.thebridgetoluxury.com. 

    20 min
  • VINCENT YIP and PETER CHEN | How China Works LIVE! at Stanford University
    Today’s show was recorded live at Stanford University and features our guests Vincent Yip and Peter Chen. This is the 2nd of 3 live shows we did in the US this Fall. Don’t forget to visit howchinaworkspodcast.com for more!   SEARCH our show everywhere or LISTEN to “How China Works” here: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-china-works/id1440747395  ALL PLATFORMS: http://howchinaworks.libsyn.com
    1 hr 24 min

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Yingying Li & Brendan Davis use a hybrid East-West perspective to help foreigners become China smart and Chinese people go global.