Mimi Lau and Kinling Lo speak with fellow journalists at the South China Morning Post, one year after our first podcast reporting on the coronavirus outbreak which became a pandemic. Simone McCarthy details the latest on the WHO investigation team which has landed in mainland China and what they hope to find; video journalist Thomas Yau discusses his return to Wuhan one year after being among the first journalists to head in to the city; Finbarr Bermingham analyses the impact of the pandemic on…

Analysis of China's five Covid-19 vaccines now in the final phase of testing, and plans for global distribution. Kinling Lo speaks with Josephine Ma about vaccines developed by Sinovac, CanSino, Sinopharm and Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical, comparing their designs and test results in south east Asia and Brazil. Simone McCarthy reports on Xi Jinping's plans for these vaccines to be a 'global public good', which nations are ordering these vaccines, and the logistics needed to inocculate…

Is the US trying to contain Huawei - or kill it? SCMP tech editor John Artman analyses the increasing US sanctions on Huawei's access to high-tech tools and silicon chips and what it means for the company's existence, while Vancouver-based senior reporter Ian Young reports on the two year anniversary of the continuing extradition trial of Huawei CFO Meng Wangzhou, courtroom revelations and the impact of China's 'hostage diplomacy', imprisoning Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor…

Kinling Lo looks at vaccine success and the issues ahead: SCMP China desk editor Josephine Ma previews the supply chain issues for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, price comparison with others as well as China's vaccines on the verge of official approval. Earth A.I CEO John Ricketts reports on global online sentiment analysis of the extent of 'vaccine anxiety', concerns over Chinese made vaccines and the response for calls to make vaccines a condition of international air travel. Tech reporter…

What will change after four years of Trump's inflammatory anti-China rhetoric, ruinous trade war, and escalating technology war against Chinese companies? Mimi Lau and Kinling Lo speak with SCMP Washington bureau chief Robert Delaney about how the incoming Biden administration will change tack in its policies to China, how the new Secretary of State Antony Blinken will differ from Mike Pompeo and the background as to how the mood in Washington has fundamentally changed about what China means to…

Despite 'China' being a huge US election issue, not much was said about how Chinese Americans might vote - and election analysis spent very little time on the complexity of the 11 million Asian Americans casting their vote. Mimi Lau speaks with a first time voter, a radio veteran, Jeff Yang from the 'They Call Us Bruce' podcast and comedian Joe Wong about the impact of Trump's anti-China rhetoric, the power of Andrew Yang's run for nomination and how Black Lives Matter helped galvanise a…

Hundreds of thousands of people in mainland China have already received Covid19 vaccines.  Josephine Ma details the enthusiasm for Chinese people to pay to take vaccines that are still classified as 'experimental' in phase 3 trials, and of countries like Brazil and Indonesia preparing to import large amounts of Chinese made vaccines. Simone McCarthy analyses the detail of China signing on to the WHO's global Covax agreement for vaccine distribution, and the reality of global supply chains…

Mimi Lau and Kinling Lo analyse the deal announced between the Vatican and Beijing over the nomination of Roman Catholic bishops in mainland China and to reveal the broader links to the US presidential election. Why has US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo been so against it? How will this affect the lives of the estimated 12 million Catholics in mainland China? With expert analysis from Franesco Sisci, sinologist with the Renmin University of China and Lawrence C Reardon, associate professor of…

Mimi Lau and Kinling Lo analyse the US presidential election from a Chinese perspective: what have trade war and the escalating tech war done to the Chinese economy, and would a potential Biden presidency be any different? Has the Republican strategy to 'blame China' worked? Does Beijing want Trump to continue America's decline, does Joe Biden's personal relationship with Xi Jinping count for much and how will the court hearing into the TikTok ban one week after the election mean? SCMP…

This year's Mid Autumn Festival coincides with China's national day and its 'Golden Week' holiday. SCMP Political Economy editor Zhou Xin breaks down why this makes for a test of Beijing's economic strategy and political management of the pandemic; Beijing-based culture reporter Elaine Yau discusses how Beijingers are planning to celebrate their Golden Week and food reporter Bernice Chan unpacks the meaning of the iconic moon cakes, and how they are evolving - with new visions of mooncakes…