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Today the Evenstar Institute launches its latest research, measuring and understanding China’s influence in one of the world’s most strategically important regions, Southeast Asia. (A summary of the report can be found here.) Join Sam Olsen and Stewart Paterson as they discuss the findings and resulting policy recommendations.

Hello and welcome back to What China Wants. Today we interview Rebecca Ray from the China Overseas Development Finance database to discuss about China’s overseas aid, and what this means for both Beijing’s influence and the world in general.

Hello and welcome back to What China Wants. We discuss the current state of Russia-China relations with Sarah Kirchberger.

Hello and welcome back to What China Wants, joined today by Professor Jinghan Zeng to discuss Chinese New Year.

In today’s What China Wants episode we review China’s 2022 and its relations with the rest of the world. We also look forward to what we can expect from 2023.

Hello, Happy New Year, and welcome back to What China Wants. In today’s episode we are joined by Michelin-starred chef and anthropologist Andrew Wong to look at what is probably the first aspect of Chinese culture that most people around the world encounter: its food.

Hello and welcome back to What China Wants. In today’s episode we talk to the author of Slow Chinese, Andrew Methven, on how Christmas is celebrated in China.

Hello and welcome back to What China Wants.

In today’s episode Stewart and Sam speak to one of the leading thinkers on technology policy, Rob Atkinson from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). An old friend of the show, Rob joins us to talk through the realities of what British Prime Minister calls for a “Nato for tech” to counter Chinese influence.

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In today’s episode Stewart and Sam speak to the Evenstar Institute’s Director of Research, former LSE academic Dr William Matthews, about the paper that Evenstar just published. “An Overlooked Risk: China’s Indirect Influence Over the United Kingdom’s National Security Supply Chain” shows how the UK’s national security supply chain is heavily exposed to China in three separate ways: directly, indirectly (through third party countries that may be heavily influenced by Beijing), and through China’s strong position in the global logistics network.

Hello and welcome to Episode 28 of What China Wants. Today we ask noted macro investor Meyrick Chapman if US monetary policy is actually increasing Chinese influence worldwide.