Chinese Whispers
A podcast hosted by Cindy Yu on Chinese politics, society, and more.
China has quietly taken over America’s food supply
The CCP is eating our farmland for breakfast
China
Is South Korea bracing for a third Trump-Kim summit?
Donald Trump’s meeting with President Xi was the standout moment of this month’s Asia-Pacific leaders’ summit in South Korea. Yet almost as much attention focused on the rumours that Trump’s gaze had turned once again to North Korea. Addressing suggestions he would meet Kim, the American President told reporters, ‘I’d be open 100 per cent. I get along very well with Kim Jong Un.’ A meeting never materialised, but speculation – and tension – has only grown since. Days after Trump’s departure, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived as part of his own tour of Asia. In Seoul, he became the first defence secretary in nearly eight years to visit
A rare earths deal is China’s gift to Trump
Though he received no presents from Xi, Trump clearly enjoyed cavorting abroad and collecting tribute
How powerful is the China-Russia alliance?
In the new global order, the US must pivot away from Europe
Today
Trump is playing geopolitical Monopoly with Greenland
Donald Trump is playing hemispheric monopoly. Depending on what day of the week it is, the President’s focus alternates between Venezuela, Canada, the Panama canal – and for the last twelve months or so, Greenland. Given what Trump and his team have said over the past week, their acquisition plans for the island are well advanced. But why exactly does he want Greenland? The world’s largest island is an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark and is about three times larger than Texas. While the term du jour is geopolitics, perhaps the most plausible reason for why Trump is gunning for Greenland is ego-politics. We have a president eager
Wednesday
Is China funding the climate lobby?
Western climate policy practically invites bad actors
Thursday
China bans Boeing in targeted trade war shot
Boeing was expecting to deliver 8,485 planes over next two decades
Wednesday
China’s BYD could kill Tesla
The evidence is mounting that China’s EVs aren’t just more affordable; they’re also superior in performance
Thursday
Is the Trump administration ready to stop Chinese espionage?
It’s hard to exaggerate how bad the China spying problem is
Thursday
China’s response to Trump’s tariffs marks a dramatic escalation
The new cold war is heating up
Friday
Why we must not forget Hong Kong
Jimmy Lai has scant hope, barring a Trump intervention, of regaining his freedom
Tuesday
Hong Kong justices decide to keep Jimmy Lai in jail
Six other activists will remain in prison after being sentenced for campaigning during anti-government protests
Friday
China’s slow but sure infiltration of America
The overall threat of the CCP is a hybrid one that involves crime, counterintelligence and cybersecurity
Monday
Explaining China’s IP problem
The country has never respected international Intellectual Property laws. Now, it’s finding that a problem
Tuesday
Ex-TikTok employees sound the alarm over ties to China
‘I literally worked on a project that gave US data to China’
The fight to curtail TikTok’s US influence
The danger of the app’s mind-altering effects is far more immediate than those of nicotine, drugs and alcohol
Thursday
How actually to compete with China
Can America avoid the coming Solyndra hydra?
Thursday
China will miss Henry Kissinger
He dedicated a great part of his life to bettering the Sino-American relationship
Tuesday
Biden and Xi will resolve nothing in San Francisco
US-China relations have gotten worse since their last meeting, not better
Friday
Is California the new China?
Governor Gavin Newsom now wants to bring a CCP-like ‘social credit system’ to the Golden State
Wednesday
Democrats bring a CCP-tied witness to education hearing
Worrying about China’s influence in US education is racist, Gisela Perez Kusakawa testified
Thursday
Why is America is giving up our panda to China?
The panda-nappers are paying for the farewell party!
Tuesday
Where is today’s equivalent of the Free Tibet movement?
It’s impossible to imagine a ‘Stop Uighur Genocide’ concert headlined by Beyoncé, The Weeknd or Ariana Grande
Thursday
How China is trying to buy up American farmland
It’s a food and national security Trojan Horse
