ChinaTalk explores China's tech scene, economy and politics. Guests include policy analysts, business professionals, journalists, and academics. I’m your host Jordan Schneider, a fellow at the American think tank CNAS. I lived in China in the 2010s and previously I worked at the Rhodium Group, Kwai, Bridgewater, and the Eurasia Group.
The Chinese Communist Party’s relationship with private enterprise follows a recurring cycle of accommodation and reprisal, forcing businesses to prioritize short-term political alignment over long-term productivity. This dynamic, coupled with the state’s shift from real estate-led growth to massive, often inefficient,...
The upcoming U.S.-China summit serves primarily as a stage for political optics rather than substantive policy progress, reflecting a broader, unstable "K-shaped" relationship. While high-level engagement attempts to project stability, structural competition and adversarial actions continue to drive the downward trajec...
The podcast explores the complexities of the CHIPS Act, examining its goals of bolstering economic and national security through semiconductor manufacturing. It questions how to define and measure economic and national security, particularly in the context of U.S.-China competition. The discussion highlights the "four ...
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