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We discuss Xinjiang, the Belt and Road Initiative and our new multipolar world with Hussein Askary, Vice Chairman of The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden. He describes his recent trip to Xinjiang and the transformative power of global development within the context of the Modern Silk Road.
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The US TikTok ban will affect one out of every two Americans in the US. Has the US abandoned freedom of speech? What will happen to the US economy? Will other companies fear investing in the US? We break it down.
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Visiting Assistant Professor at Vassar College in New York joins us to discuss a tour that university students took across China. We talk about their first impressions and the rural and urban spaces in the country.
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If you are okay with working 12 hour shifts 6 days a week, in a lot of countries, with the right education, you can make big bucks. But is it worth it?
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China’s President Xi heads to Europe with a stop in Serbia. We spoke to Nik Stankovic, an expat in China from Serbia, on his thoughts on the Belt and Road, and Chinese investment in Serbia and Europe.
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According to China Daily, Giant Pandas are no long an endangered species. But thousands more species are in peril. How will human lives be impacted if we lose just some of them?
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More than 60 million U.S. households are at the risk of being kicked off their internet plans or facing skyrocketing bills. Those most likely to be affected are veterans and the elderly. Does it really make sense in 21st century America?
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Carlos Martinez, author of The East is Still Red, joins us to discuss China's efforts in creating a just economy. How can the success of China's poverty alleviation campaign help in transforming the developing world? Listen in.
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The Singaporean CEO of TikTok has been grilled by a xenophobic Congressional panel twice so far in the U.S. Shortly after, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was met by cheering crowds in Shanghai. Which nation is the hostile one to foreign companies?
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We are Joined by Carl Zha of Silk and Steel Podcast to discuss our new multipolar world. We talk about why the US economy is slowing down behind China, and what the US can do in the new international order.
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Americans tip when they're not supposed to in China. Chinese tourists spend on luxury items abroad they might not buy back home. We put our travel habits side by side and see who is easier to identify.
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We are joined by economist, Professor Warwick Powell. He explains in detail how China's economy is really doing. We discuss the context in which China is developing.
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Countries around the world are adopting, testing and embracing the four-day work week for office employees. From AI to increasing productivity, we look at a dozen countries and a dozen reasons why this might be the future.
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Globally, most of us are back at the office and a familiar work-place woe is also returning: burnout. According to the BBC, burnout “is a very serious condition.” We all know the feeling. But how do we recover and better yet, how do we avoid it?
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Shaun Gibson is a self-described “visually impaired British musician living in China.” Shuan travels around doing live shows, filming videos, and adventuring throughout China. He’s very popular on Chinese media platforms such as Douyin where he has one million followers. Shaun tells us his story.
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US and China are set to increase direct flights between the two countries from 35 per week to 50. Will the increase in ease of travel encourage more people-to-people exchanges, the main ingredient in fostering mutual understanding?
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With Sino-US diplomacy warming, the US is eagerly back at the table, to get more pandas. China could soon send two pandas to the San Diego Zoo. Is Panda Diplomacy back? Beibei and Jason discuss the possibility.
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Today with us is Ben Norton, an investigative journalist and analyst. Ben is the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report. He lived in and reported from Latin America for several years, and is now based in Beijing, China. He discusses how so many western reporters get China’s economy so wrong. What is the future of the US, China and Europe in a quickly changing world?
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We are joined by Mitchell Presnick, an American who is a Visiting Fellow of Practice at Harvard, founder of Super 8 Hotels China, 35-year resident of Beijing and Hong Kong. We ask him about China's economy and more.
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According to the BBC, 63% of new home buyers are now jointly signing mortgages. Given the dramatic increase in the cost of both renting and buying a home, is jointly buying a home with family or friends the new way into the property market?
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