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Kurt Campbell on Grand Strategy & the Future of US-China
30% off to celebrate ChinaTalk’s 300th episode! “I don’t think the Chinese believe in any way that they have elements of decline in their system.”
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Jordan Schneider
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Ryan Hauser
How To Win The AI Race
Diffusion>R&D. It won’t just be OpenAI and Deepmind to take you to the promised land!
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Jordan Schneider
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Huawei’s Breakthrough: The Strategic Implications
Where do export controls go next? Is a credible Chinese AI chip coming down the pipeline? Plus: “Did Raimondo really endorse Huawei? And how much was…
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The ChinaTalk Podcast: Where to Start
ChinaTalk has a podcast with 275 episodes you should really be listening to!
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Jordan Schneider
The Average Chinese City
An essay on a small-town living in modern China
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Irene Zhang
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Kurt Campbell on Grand Strategy & the Future of US-China
30% off to celebrate ChinaTalk’s 300th episode! “I don’t think the Chinese believe in any way that they have elements of decline in their system.”
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Jordan Schneider
EU-China EV Slugfest: Are the Gloves Coming Off?
The European Commission’s assertive new subsidy probe shows that the balance of power in the EU is shifting on trade defense.
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Nicholas Welch
Purges! The Curious Case of the Disappearing Commanders
How Xi’s second corruption crackdown spells long term trouble for China's military
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Matthew Bruzzese
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Huawei, SMIC, and Future of Export Controls: SemiAnalysis and Fabricated Knowledge in Conversation
“There isn’t just that forward-thinking of where the ball is going to; instead, it’s constantly looking back at where the ball was.”
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Irene Zhang
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Jordan Schneider
Export Control Drama + Anime Industrial Policy
A Trashy drama about EUV machines and how the Imperial Japanese propaganda machine helped birth the country’s animation powerhouse
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Jordan Schneider
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Irene Zhang
How ERNIE, China's ChatGPT, Cracks Under Pressure
The ChinaTalk team speed-runs a ban
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Irene Zhang
Taiwan’s AI Courts + Taipei Meetup Sept 5
What happens when justice is delivered at the speed of AI
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Nicholas Welch
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