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Deepseek: The Quiet Giant Leading China’s AI Race
Annotated translation of its CEO's deepest interview
 • 
Jordan Schneider
, 
Angela Shen
, 
Irene Zhang
, 
Yiwen
, and 
Nicholas Welch
2
DeepSeek: The View from China
China's takes are better than yours
 • 
Jordan Schneider
, 
Irene Zhang
, 
Angela Shen
, and 
Yiwen
5
DeepSeek: What the Headlines Miss
Posting will continue until the takes improve
 • 
Jordan Schneider
16
Rickover’s Lessons
"The status quo has no absolute sanctity"
 • 
Lily Ottinger
 and 
Charles Yang
17
Kotkin on China: Communism’s Achilles’ Heel, Deterrence, and Learning from the USSR
“You can’t be half Communist, just like you can’t be half pregnant.”
 • 
Nicholas Welch
 and 
Jordan Schneider
1
New Chip Export Controls and the Sullivan Tech Doctrine with Kevin Wolf
How the US intends to outpace China in force-multiplying technologies
 • 
Jordan Schneider
 and 
Irene Zhang
3
Tim Walz on China
Featuring his 6/4 Wedding Anniversary and the Dalai Lama
 • 
Lily Ottinger
14
Kamil on Nukes and Civil War in Russia
"Foreign policymakers are unwilling to have serious discussions with anyone except for basically the most liberal opposition, who just want to keep the…
 • 
Jordan Schneider
 and 
Irene Zhang
6
DeepSeek's Secret to Success
How it broke the China tech mold
 • 
Jordan Schneider
15
EMERGENCY POD: MAGA: A Guide for the Perplexed
With Tanner Greer of Scholar's Stage
 • 
Jordan Schneider
, 
Lily Ottinger
, and 
Nicholas Welch
2
Taiwan’s Election Explained
Green Pol vs. Blue Prof on the Republic of ChinaTalk
 • 
Nicholas Welch
How to Lose a Tech War
Xi couldn't be happier with student deportations
 • 
Angela Shen
 and 
Jordan Schneider
11
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