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Produced by the Asia Global Institute, a multidisciplinary think tank at The University of Hong Kong, AsiaGlobal Podcasts offer Asian perspectives on global issues through conversations with scholars, experts, policymakers and professionals from around the world.

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Have China-US Relations Turned a Corner? | Johanna Costigan, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI); William Heidlage, Bower Group Asia 09.08.2023 1:08:28

A conversation with Young China Watchers Johanna Costigan Research and Editorial Associate, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Writer and editor on China technology Member, Global Editorial Board, Young China Watchers (YCW) William Heidlage Senior Director, Bower Group Asia Global Executive Director, Young China Watchers (YCW) Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalIn... Twitt...

China's Challenges and the Challenge of China: Beyond the 20th Party Congress| Ann Listerud, Strider Intelligence; Jason Li, The Stimson Center 23.09.2022 1:17:27

A conversation with Young China Watchers Ann Listerud Analyst Strider Intelligence Jason Li Research Associate, East Asia Program The Stimson Center Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-su...

China’s Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants | Andrew Collier, Orient Capital Research 01.09.2022 52:13

AsiaGlobal Podcast Andrew Collier Managing Director and Founder Orient Capital Research Hong Kong Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com “China’s Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants” is available on Amazon and other platforms: https://amzn.to/3wHYkkV Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute Li...

India 75 Years After Independence | Vasuki Shastry, Chatham House 25.08.2022 54:30

AsiaGlobal Podcast Vasuki Shastry Associate Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Programme Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) Read AsiaGlobal Online articles by Vasuki Shastry: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/author/vasuki-shastry Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.c...

How Southeast Asia Governs Climate Change | Jens Marquardt, Laurence L Delina and Mattijs Smits 27.07.2022 59:51

Meet the Authors Jens Marquardt Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt Laurence L Delina The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Mattijs Smits Wageningen University & Research Southeast Asian countries play a pivotal role in the fight against climate change, taking care to balance economic progress with climate-friendly development. Jens Marquardt, Laure...

Abe Shinzo: Japan’s master politician leaves a void | Leonard Schoppa, University of Virginia 14.07.2022 1:11:05

Meet the Author Leonard Schoppa Professor of Politics University of Virginia Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/death-japans-master-politician-leaves-void Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/compan...

“Fake Foreigner”: Veteran journalist Jaime FlorCruz on his student days at Peking University and China today 14.07.2022 56:44

AsiaGlobal Podcast Jaime FlorCruz Journalist, China watcher and author of The Class of ’77: How My Classmates Changed China Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-subscribe

The Social Impact of the Olympics: The Quest for Unity in Diversity | Yuhei Inoue, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 24.01.2022 52:24

Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/tokyo-olympics-and-japans-quest-unity-diversity Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/agi-yt-subscribe

China and the Gulf Nations in a Changing World: The Opportunities and Challenges of Deeper Engagement | Ebrahim Hashem, 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute 20.10.2021 56:20

Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/china-and-gulf-nations-changing-world-opportunities-and-challenges-deeper-engagement Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/a...

Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Perspectives on the Ground | Jason Yip, 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow 15.10.2021 1:00:38

With the withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan and the collapse of the Washington-supported government in Kabul, the Taliban have moved quickly and effortlessly to retake control of the country. The central Asian nation is heading into a new yet familiar chapter in its tortured history, writes 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow Jason Yip, who served there from 2013 to 2015 as a delegate of the...

Turn to the East: Russia’s View of the Indo-Pacific | Anna Kireeva, Moscow State Institute of International Relations 30.09.2021 1:06:04

Russia is a Pacific power, pursuing its own pivot to Asia. Anna Kireeva of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations examines Moscow’s relationships in the region particularly its growing alignment with Beijing and its skepticism of the emerging “free and open Indo-Pacific” concept promoted by the United States. Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/en...

The Most Vulnerable: The Pandemic’s Impact on Bangladesh’s Garment Workers | Nancy Reyes Mullins, Salil Tripathi and Sanchita Banerjee Saxena 21.09.2021 1:10:44

Meet the Authors Nancy Reyes Mullins Independent researcher Salil Tripathi Senior Adviser, Global Issues Institute for Human Rights and Business Sanchita Banerjee Saxena Director Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies University of California, Berkeley Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/most-vulnerable-pandemics-impact-bangladeshs-garment-wo...

American Foreign Aid and its Consequences for Human Rights Protection in Southeast Asia | Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme Jr, Lecturer, Leiden University 31.08.2021 57:33

Meet the Author Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme Jr University Lecturer Institute for History Leiden University Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/american-foreign-aid-and-its-consequences-human-rights-protection-southeast-asia Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https:/...

India's Covid-19 Crisis and the Failure of the Educated | Preeti Singh, Writer and Communications Strategist 09.06.2021 51:22

Meet the Author Preeti Singh Writer and Communications Strategist, Delhi Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/covid-19-crisis-and-failure-educated-india Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/247...

Dazed and Confused: In the Philippines, a Divided Administration Confronts and Appeases China | Renato Cruz De Castro, De La Salle University 08.06.2021 41:26

Meet the Author Renato Cruz De Castro Distinguished Professor in the International Studies Department Dr Aurelio Calderon Chair in Philippine-American Relations De La Salle University, Manila Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/dazed-and-confused-divided-duterte-administration-confronts-and-appeases-china Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Foll...

North Korea-US Relations: Making Progress Down the Hard Road to Denuclearization | Dan Leaf, Lieutenant General (Retired), US Air Force 21.05.2021 53:20

Meet the Author Dan Leaf Lieutenant General (Retired), US Air Force Oslo Forum Peacewriter Prize 2017 Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/vaccine-valor-making-something-out-nothing-north-korea Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute Link...

Climate Security: Challenges for South and Southeast Asia | Rachel Fleishman, Center for Climate and Security and Sarang Shidore, Council on Strategic Risks 27.04.2021 58:52

Meet the Authors Rachel Fleishman Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Center for Climate and Security Sarang Shidore Senior Fellow Council on Strategic Risks Senior Research Analyst Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/climate-security-growing-military-concern-policymakers-should-heed Subscribe t...

To Boost Vaccine Confidence Requires Politics – Alongside Science | Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) 15.04.2021 1:06:11

Meet the Author Dr Khor Swee Kheng Associate Fellow Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) Senior Visiting Fellow United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: http://bit.ly/ago-boost-covid-vaccine Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/...

Has Asia Lost It?: The Region’s “Eight Circles of Hell” | Vasuki Shastry, Chatham House 31.03.2021 1:10:37

Meet the Author Vasuki Shastry Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/asian-century-long-way Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute Linked...

Lessons from Women-Led Healthcare Innovation in Africa | Michael Seo, Founder and Director, ReaMedica Health, Kenya 24.03.2021 58:41

Meet the Author Michael Seo Founder and Director, ReaMedica Health, Kenya Read the full article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/untapped-potential-lessons-women-led-healthcare-innovation-africa Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/...

Technology and Great-Power Competition in Southeast Asia | Elina Noor, Deputy Director and Director, Political-Security Affairs, Asia Society Policy Institute 18.03.2021 45:01

Meet the Author Elina Noor Deputy Director and Director, Political-Security Affairs Asia Society Policy Institute Read the full article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/what-missing-debate-technology-southeast-asia Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https...

Going Viral: Cyber Warfare and the Ethic of Cooperation | Yvonne Chiu, Associate Professor, Strategy and Policy Department, US Naval War College 05.03.2021 56:56

Meet the Author Yvonne Chiu National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Associate Professor, Strategy and Policy Department, US Naval War College Read the full article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/going-viral-cyber-warfare-and-ethic-cooperation Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: h...

Philanthropy in Post-Pandemic China: Driving Sustainable Development | Rui Wang, Asia Global Institute and Minne Deng, UNDP 09.02.2021 51:29

Meet the Authors Rui Wang 2019 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong China representative, GlobalGiving Consultant, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Minne Deng Program coordinator, China, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) During the fight against Covid-19, philanthropy in China demonstrated how it was capable of providing swift and effective re...

Social Welfare in China: Poverty Alleviation, Safety Nets and the Pandemic | Joe CB Leung, The University of Hong Kong 04.01.2021 1:08:07

Meet the Author Joe CB Leung Honorary Professor Department of Social Work and Social Administration The University of Hong Kong Read Joe’s AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/could-china-adopt-universal-basic-income-social-protection-policy Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: h...

Asian Corporate Law in a Post-Covid-19 World | Roza Nurgozhayeva, Nazarbayev University 09.12.2020 54:59

Meet the Author Roza Nurgozhayeva Vice President-General Counsel Nazarbayev University Read Roza’s AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/asian-corporate-law-post-covid-19-world Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linke...