The Bridge

Joining us is Cyrus Janssen, who has been traveling between China and the U.S. for more than twenty years. He explains how the superpowers can work together, if they make the right moves.

Joining us today is the British author Carlos Martinez. We ask about the self-discipline of the Communist Party of China, (CPC). He explains how Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is still socialism and what China’s rise means for the West and the world.

Joining us is Mitch Presnick, a pioneer in bringing the Super 8 hotel brand to and expanding it across the Chinese market, and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. He explains the nuanced ways in which the US and China are already interdependent, and what that means for our future and world.

Joining us today is Dr. Warwick Powell—Queensland University of Technology academic, policy advisor, and media commentator—on the trillion-dollar question facing Chinese investment in America. Chinese firms may want in. But, as he explains, Washington's behaviour could make the risk too high. Money may be ready to move; politics may not.

Joining us today is political commentator Einar Tangen. We ask him if the world will become more peaceful or more volatile in the new world of multipolarity. Tangen explains how global governance might just preserve the peace.

Joining us today is Dr. Josef Mahoney, an American professor in China teaching politics and international relations. We discuss how laws are made in China and the nature of Sino-US relations.

Joining us today is Dr. Steven Keen, Honorary Professor at University College London, who famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis years in advance. He discusses how China’s economy works and why it has left the West behind.

Business researcher Ryan Milton just returned from a two-week trip across China—and what he saw changed how he thinks about peace, diplomacy, and America's future. In this episode, he makes the case that a peaceful foreign policy isn't a concession but a strategy: one that makes the United States stronger.

Former British police officer Jerry Grey cycled more than 40,000 kilometres across China — alone. What he discovered along the way bears little resemblance to the China of Western imagination. In this episode of The Bridge, he shares what he saw, who he met, and why he believes the West has China all wrong.

Joining us today is Carl Zha — American geopolitical commentator and host of the Silk and Steel podcast. He argues that China is, in fact, the incumbent economic superpower. When it comes to Beijing's global strategy, he explains, the core priority is simple: maintain global stability, keep the peace, and above all — keep business moving.

Joining us today is Mario Cavolo, an American author, speaker, and media commentator who has lived in China since 1999. We discuss the USA, China, and the possibility of building lasting peace.

We interview Dr. Barry Sautman, an expert on China’s minorities. He explains how there is no genocide, nor is there any sort of cultural genocide. Rather, the entire narrative is a tool of the US government to hurt China’s image in the international community. Listen to this.

We interview seven-time Member of Parliament, George Galloway. He explains that the fall of the West is due to bad policies, which, if reversed, could arrest the decline. The way forward: learn from China.

We ask Dr. Michael Dunford from UK about the emerging multipolar world order. He explains how China’s rise is the most important development since 1492. We discuss China’s economy and the fall of the North Atlantic empires.

What can the U.S. learn from China's economic model? Dr. Yan Liang, economist at Willamette University and the Levy Economics Institute, cuts through Western media narratives to reveal the real story behind China's housing market, savings culture, and AI boom. From a carefully managed property correction to open-source AI that's shaking Silicon Valley's investment bubble, this conversation challen...

We ask economist Dr. Warwick Powell why Western media misunderstands China’s economy. Why have decades of reporting on China in the West missed the picture? We tell you exactly why they just don't get it.

American youtuber and business commentator Cyrus Janssen joins the show to discuss how China has changed over his 20 years coming here. We talk robots, industrial clusters, AI and getting into business in the fastest growing major economy in the world.

Daniel Dumbrill, a Canadian businessman and YouTuber, joins the show. A frequent traveler to China's minority regions, he offers an honest assessment of the current state of Tibetan language, culture, and religion, as well as the conditions of Uygurs, Mongolians, and other ethnic groups across the country's vast expanse.

Our Beijing based guest Beibei joins the show to discuss the viewpoint of Chinese people on China, the CPC and China’s rise. She discusses her youth in Wuhan, moving to the USA, and her return to China. We ask her about what Chinese people think about China’s rise.

Economist and journalist Ben Norton explains how even the USA is preparing to copy China’s industrial policy model. We ask him about China’s role in global development, and whether the US stock market may collapse.

Joining us today is Fernando Munoz Bernal, a Colombian influencer who has lived in China since 2000. He talks about how China has changed, and what Chinese people really think about their government.

Joining us today is Nick Cruse, a citizen journalist, writer, and co-founder of the Revolutionary Blackout Network. Nick explains how the successes of China’s rise fit into the debate about the future of the West. Don’t miss this one.

Joining us today is Carl Zha, a Sichuan-born Chinese-American political commentator, raised between China and the United States, with education at Caltech, and living in Bali. He tells us the story of the PRC’s rise to geopolitical superpower.

According to Statista Consumer Insights, three of ten Americans can't afford to go on a vacation these days. The reality is that many of these same people have no time off from work, in a country which has no mandatory vacation days. What's the view from China? Find out more with Alex and Jason.

Joining us today is Carlos Martinez, a British Marxist writer, researcher, and anti-imperialist activist. He’s the author of The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century and co-editor of Friends of Socialist China.