The US-China Podcast

How has China added so much green energy to its grid in such a short time? As energy demand increases in China's industrial, commercial, and residential sectors, energy providers are adding wind and solar sources to the grid at record rates. However, China's power sector needs to manage the precarious balance between market liberalization, decarbonization, and energy security to ensure everyone, f...

🚨 Check out the new  China & the Hill Legislation Database ! 🚨 China & the Hill is now on  Substack China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U...

Daniel Kritenbrink delivered the 2025 Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American Relations in Shanghai on October 27. Now in its fourteenth year, this annual lecture affords the opportunity for a frank and forthright discussion of current and potential issues between the two countries; it is the first and only ongoing lecture series on U.S.-China relations that takes place on the Mainland. Daniel...

🚨 Check out the new  China & the Hill Legislation Database ! 🚨 China & the Hill is now on Substack China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U....

China & the Hill is now on  Substack !  China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

What factors are driving China's military modernization and how are the U.S. and Chinese militaries dettering each other from a military conflict? Joel Wuthnow  joined us in  May 2025 to discuss these questions. Learn more about the speaker and watch the videos on military modernization and deterrence . This interview is part of our  Faultlines series that examines the strategic differences betwee...

How has U.S. defense policy responded to China's rise as military power in the Indo-Pacific and how do nukes fit into discussions of deterrence? Oriana Skylar Mastro  joined us in  April 2025  to discuss these questions. Learn more about the speaker and watch the videos on  military modernization  and  deterrence . This interview is part of our  Faultlines series that examines the strategic differ...

China & the Hill is now on  Substack !  China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

How does the Chinese government view American cultural products and what is the role of journalism in China? Zhifan Luo joined us in  May 2025 to discuss narratives about America in China and the difference between institutional and independent journalism in China. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video  here . This interview is part of our  Faultlines series that examines the strategic...

How does the American government view Chinese people and products and how has this view changed as U.S.-China relations have changed? Viola Zhou joined us in  April 2025 to discuss how curiosity towards China turned into skepticism. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video  here . This interview is part of our  Faultlines series that examines the strategic differences between the United St...

How does religion work in China? Officially, the government recognizes five religions, but people and their practices don't fit neatly into these categories. Spiritual folk traditions are widely practiced and look like religious activity, but the Chinese government labels these actions as " intangible cultural heritage ," sometimes supporting and subsidizing them. However, the government still vie...

China & the Hill is now on  Substack !  China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

China's soft power strategy has been largely unable to resonate with global audiences, but Labubus have taken the world by storm. From Thailand to Texas, Pop Mart stores are popping up to satiate consumers' desire for these collectable toys. Contrary to state-backed soft power strategies, Labubus tapped into organic market-driven trends, such as blind-box culture, to reach a wide and dedicated aud...

China & the Hill is now on  Substack !  China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

How does China want the world to work? Beijing views the current global governance system as one that skews unfairly in favor of Western powers. China seeks to reshape the dynamics in international organizations in pursuit of its own goals , mimicking the multilateral foreign policy that the United States pursued during the Cold War . However, unlike the United States, China prefers to build econo...

What is global governance and why does the United States care about it? Esther Brimmer  joined us in  June 2025 to discuss the United States' role in global governance systems and what future realms of global governance can look like. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video  here . This interview is part of our  Faultlines series that examines the strategic differences between the United...

China & the Hill is now on Substack !  China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

On June 22, 2025, the United States launched a preventive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, a decision that reverberated beyond the Middle East . How might this action reshape thinking about deterrence in the Taiwan Strait ? The strike has raised broader questions about U.S. strategy, the credibility of its security assurances , and the potential role of preventive military force in future conf...

How is the United States trying to grow and safeguard its economic strength? Wendy Edelberg joined us in  June 2025 to discuss the United States' role in the global economy and what the U.S. trade deficit with China means. Learn more about the speaker and watch the video here . This interview is part of our Faultlines series that examines the strategic differences between the United States and Chi...

China & the Hill is now on Substack! →   This week's edition China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

Basketball is more than a favorite American pastime. It has expanded into a global cultural movement that combines sports, fashion, and lifestyle. Chinese players such as Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin drew attention to untapped basketball talent in Asia and helped bring basketball culture to China. The Asian University Basketball League (AUBL) taps into that energy through elevating Asian university-lev...

China's GDP is projected to reach $25.83 trillion USD in 2030, as it continues to grow at a faster rate than the United States'. China's role in the global economy has shifted from "The World's Factory" to a technological and economic powerhouse . Yet, China's economy operates differently than Western ones – raising questions of how these divergent economic models will either coexist or clash . Ho...

China & the Hill is now on Substack! → This week's edition China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .

Critical minerals have become a cornerstone of economic and geopolitical competition, essential to technologies from EVs to advanced defense systems . China's dominance in the sector reflects decades of strategic planning and global shifts in supply chains. This conversation examines how China attained its current position, the scale of its capacity, and why these minerals are so vital to national...

China & the Hill is now on Substack! →   https://ncuscr.substack.com China & the Hill  is a weekly  newsletter  covering Washington DC's China-focused debates, actions, and reactions. Readers will receive a curated digest of each week's most pressing U.S.-China news and its impact on businesses and policy, and can listen to the top stories in podcast form on the  U.S.-China Podcast .