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China Watch

The Epoch Times

“China Watch” is a weekly deep dive that pulls back the curtains on one of the world's most enigmatic powers. Join Epoch Times contributor Terri Wu as she deciphers where China is headed next and how its politics, technology, and business affect Americans.

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86 episodes

  1. ‘Redeem My Soul’: Why a Chinese-Born Filmmaker Took On Beijing’s Forced Organ Harvesting 50:41
  2. What China’s Big Leadership Meeting Tells Us About the CCP’s Future 23:11
  3. Succession—the CCP Edition 32:07
  4. Japan’s Red Line on Taiwan, and Why Its China Trade Boom May Not Last, ft. Stephen Nagy 1:00:03
  5. China’s Banks Built the Boom. Now, They’re Hiding the Bust. 18:24
  6. China's Rare Earth Control Is Fading—How We'll Know When It's Over 51:22
  7. Spy Hunting During Xi’s Visit to Washington—Terri Wu Style 22:25
  8. Drained Gift Cards: Inside the Fraud DHS Says Funds Fentanyl and Human Trafficking 15:54
  9. Back to Mao: China's Playbook for Taking What's Yours 23:03
  10. The Honeytrap That Reached Capitol Hill: Fang Fang, Swalwell, and China's Election Playbook 42:32
  11. The Hidden China Factor in the US-Canada Trade War 30:49
  12. The Million-Dollar Question: Will Taiwan Fight If Mainland China Invades? 36:45
  13. Degrading China’s Supply Chain—Battling for the Spirit of a Nation 27:07
  14. Could China Cut Off Taiwan? War Games Test the Scenario 18:21
  15. Beijing’s Hidden AI Playbook—Why the Latest ‘Win’ Is Not What It Looks Like 21:31
  16. Fired for Talking: The Leak That Exposed China's Dam Secrets 19:38
  17. Xi Is All In on AI. Can China’s Economy Fund That? 25:11
  18. 10 Years After Tribunal’s Ruling: Keeping the South China Sea From Becoming the Next Hormuz 11:26
  19. My Own Kingdom: A Chinese Immigrant's Tribute to America's 250th 7:41
  20. When Biotech Purifies Rare Earths—Outdeveloping China in Its Key Industry 43:36
  21. Rare Knowledge About Rare Earths—the Hope, Solutions, and Imminent Threat 56:37
  22. A Strange Email, a Five Eyes Warning, and the New Front Line of Chinese Espionage 35:14
  23. How America Keeps Getting China Wrong—And How China Can Get It Right 1:05:11
  24. ‘Sea Blind’ to China’s Threat, and Waking Up To It 23:52
  25. Why China Is Finally Closing a Side Door It Tolerated for Years 20:46
  26. What Does US–China ‘Constructive Strategic Stability’ Look Like? 20:51
  27. Entangled Combat: The Chinese Style of Competition Washington Should Understand 22:12
  28. On Shadow Fleets, ‘Teapots,’ and Layered Approaches to Avoiding Sanctions 28:58
  29. Why a Once-Taboo Topic on China Is Now a US Bestseller 45:25
  30. The Battlefield Vulture—China’s Postwar Build-Back Playbook 22:35
  31. Learning Machines or Machine Learning? How Education Shapes the U.S.–China Tech Race 37:55
  32. Beijing Is Facing the Biggest Challenge to Its Soft Power 25:02
  33. When China’s Growth Deflates to Zero—What It Means for the US 21:02
  34. The Villain’s Dilemma—The Trouble of Soft Power With No Support System 14:09
  35. China Sets Lowest Economic Growth Target in Decades—What It Doesn’t Want You to Know 21:06
  36. Is the Iran War All About China? 17:06
  37. Activating, Countering a ‘Dragon Vein’ Linking Asia, Europe 18:42
  38. The ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ of China’s Critical-Mineral Monopoly 1:07:22
  39. A New Lunar Year, a New Co-Host, and a New Look: Discussion on Propaganda 57:44
  40. Connecting Dots—Seeding Future Leverage Against China 23:06
  41. A Shifting Global Order: Why Greenland Is at the Center, Where We Are Heading 26:11
  42. Encircling the US: What Would a China-Occupied Greenland Look Like? 27:23
  43. What’s China’s Stake in Iran? It’s Not Oil. 20:37
  44. Maduro’s Capture and the Unmasking of China’s ‘Anti-Stealth’ Promise 19:29
  45. Inside China’s Mixed Military and Political Messaging 23:24
  46. How China Spies in America: The Whole-of-Society Model Operation 53:32
  47. Deciphering Shifts in National Security Strategy, Toward the Americas and China Alike 25:04
  48. A Setting Sun on Local Government Infiltration—The Case of Linda Sun 54:10
  49. Behind the Sino-Japanese Clash: How an Assertive Japan Upends China’s Strategy 26:05
  50. Delisting Chinese Companies to Stop ‘Funding Our Demise’ 22:01