Live From Paris: Is China’s Consumer Sector Really That Bad?
China’s consumer economy is doing very poorly if you look at it one way: low consumption, deflation, and overcapacity. But popular — and successful — global brands like Anta Group and Popmart seem to ...
24 Heinä 19min
The Company that Cried Huawei
Before Nvidia won approval to sell more chips to China, it first told the U.S. government that Huawei sales would soar if it was kept out. This week, Noah Berman joins fellow journalist Rachel Cheung...
10 Heinä 9min
The Organization at the Heart of China's Tech Complex
China’s leading science organization does much more than spearhead basic research. It runs universities, advises the government, and incubates leading technology companies in frontier areas such as qu...
26 Kesä 15min
Whatever Happened to Jupiter?
Jupiter Systems is an American company that makes video screen technology for the U.S. military. In 2024, the government discovered something shocking — it had been sold to a Chinese tech company year...
19 Kesä 18min
China's AI Pains and Gains
AI is driving layoffs and discontent across the United States. China wants to avoid the same problems — or is it already too late? Reporter Rachel Cheung and editor Tom Mitchell discuss her recent ar...
12 Kesä 17min
How the PLA Tried To Get Nvidia's Chips
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! For years, the United States has tried to stop China from getting its most advanced chips out of concer...
5 Kesä 21min
When the Chips Are Down, Turn to China?
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! The world is facing a global memory chip shortage, with companies scrambling to buy what they can. The ...
29 Touko 11min
The New AI Winners: Picks and Shovels
SALE: We’re offering your first month of The Wire China for just one dollar. More details below! Move over, DeepSeek and Minimax. Investors are flocking to a new set of AI winners: the Chinese manufac...
22 Touko 16min
