How will Joe Biden handle China if he wins a second term?
President Biden is pursuing re-election for a second term, urging voters to give him four further years. He has promised a thaw in relations with China, yet intense competition between the superpowers...
13 Jun 202315min
Canada’s Clashes with China
There are allegations that China has been interfering in the Canadian political system and preventing free speech. In the spring of 2023, Canada expelled a Chinese diplomat, alleging that he had been ...
6 Jun 202313min
Will there be a thaw in US-China relations?
When Joe Biden went to Hiroshima for the G7 summit in May, he declared that there will soon be a thaw in relations between the US and China. Dialogue has increased but some fundamental disagreements s...
30 Mai 202314min
De-risking and decoupling - what do the terms really mean?
Every field has its jargon and the field of Sinology - or China studies - has many special terms. Two terms which are in common use at the moment are de-risking and decoupling but their precise meanin...
23 Mai 202313min
China’s fraught relationship with the G7
Previous summits of G7 leaders have rebuked China’s actions in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, and have berated its relationship with Russia. In this podcast, Dr. Moritz Rudolf from Yale Law School’s Paul Tsa...
16 Mai 202314min
What is South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol's view on China?
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol received widespread praise in the international media for his historic five day state visit to the United States in April 2023. Joe Biden reassured Mr Yoon that A...
9 Mai 202314min
Is the British government betraying Hong Kong?
The British government appears to be taking a position of "robust pragmatism" towards China. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says the UK should not "pull the shutters down". However, in Hong Kong, re...
2 Mai 202314min
China and Australia - A relationship in flux
Australia is facing the most challenging strategic circumstances since the second world war, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. His government has labelled the intense competition between C...
25 Apr 202314min
