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“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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Japan has a new prime minister, and she’s upending the political tradition that has guided geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.China is already dealing with the chaos imposed by President Donald Trump’s trade tactics. Now, it has the added pressure from Sanae Takaichi, the Iron Lady of Japan.Listen as Terri hears from experts, including one who attended the same prestigious institute as Takaichi. Learn what to watch for and analyze for China’s hegemony, or lack thereof, in the future.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
The financial information of Chinese companies is a black box. Yet these companies enjoy preferential access to U.S. capital markets.How did it happen, and why was it tolerated?For decades, China has been taking advantage of leniency and the openness of America’s market system. And it’s coming to a point where action needs to be taken.Join Terri as she analyzes the predatory investment tactics China has used to intertwine itself with the U.S. economy and reap benefits in an all-too-cunning manner.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
Although a new trade truce was set, most analysts overlooked one critical part of the agreement.That agreement is all about shipping. But its broader consequence is global control over the oceans and seas. And whoever controls the waters will become the leading world power.Now that China is the top ship builder in the world, by a large measure, what does that mean for the United States?Join Terri as she connects the dots on how the United States is countering the Chinese regime's massive shipbuilding capacity, both domestically and through its allies.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
It almost sounds like tabloid gossip to say, “Wow, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said something nice about President Donald Trump!”If it were any other political circumstance, it may just be gossip, but this is coming from the head of the Chinese Communist Party, who, according to one expert, has never uttered such words about any American president.What is the significance of that, and especially at this time? And even more importantly, who won this round of trade talks, and how can we be sure?Find out as Terri explains and hears from experts in this episode of China Watch.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
It’s easy to say that another country is weak, vulnerable, or unable to win in a confrontation. But what about when those claims are backed up by concrete numbers?In this episode, Terri converses with Alexander Campbell, who has an extensive history in global macro investing and a penchant for analyzing both numbers and strategy. In his book “China Can’t Win,” he describes through various lenses, such as Game Theory methodology and hedge fund experience, how one can conclude that the Chinese Communist Party is more economically vulnerable than it’s letting on.Find more about this episode’s guest on Alexander Campbell’s Substack.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And what may be the key to U.S.–China relations now and in the future is the temptation for both sides in the Pacific Ocean.Join Terri as she discusses the significance of the island of Taiwan, and how important it is to both the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Here’s a hint: It’s not about semiconductors.Find out what’s at stake for the future of both leaders and countries in this episode of “China Watch.”Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
A hallmark of communist rule is constant internal struggle and infighting. And it’s not just person to person, it’s entire groups, like gang warfare hidden beneath the veneer of unification.And while knowing that fighting may be interesting in and of itself, those conflicts can now directly impact the money of Americans. Listen as Terri Wu describes who the factions are, and how they battle for territory and control, like martial artists in underground fighting rings, and most importantly, how those fights are impacting U.S. markets, and how China watchers can know what to keep their eyes peeled for.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
China has chosen to play hardball with the United States, using its biggest trade weapon—rare earths.Join Terri as she deciphers the sudden escalation in the U.S.–China trade war and Beijing’s motivation behind it.What does this mean for the U.S. tech sector? Why did it happen during the government shutdown? And will the U.S. response be enough?Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
China has been encroaching on the distant coasts of Alaska, and the U.S. Coast Guard has been loud about it during the summer.Join Terri Wu as she analyzes what is happening in the far North, as nations jostle for both economic and military control of the Arctic Circle. Receding ice from longer seasons is making the frozen ocean viable for more consistent access, and China wants a piece.Listen to how the United States is responding, and why this frozen wasteland, or what lies beneath it, is so valuable.Included below is the link to the polar shipping routes promised in the episode: https://transportgeography.org/contents/chapter1/transportation-and-space/polar-shipping-routes/ The names of the five most significant ports along Russia’s Arctic coastline are Murmansk, Sabetta, Arkhangelsk, Tiksi, and Uzhden.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
Chinese money laundering networks (CMLN) put about $2 trillion of illicit money back into the global financial system each year, according to John Cassara, a former Treasury special agent and the author of “China-Specified Unlawful Activities: CCP Inc., Transnational Crime and Money Laundering.”That’s on par with Russia’s GDP, which is the 11th largest in the world.Think of how much underlying crime $2 trillion of money laundering can support annually.Join Terri to explore the brief history of CMLNs, their potential threat to U.S. national security, and hear experts’ recommendations on the next steps.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
It’s one thing when massive debt is public for the world to see and know. But what happens when mountains of debt are secretly issued and traded under the table?That’s what Terri is looking at this week: how China’s secret local-government finance industry is keeping the entire economy bound together, in terms of both keeping it afloat and holding it back.Where does it come from? What does it do? And what does it mean for the rest of the people in China, and even the world looking in from the outside?The video post mentioned in the show: https://x.com/whyyoutouzhele/status/1960869950333083801Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
The COVID pandemic lockdowns may feel like a long-gone memory at this point. But for today’s guest, it was a major event that triggered her decision to leave her motherland, perhaps for good.Join Terri as she talks with Elena Yan, a former government worker in China. Her work mandated her to join the legions of the white-clad men and women who forced daily COVID tests on her fellow citizens. That, and more, drove Elena’s decision to leave. Terri learns just how common Elena’s experience is among the greater populace under the regime’s control.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
While the most talked-about topic from the Chinese Communist Party’s military parade this month was the infamous “hot mic” moment, its meaning is much more subtle than it appears on the surface.This week, Terri talks about how the hot mic conversation between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on organ transplantation may have been completely intentional.Why would the regime allow such a seemingly unprofessional gaffe to happen, and about such an uncommon topic as longevity?Terri answers all that and more in this episode of China Watch.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
There was much stir about the Trump administration taking a stake in Intel. But was it for the right reasons? While many people were caught up arguing over “state capitalism,” the real issue may be how this confronts China.The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may be looking to monopolize the global chip-manufacturing supply chain. Capturing Taiwan, for example, the world’s breadbasket for state-of-the-art chips, has been on its agenda.Terri describes how the United States’ stake in Intel may be its way of hedging its bets against the CCP taking control of that vulnerable supply chain. Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
For those who haven’t heard the term “lying flat,” it’s how Chinese people describe a passive mindset of giving up on life. Some call it a lifestyle. Now, it’s evolving into something bigger: a way to take advantage of China’s debt system.Join Terri as she shares the story of a typical young Chinese family, whose life she has tracked over the past two years, and connects their lot in life to macroeconomics.Hear from today’s interviewee, “Randy,” as he describes how he’s fighting the Chinese Communist Party the only way he knows how under the rule of the regime.But Randy is not alone. It’s a new trend catching on in China.Randy’s identity has been kept anonymous for this episode due to the high risk of retaliation he could face at home.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
While Beijing sees America as an adversary and the “Make America Great Again” movement as a threat, it is unwittingly helping the United States achieve some of its America-first policies.Join Terri Wu as she discusses how the actions of China’s ruling communist party, under leader Xi Jinping, are goading the American economy back in a direction of manufacturing and self-reliance.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
China’s export economy relies on the United States, and they’ll do anything to keep that, including getting around tariffs.That’s what Terri is talking about today: trans-shipments. It’s a system of getting around tariffs.But one American business is doing everything it can to lead the charge in ending such unfair trade practices. Unfortunately, it’s hardly that easy.Hear how Chinese shippers are taking advantage of America’s current system, and what’s being done to fix the situation.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain
The Chinese Communist Party is met with adulation by some and fear by many. But the regime, and those who use the theory of communism in its many warped forms, have their own fears as well.Join Terri as she looks at some of the major fears of the Chinese Communist Party and how these impact the country as a whole, as well as the man leading it.See if you, by the end, come to the same conclusion as Terri as to what the greatest fear of the Chinese regime is.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
Two Chinese Americans visiting China are stuck there due to exit bans that the regime imposed on them, according to recent news reports.Exit bans are just one physical manifestation of the omnipresent controls that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) imposes on society.The term “exit ban” in Chinese has many layers of meaning.Join Terri for an analysis of what these are and how Chinese people are fighting back against the CCP’s invisible prison.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
From a cultural perspective, Americans are quite different from the people of China, whether it’s in daily habits or how they interact with others. But in a very special way, there's one group of Americans that is similar to mainland Chinese: the New Yorkers. It has to do with how they understand business.And because Chinese mainlanders and New Yorkers intuitively know what it takes to strike deals, one particular man from New York seems to be piercing through the Chinese Communist Party’s trade tactics—simply by being himself.Join Terri for an analysis of why President Donald Trump has a unique perspective in handling the Chinese regime, and why the new stablecoins law pulls the rug from under the CCP and puts it on the defensive.Views expressed in this episode are opinions of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.—Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to terri.wu@epochtimes.com.Enjoyed this podcast? Follow China Watch for a peek behind the red curtain.
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