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Catherine, David and Matt catch up on everything that's happened so far in Tokyo and Beijing as well as some bits of tennis news. Part one (00:00 - 40:40) We start by discussing titles for Daniil Medvedev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina before getting in to the tough transition from Laver Cup to the Asian Swing, with lots of early exits for those players. Plus, Carlos Alcaraz wins a fun one against Alex Michelsen and could be on a collision course with Arthur Fils, while Novak Djokovic has struggled through a couple of matches in Beijing in front of an adoring crowd. There's also updates on how the Race to Turin is shaping up, Felix Auger-Aliassime hiring Ivan Ljubicic, and a special scene in Tokyo for the retiring Kei Nishikori. Part two (40:41 - 50:10) WTA Beijing still has a long way to go but we discuss some of the main headlines so far, including defeat for Jasmine Paolini and what we can expect from Aryna Sabalenka as the season winds down. Part three (50:11 - 1:20:35) There's chat about Alcaraz's support for best of five set tennis, some subtle changes to the WTA Calendar in 2027, a blow for the slams and tours in their legal battle with the PTPA, and an important and moving post from Emma Navarro about her health struggles. Finally, support Matt in Wrexham's version of the One Point Slam on Monday 19th October! Tickets cost less than £10 and are on sale here. For ad-free listening and bonus content, Become a Friend.Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Cut The Faff t-shirts are here!Talk tennis with Friends on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Barge! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (daily at Slams and weekly the rest of the year, featuring Matt's Stat, mascot photos, Fantasy League updates, and more)Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@thetennispodcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's ev.news Briefly for Sunday 13 September 2026, only todays headlines and nothing else, in just 4 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show.Patreon supporters fund this show, get the episodes ad free, as soon as they're ready and are part of the ev.news Community. You can be like them by clicking here: https://www.patreon.com/evnewsAION UT ARRIVES IN UK FROM £28,950AION has launched the UT electric hatchback in the UK from £28,950, offering 268 miles of WLTP range, 30-80% charging in 24 minutes and UK-specific chassis tuning. Its strongest differentiator is the transferable Great 8 Promise covering warranty, servicing, roadside assistance and MOTs for eight years, aimed at reducing concerns over buying and later reselling a relatively unfamiliar Chinese brand.DPD UK ORDERS 341 MERCEDES-BENZ ESPRINTER VANSDPD UK has ordered 341 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter vans, taking its electric fleet beyond 4,000 vehicles and extending battery-electric delivery operations into larger vans and longer routes around London and elsewhere in Britain. The order suggests improving battery range, payload capability and UK licensing rules are making full-size electric vans practical for a broader range of commercial delivery work.EU DRAFT AIMS TO FAVOUR EUROPEAN EV SUPPLIERSThe European Commission has proposed procurement rules allowing public authorities to favour European suppliers by considering resilience, industrial capacity and fair competition alongside price when buying products including electric buses, chargers and municipal EV fleets. The draft could disadvantage some Chinese suppliers, but European-built vehicles from companies such as BYD may still qualify depending on final rules governing product origin and European component content.EU DRAFT SEEKS EUROPEAN PREFERENCE IN BUS TENDERSEurope's proposed procurement reforms distinguish between where a company is headquartered and where its products are manufactured, meaning Chinese-owned manufacturers with EU factories could potentially remain eligible for public contracts. For companies such as BYD, European production may therefore become increasingly important not only for tariffs and supply chains but also for maintaining access to taxpayer-funded transport and fleet tenders.ALSTOM AND TRANSPENNINE PLAN 29 BATTERY-ELECTRIC TRAINSAlstom and TransPennine Express plan to introduce 29 battery-electric Adessia Stream trains from 2034, designed for long-distance UK routes with around 300 passengers and speeds of up to 110 mph. The programme would move battery propulsion beyond current UK trials and retrofits into purpose-built mainline passenger trains, while also supporting production and employment at Alstom's Derby facility.LAWMAKER ASKS NHTSA TO ACT ON TESLA FSDUS Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi has asked federal regulators to examine whether Tesla does enough to prevent misuse of Full Self-Driving and Autopilot after NBC identified videos and police cases involving drivers apparently sleeping or becoming distracted while the systems operated. Tesla requires drivers to remain attentive and uses cameras and other monitoring measures, but the question now facing NHTSA is whether those safeguards adequately prevent foreseeable misuse.PURPOSE ENERGY PROPOSES PERTH-BUNBURY HEAVY-VEHICLE CHARGING NETWORKPurpose Energy has proposed an AU$137 million electric-truck charging corridor between Perth and Bunbury, with hubs at Forrestfield, Rockingham and Picton offering 12 charging bays each alongside two battery-swapping stations. Backed by logistics operator Centurion, the proposal will first test fleet demand and could demonstrate whether shared high-capacity infrastructure is more practical than individual operators building expensive charging facilities at separate depots.CHINA POLICY SEEKS STRICT CONTROL OF NEW INDEPENDENT EV-MAKER APPROVALSChina has set 2030 targets for new-energy vehicles to reach 70% of domestic passenger-car sales and 40% of commercial-vehicle sales while tightening approval of new independent manufacturers and encouraging consolidation through mergers and the closure of inefficient capacity. With NEVs already accounting for 65.2% of domestic passenger-vehicle sales in August, the policy signals that Beijing's next priority is managing competition, industrial discipline and global scale rather than simply stimulating EV demand.

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down Friday's action across the ATP and WTA Tours. He marvels at the continued excellence of Arthur Fils. He also breaks down a jampacked day of Women's action in Beijing, offers his thoughts on Djokovic's three-set victory over Bu, plus SO much more!! Episode Notes ATP Tokyo - 2:30 WTA Beijing - 15:55 ATP Beijing - 23:10 WTA 125Ks + ATP Challengers - 28:40 Laurel Springs Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential. Find Cracked Racquets Website: https://www.crackedracquets.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/crackedracquets Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackedracquets Facebook: https://Facebook.com/crackedracquets YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/crackedracquets Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1767 ARABIACONTENTS-THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 9-30-2026Oil Prices Defy Market ReportsMichael Bernstam examines a major disconnect between oil reporting and market conditions, where crude oil benchmark prices remain extremely high at $103.50 per barrel despite reports that most Middle Eastern oil is back on the market. Up to 17.1 million barrels per day are moving via alternative routes, such as the Omani route and Saudipipelines, protected by the U.S. Navy. Meanwhile, global oil reserves were depleted by 57 million barrels, and China has resumed imports to refill its reserves. Furthermore, European countries like Germany are seeking energy partnerships with Kazakhstan to bypass Russian political and economic dependence. (1)Hijack Attempt Aboard FlyDubai FlightBill Roggio analyzes an incident aboard a FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv where a co-pilot attempted to crash the airplane after stabbing the pilot, but was subdued by courageous passengers and crew. Roggio critiques the label "lone wolf," noting that it often dangerously disassociates attackers from broader terrorist networks, much like historic cases linked to radical planners. The discussion highlights strict security protocols for Israeli flights and raises serious questions about how a weapon was smuggled past screening. Separately, British authorities arrested individuals connected to state-sponsored Iranian threats, illustrating persistent global security risks amid early reporting uncertainties. (2)Aging Triad Demands Urgent ModernizationPeter Huessy reflects on Cold War civil defense drills and stresses the urgent necessity of modernizing America's aging nuclear triad. The U.S. military currently operates 42-year-old submarines, 55-year-old Minuteman III ICBMs, and 70-year-old B-52 bombers that risk rusting into obsolescence without modernization. Huessy details historical arms control pacts, noting how exiting the 1972 ABM Treaty allowed the U.S. to build defensive interceptor systems against emerging missile threats from states like North Korea. Facing nuclear build-ups and aggressive posturing from Russia, China, and North Korea, the U.S. relies on extended nuclear deterrence and allied cooperation to maintain strategic stability. (3)Beijing Blocks Second Thomas ResupplyCaptain James Fanell, co-host Gordon Chang: Fanell discusses aggressive Chinese maritime tactics in the South China Sea, where a coordinated force of three PLA Navy warships and eleven Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels blocked two small Philippine Coast Guard vessels resupplying the grounded outpost Sierra Madre. This blockade broke a series of fifteen successful resupply missions conducted since July 2024, demonstrating Beijing's willingness to violate international agreements and its own signed code of conduct. Fanell notes that internal purges of over one hundred senior military officers in Beijing have not disrupted the execution of these coordinated bullying operations against neighboring sovereign nations. (4)US Navy Protects Hormuz TransitRebecca Grant, co-host Gordon Chang: Grant refutes Iranian propaganda claiming disruption of U.S. Fifth Fleetoperations near the Strait of Hormuz. Grant explains that Iran lacks precise real-time tracking capabilities to target agile, fast-moving American destroyers and aircraft carriers operating in deep zone defense formations. Even if foreign satellites provide imagery, targeting data quickly becomes stale and ineffective. Under U.S. Navy protection, between 10 and 20 million barrels of oil per day continue to transit safely out of the Gulf. This maintains an effective economic blockade on Iranian exports while keeping vital global shipping lanes secure. (5)Trump Meets Xi In WashingtonCharles Burton, co-host Gordon Chang: Burton evaluates the summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders in Washington, describing it as a diplomatic spectacle that delivered virtually no substantive policy agreements. Critical issues like artificial intelligence safeguards, Taiwan's sovereignty, and trade imbalances were completely omitted, handing Beijing a domestic propaganda victory. Burton also examines Canadian political dynamics under Mark Carney, where public sentiment has grown increasingly nationalistic and supportive of trade diversification toward Europe and India. This shift comes in response to economic pressure, U.S. tariffs, and covert intimidation operations conducted by Chinese state agents on Canadian soil. (6)Greenland Defense Strategy Secures NorthBradley Bowman highlights Greenland's vital geographic role in North American defense, dominating the GIUK gapand providing early warning detection against Russian and Chinese missile threats. While recent defense agreements properly expand radar facilities and military infrastructure, Bowman argues that coercive political tactics unnecessarily strained relations with Denmark, a steadfast NATO ally. Effective Arctic defense requires the three-D kill chain: detect, decide, and deliver. Because the U.S. lacks sufficient icebreakers and polar infrastructure, deep defense cooperation with Arctic allies like Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Canada remains indispensable for hemispheric security. (7)Private Enterprise Advances Space ExplorationBob Zimmerman highlights major developments in commercial space flight and astronomy. SpaceX achieved orbit on its 14th Starship test flight, deploying 26 Starlink version 3 satellites before completing soft vertical ocean splashdowns. Boeing and NASA agreed on an unmanned cargo mission to test fixes for Starliner thruster and corrosion issues. Meanwhile, Blue Origin raised $10 billion to advance New Glenn development under CEO David Limp. NASA's Perseverance rover resumed updates after surveying Jezero Crater for drilling. Finally, the James Webb Space Telescope detected heavy elements in early galaxies, challenging current cosmological models. (8)European Commodity Prices Rise Sharply — Guest: Simon Constable Simon Constable discusses global commodity trends, European political shifts, and artificial intelligence infrastructure. Brent crude has risen to $97 per barrel, while European diesel prices surged to $9.52 per gallon, placing severe economic strain on consumers and agriculture. Critiquing British politics under the Labour government, Constable expresses concern over heavy taxation, public debt, and bloated social welfare spending. Turning to artificial intelligence, Constable notes that while new data centers bring needed financial investment to rural communities, their rapid expansion raises widespread anxiety over massive power consumption, with facilities now using over 4% of U.S. electricity. 9Examining Wealth Inequality And Innovation — Guest: David Henderson David Henderson contrasts market innovation with political cronyism when evaluating wealth inequality. Rebutting Thomas Piketty's proposal for uniform wealth taxation, Henderson demonstrates that entrepreneurs like Robert McCulloch or Elon Musk created fortunes by delivering superior products that immensely benefited consumers. Citing research by William Nordhaus, he notes that innovators retain only 2.2% of the value generated by their innovations, with 97.8% flowing directly to consumers. Conversely, wealth acquired through government favor and anti-competitive restrictions harms consumers. Henderson concludes that heavy taxation on wealth discourages capital investment, productivity, and real wage growth. 10

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief:• The diplomatic channel with Iran remains open, with Qatar carrying messages between Washington and Tehran even as the U.S. imposes another round of sanctions.• U.S. forces are leaving Iraq after more than two decades, raising concerns that Iran-backed militias or ISIS could exploit the resulting security vacuum.• Pakistan says it will defend Saudi Arabia against the Houthis by “whatever means are available,” raising the possibility that Islamabad could become directly involved in the widening conflict.• Britain says a Beijing research institute is secretly operating as a front for Chinese intelligence, targeting sensitive technology and expertise from Western institutions.To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com.Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybriefHomeServe: Protect your home systems from expensive repairs with https://HomeServe.com/dailybriefand get 50% off your first year of coverage.Lean: Get 20% off plus free rush shipping when you go to https://TAKELEAN.com and use code PDBCardiff: Get fast business funding without bank delays—apply in minutes with Cardiff and access up to $500,000 in same‑day funding at https://Cardiff.co/PDB

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Over the course of just a few months, artificial intelligence has become one of the most central issues, and one of the most fraught issues, in the relationship between the United States and China. Policymakers in Washington and in Beijing simultaneously worry about which country's tech sector has the advantage and wonder whether the search for advantage will itself lead to catastrophe for both countries and everyone else. Recent bilateral meetings, including the one last week between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, have yielded only minimal progress toward cooperation—agreement to start talking about talking about AI. Kyle Chan is a fellow at the Brookings Institution. Helen Toner is executive director of Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology. Both fairly uniquely combine deep knowledge of AI and deep knowledge of China, which they bring to their work in Foreign Affairs and beyond. Dan Kurtz-Phelan spoke with Chan and Toner about how the two countries think and approach AI, with real differences as well as some new convergences; what it means to compete; and what it will take for the United States and China to find some way to reduce the biggest risks. You can find sources, transcripts, and more episodes of The Foreign Affairs Interview at https://www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/foreign-affairs-interview.

In this episode of Pekingology, Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute and co-author of the new book China's Global Strategy under Xi Jinping, to discuss China's ambitions under Xi Jinping and the ideas shaping Beijing's approach to the world. They discuss the importance of Xi's personal worldview in understanding Chinese foreign policy, how his consolidation of power has changed foreign policy decisionmaking, and the role of regime security, ideology, and nationalism in shaping China's national interests. The conversation also explores why China's vision for a new international order is inherently global, how the Global South concept has become central to China's broader ideological ambitions and engagement with the world, and how Xi's recent focus on economic and technological power supports China's pursuit of global preeminence.

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin breaks down Thursday's action across the ATP and WTA Tours. He marvels at the numerous Men's upsets in Tokyo and Beijing. He also breaks down his favorite Beijing R1 results and previews his favorite R2 battles for the women, plus SO much more!! Episode Notes ATP Tokyo - 2:45 ATP Beijing - 27:50 WTA Beijing - 34:05 WTA 125Ks + ATP Challengers - 38:50 Laurel Springs Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential. Find Cracked Racquets Website: https://www.crackedracquets.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/crackedracquets Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackedracquets Facebook: https://Facebook.com/crackedracquets YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/crackedracquets Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week James is joined Sir Chris Hoy, who if you haven't heard of him was a pretty good cyclist in his day. Chris won six Olympic gold medals and one silver on the track, spanning four Olympic Games including that incredible week at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where Chris won golds in the Team Sprint, Individual Sprint and Keirin as Team GB notched up a staggering 14 cycling medals, cementing Britain as a cycling powerhouse and putting cycling into the mainstream in the process.In this episode, Chris discusses that day in Beijing as well as many other memorable moments, like sitting trackside in Athens watching world records get smashed over and over until it was his turn to compete; turning up in Japan to learn to race Keirin at Japanese Keirin school; a love of coffee that meant he never travelled anywhere without his espresso machine and grinder, and his even bigger love and respect for cycling compatriot and maverick record breaker, Graeme Obree; and which of his teammates rode with different length cranks without even noticing.Chris also talks about his Stage 4 cancer diagnosis and how prostate cancer affects men and what men can do to catch it early. We also talk about how you can support Chris's annual charity ride, Tour de 4, which raises money for cancer research and care, and which this year saw 191 riders with Stage 4 cancer join thousands more as they cycled and raised nearly £3 million for charity, taking Tour de 4's total to a staggering £5.8 million in two years.You can check your risk of prostate cancer in under 30 seconds at prostatecancer.org/risk-checker and you can donate to Tour de 4, or sign up for next year's event at tourde4.comChat begins at 11:10.----------------This episode is brought to you by Rouvy, the indoor riding platform that makes indoor rides look and feel real, from smashing up the Sa Calobra to group rides around Vietnam to Rouvy Fest, which this year takes place between 12th and 25th October and will include a host of special group rides including tackling Mount Teide in Tenerife, riding the shores and hill of Lake Garda in Italy and puffing up dust on the Strade Bianche chalky road of Tuscany. All this plus special ride guests telling stories and answering questions as they pedal, challenges, rewards and giveaways, and the Rouvy Fest Race, a huge single race where the competitive spirit meets fun and inclusive vibes. See Rouvy.com for more details, including how to sign up for a free month using the code KEEPITREALCYCLIST------------------Did you know Cyclist is also stunning monthly print magazine?Subscribe now at store.cyclist.co.uk/cycpod and get every issue for less than in the shops, delivered straight to your doorWe're also a really lovely website about everything road cycling and gravel. Check us out at cyclist.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Drunken Boxing Podcast #069 - Tomasz TwardowskiTomasz Twardowski originally hails from Poland, and began training with Yin style Bagua Zhang master, Zhu Baozhen, in the year 2000. Tomasz lived and trained in Beijing as a closed-door disciple of Zhu Baozhen. Tomasz currently still lives in Beijing.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Zhu Baozhen: The Fighting Methods of Yin Fu's Bagua Zhang - Part Onehttps://youtu.be/0P-xlNZTbkI* RARE 1991 BAGUA ZHANG FOOTAGE: Yin Fu's Bagua Zhang - Part Twohttps://youtu.be/i1jDceDju5M* RARE 1991 BAGUA ZHANG FOOTAGE: Yin Fu's Bagua Zhang - Part Threehttps://youtu.be/FFiLajOTavQ* Bagua's Sixty-Four Hands - Learn Authentic Kung-Fu Applicationhttps://youtu.be/y7undW-hySg* Woman Warrior of Xingyi Quan - Wu Tiexian (1) - Xingyi Quickiehttps://youtu.be/KHfuU9P4BkE* Liang Style Bagua Zhang Volume One - Foundational Practices available through the Mu Shin Martial Culture Website: https://www.mushinmartialculture.com/shop/p/liang-style-bagua-zhang-vol1-paperback* New Shaolin Kung Fu and Shaolin Temple Apparel!https://www.mushinmartialculture.com/shop/p/shaolin-retro-nes-teehttps://www.mushinmartialculture.com/shop/p/shaolin-temple-retro-tee---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚫ Support this channel and all my projects: https://www.patreon.com/mushinmartialculture ⚫Give us a tip/donation: https://tinyurl.com/mu-shin-tip ⚫ Learn martial arts from me via my Hua Jin Online Learning Program available through the above listed Patreon platform. For more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE1x_-jw-wQ ⚫ Check out my awesome merchandise!: https://www.mushinmartialculture.com/shop----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Drunken Boxing Podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/the-drunken-boxing-podcastRSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/d5c0c08/podcast/rssFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Drunken-Boxing-Podcast-801368680265940----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Mushin Martial Culture: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mushinmartialculturceFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MushinmartialcultureTwitter: https://twitter.com/Mushin_MartialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mushinmartialculture/Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-drunken-boxing-podcast----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music in this episode:White Bat Audioby Karl Casey @ White Bat AudioIntro/Outro Music Information: Artist: Mujo情 Track Title: Wu Dang Mountain Pt.2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0vg08N1z9G9LrGLkG1nNDS?autoplay=true&v=ABandcamp: https://mujobeatz.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-forestInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mujobeatz/Used with permission from Mujo情

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Rediscovering Roots: A Mid-Autumn Evening in the Forbidden City Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2026-10-01-22-34-01-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 秋天到了，天安門城樓上的紅燈籠亮了起來，燈火輝煌。En: Autumn has arrived, and the red lanterns on the Tiananmen tower have lit up brilliantly.Zh: 北京的故宮在月光下顯得格外莊嚴。En: The Forbidden City in Beijing appears particularly solemn under the moonlight.Zh: 中秋節來臨，在這個傳統節日，故宮裡到處是人聲鼎沸，月餅的香氣四溢。En: As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, this traditional holiday fills the Forbidden City with bustling crowds and the fragrant aroma of mooncakes.Zh: 李偉是來自上海的工程師，他心中一直渴望與自己的家族文化有更深的連結。En: Li Wei is an engineer from Shanghai who has always longed for a deeper connection with his family culture.Zh: 這次旅行到北京，他決心在故宮度過中秋節，希望能夠在這裡找到心靈的安撫。En: On this trip to Beijing, he is determined to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Forbidden City, hoping to find peace for his soul there.Zh: 當李偉走進故宮時，他被成群的人流和氛圍包圍，心中卻有種莫名的孤獨。En: When Li Wei steps into the Forbidden City, he is engulfed by the throngs of people and the atmosphere, yet he feels an inexplicable loneliness.Zh: 他漫步在宏偉的庭院中，試圖感受先祖們的存在。En: He wanders through the grand courtyards, trying to sense the presence of his ancestors.Zh: 但這份感覺似乎一直若隱若現，令他質疑自己是否在這宏大的歷史中有立足之地。En: However, this feeling seems elusive, leading him to question if he has a place in this vast history.Zh: 夜幕降臨，李偉碰到了陳蓉，一位熱情的故宮導覽員。En: As night falls, Li Wei encounters Chen Rong, an enthusiastic guide at the Forbidden City.Zh: 她告訴李偉，這一晚會有一場特別的燈籠儀式，將在夜色中進行。En: She tells Li Wei that there will be a special lantern ceremony that night.Zh: 李偉心中猶豫不決，不知道自己是否能融入這個節日的核心。En: He hesitates, unsure if he can immerse himself in the core of the festival.Zh: 然而，他最終決定留下來，參加這儀式。En: Nonetheless, he ultimately decides to stay and participate in the ceremony.Zh: 他站在紫禁城的庭院裡，凝視著天上的圓月，四周的燈籠在微風中輕輕晃動，讓人心生寧靜。En: He stands in the courtyard of the Forbidden City, gazing at the full moon above, while the lanterns gently sway in the breeze, offering a sense of tranquility.Zh: 儀式中，李偉邂逅了一位講故事的老人，國峰。En: During the ceremony, Li Wei meets an elderly storyteller, Guo Feng.Zh: 國峰用低沉的聲音講述著中秋的傳說，以及李偉的家族如何在故宮的歷史中留下一筆。En: With a deep voice, Guo Feng narrates the legends of the Mid-Autumn Festival and how Li Wei's family left their mark in the history of the Forbidden City.Zh: 當李偉聽到關於自己祖先的故事時，他的心像被什麼撥動了一樣，感到無比的震撼。En: When Li Wei hears stories about his ancestors, he feels a profound shock as if something has stirred within him.Zh: 這一刻的啟示讓李偉重新看待自己的身份。En: This revelation makes Li Wei rethink his identity.Zh: 他驀然明白，雖然他來自不同的城市，也有不同的生活，但這份家族的歷程與文化的財富，已深深根植在他的血脈中。En: Suddenly, he understands that although he comes from a different city and lives a different life, the journey of his family and its cultural wealth are deeply rooted in his veins.Zh: 當夜色逐漸深沉，李偉帶著滿心的感謝離開了故宮。En: As the night deepens, Li Wei leaves the Forbidden City with a heart full of gratitude.Zh: 他的心中充滿了一種全新的歸屬感和對遺產的珍惜，為這次旅行尋找到了真正的意義。En: His heart is filled with a newfound sense of belonging and an appreciation for his heritage, having found true meaning in this journey.Zh: 他明白了，歷史不只是一種記憶，更是他永不褪色的根。En: He realizes that history is not just a memory but an unfading root.Zh: 故事結束，卻是李偉對自身家族遺產新的旅程的開始。En: The story ends, yet it marks the beginning of Li Wei's new journey towards his own familial heritage.Zh: 他從北京重回上海，帶著對未來的信心，以及對過去的敬重和愛。En: He returns to Shanghai from Beijing, carrying confidence for the future, and respect and love for the past. Vocabulary Words:autumn: 秋天lantern: 燈籠mid-autumn: 中秋engineer: 工程師forbidden: 故宮enthralling: 吸引人的solemn: 莊嚴fragrant: 香氣bustling: 人聲鼎沸intrigued: 感興趣的culture: 文化elusive: 若隱若現loneliness: 孤獨core: 核心tranquility: 寧靜profound: 深刻heritage: 遺產ceremony: 儀式sway: 晃動rooted: 根植revelation: 啟示throngs: 成群encounters: 邂逅narrates: 講述legend: 傳說thanking: 感謝gratitude: 感激ancestry: 祖先confidence: 信心unfading: 不褪色

In this episode of Spotlight On, Nicholas Barton sits down with Dr Tim Hames, an Oxford academic, political and business adviser, former Director General of the British Venture Capital Association, bestselling author, and Co-founder and Partner at Acuti Associates.We discuss the challenges of the past decade, the risks of misinterpreting China, and the inadequacy of relying solely on news monitoring for risk management. Tim emphasises the need to quantify exposure, assign clear internal ownership, and distinguish genuine insight from conventional wisdom. We also examine the transition from the Great Moderation to the Great Fragmentation, where tariffs, protectionism, and economic security are reshaping global business strategy.Tim also challenges the popular narrative of a single AI race, looking instead at two different national priorities, and gets practical on what deterioration between Washington and Beijing could mean for supply chains and investment, and why contingency planning and a real plan B can be a competitive advantage, not a luxury.

A bridge to solutions. That's what Beijing's 12345 hotline has become for its roughly 20 million residents. Handling millions of calls each year, the hotline tackles problems both big and small. Through rapid response and genuine follow-up, this "bridge" transforms complaints into outcomes and brings citizens and government closer together.

Lawfare Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee sits down with Jonathan Czin, the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies and fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, to unpack Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, his first in 11 years.The two former CIA and National Security Council colleagues discuss what each side walked away with, including a two-month extension of the trade truce and potential channels on artificial intelligence and military crisis communications. They look at the implications for Taiwan, the war in Iran, and how the loss of China expertise and policy staff showed in the summit's preparation and readouts.For further reading, see:Jonathan Czin, “What Trump Doesn't Understand About Xi,” The AtlanticThe White House fact sheet on the state visitXinhua's summary of the visit's eight outcomesTo receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A.M. Edition for Sept. 30. After more than 23 years and $1.7 trillion, America is winding down its war in Iraq, closing the last major U.S. military base today. WSJ's Jared Malsin went to Iraq and reports that while Baghdad has undergone a renaissance, behind the scenes, Iranian-backed militia groups have gained a lot of power. Plus, a state judge in New York rules that mayor Zohran Mamdani must redo the rollout of his pied-à-terre tax. And WSJ's Aaron Zitner details our latest poll, showing Americans want populist policies that defy traditional political labels. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

1855 MANILA Beijing Blocks Second Thomas ResupplyCaptain James Fanell, co-host Gordon Chang: Fanell discusses aggressive Chinese maritime tactics in the South China Sea, where a coordinated force of three PLA Navy warships and eleven Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels blocked two small Philippine Coast Guard vessels resupplying the grounded outpost Sierra Madre. This blockade broke a series of fifteen successful resupply missions conducted since July 2024, demonstrating Beijing's willingness to violate international agreements and its own signed code of conduct. Fanell notes that internal purges of over one hundred senior military officers in Beijing have not disrupted the execution of these coordinated bullying operations against neighboring sovereign nations. (4)

1906 PEKINGTrump Meets Xi In WashingtonCharles Burton, co-host Gordon Chang: Burton evaluates the summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders in Washington, describing it as a diplomatic spectacle that delivered virtually no substantive policy agreements. Critical issues like artificial intelligence safeguards, Taiwan's sovereignty, and trade imbalances were completely omitted, handing Beijing a domestic propaganda victory. Burton also examines Canadian political dynamics under Mark Carney, where public sentiment has grown increasingly nationalistic and supportive of trade diversification toward Europe and India. This shift comes in response to economic pressure, U.S. tariffs, and covert intimidation operations conducted by Chinese state agents on Canadian soil. (6)

1965  IBM  360/85 FORT MEADECONTENTS OF THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 9-29-2026Navigating Artificial Intelligence And ElectionsGUEST: Liz PeekLiz Peek analyzes the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and the emerging debate over its regulation. While tech figures like Sam Altman and Elon Musk advocate for industry guardrails to mitigate risks like rogue AI agents and safety vulnerabilities, President Trump pushes for rapid advancement to maintain a competitive edge over China. Peek differentiates macro AI safety concerns from local opposition to data centers, which centers on utility costs. Turning to politics, she evaluates the Senate midterms, noting Republicans hold an edge in key tossup states like New Hampshire and Maine, while Democrats face steep challenges running the table nationwide. File 1Middle East Escalations And ConflictGUEST: Jonathan Schanzer Jonathan Schanzer evaluates ongoing conflicts across the Middle East, focusing on Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, and Gaza. Iran seeks to prolong military tensions to deplete American munitions, raise oil prices, and avoid facing severe domestic anger over its collapsing economy. In Yemen, the Iranian aligned Houthi militia pushes to unify the country, threatening Saudi Arabia and regional stability. Meanwhile, Hezbollah capability in Lebanon has been reduced by eighty percent, though political paralysis hinders government control. Schanzer notes that ending the Gaza conflict hinges on disarming Hamas, while withdrawing American troops from Iraq opens dangerous avenues for Iranian influence across the region. File 2European Leftist Populism And AIGUEST: Joseph Sternberg2 Joseph Sternberg highlights the rise of far left populism in Europe, exemplified by Die Linke winning local elections in Berlin. The party, rooted in East German communism, combines classic Marxist economic proposals like housing nationalization with troubling anti-Semitic sentiments emerging from an alliance of radical critical theorists and Islamist voters. Sternberg argues this coalition makes hostility an existential issue for the left compared to right wing parties. He also addresses the economic uncertainties of artificial intelligence, warning that massive infrastructure spending on data centers may fail to yield expected financial returns, creating major risks alongside ongoing American and Chinese competition. File 3Michigan Senate Battleground Midterm AnalysisGUEST: Thaddeus McCotter Thaddeus McCotter provides an extensive analysis of the Michigan Senate race between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El Sayed. McCotter highlights economic anxieties, inflation, and energy costs driven by Middle East conflict as central voter concerns. While Michigan historically leans Democratic in Senate contests, El Sayed's primary victory over center left Haley Stevens and his association with radical figures like Hassan Piker alienate moderate voters. McCotter observes that while Democrats capitalize on economic frustration, El Sayed's far left platform gives Republicans a viable path. Nationwide, McCotter notes that Democrats face an uphill battle to win the Senate this cycle. File 4Global Security And Strategic GeopoliticsGUEST: Gregory Copley Gregory Copley analyzes global geopolitical shifts, focusing on China, Indonesia, and the United Kingdom. He describes the summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump as symbolic stability designed to prop up China's fragile domestic economy and internal Communist Party rivalries amid severe water and demographic crises. In Southeast Asia, Copley examines Indonesia acquiring an aircraft carrier under President Prabowo Subianto, signaling strategic modernization to safeguard vital maritime choke points between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Finally, he dismisses the Cardiff Memorandum, a sovereignty effort by Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish leaders, as grandstanding driven by frustration with Westminster government performance. File 5Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure And RegulationGUEST: Jim McTague Jim McTague explores the political and economic friction surrounding artificial intelligence expansion, particularly the development of massive data centers. Reporting from Pennsylvania, McTague notes how local municipalities are establishing zoning regulations and utility constraints to prevent corporate developers from imposing facilities without community input. Alongside cohost Thaddeus McCotter, McTague discusses White House backing for a golden age of artificial intelligence, comparing proposed regulatory approaches to financial market oversight. While tech leaders call for industry guardrails, McTague emphasizes that light touch, goal oriented regulatory models are superior to heavy handed rules, warning that political backlash over energy grid strain impacts elections. File 6Russian Election Control Hybrid WarfareGUEST: Ivana StradnerIvana Stradner details how Vladimir Putin maintained absolute control over Russia's Duma elections, securing three quarters of the seats for United Russia through autocratic manipulation, barring anti war parties like Yabloko, and staging fabricated electoral unity. Stradner explains that these domestic maneuvers serve Putin's broader ambition of restoring imperial dominance and testing NATO resolve. Through hybrid warfare, encompassing political pressure, sabotage, cyber operations, and psychological tactics, Russia aims to exploit western disunity and risk aversion. Stradner warns that Putin seeks to expose NATO Article Five as ineffective, emphasizing that western allies must show unity and escalate deterrence to counter threats. FILE 7Russian Sanctions Arctic Energy ExpansionGUEST: Max Meizlish Max Meizlish analyzes the enforcement of United States economic sanctions on Russia's Arctic LNG Two energy project and the strategic implications of the Polar Silk Road partnership between Moscow and Beijing. Meizlish notes that while previous enforcement turned back critical Chinese power modules, inconsistent application permitted later deliveries. Chinese state owned enterprises buy sanctioned facilities to shield transactions from Western pressure while purchasing discounted Russian liquefied natural gas. Meizlish stresses that Washington must utilize new legislative mandates like the Graham Sanctions Act to penalize non compliant Chinese entities, warning that weak enforcement enables adversaries to build dual use Arctic infrastructure. File 8

Brent is out this week, which means Kevin Crispin of Behind Beautiful Things has been handed the keys to Hysteria 51. This was a terrible administrative decision.First up: a Virginia driver gets caught allegedly doing nearly 50 mph over the speed limit and reaches deep into the Big Book of Excuses to blame the one force powerful enough to override traffic laws: McDonald's breakfast. Was the Egg McMuffin getting cold? Were the hash browns entering their dangerously soggy phase? Somewhere, Ronald McDonald is being advised not to comment.Then we head to Beijing, where HYROX learned that sometimes “leaving it all on the course” is not supposed to be taken literally. Australian competitor Joanna Wietrzyk suffered an extremely unfortunate mid-race bathroom incident, kept competing, used shared equipment, and crossed the finish line first. The fallout went viral, HYROX apologized and changed its rules, and humanity received another regulation nobody realized needed to be written down.So buckle up, clench accordingly, and join David Flora and guest host Kevin Crispin for an episode featuring reckless driving, fast food, extreme fitness, questionable decision-making, and two very different stories about people who desperately needed to slow down.Because this week on Hysteria 51, whether you're racing toward a McDonald's breakfast or racing while becoming a public-health incident, the important thing is apparently to never, ever stop.Links & Resources

For the better part of a decade, China has played the role of America's greatest long-term strategic competitor. American foreign politicos have long advised a pivot to Asia as Washington slaps tariffs on Chinese goods. The CCP has served as America's bête noire, guilty of repeated intellectual property theft, human rights abuses, and imperial ambitions towards the essential island of Taiwan. And yet, as Bob Dylan once crooned, the times, they are a changin'. President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping recently wrapped up a new round of talks here in Washington, with many noting the meeting seemed much more amicable than expected. If polls are to be believed, Americans are less hostile toward China than they were just a few years ago with younger Americans considerably less likely than their parents to see China's rise as a critical threat.   Overseas, countries that have traditionally looked to Washington are increasingly weighing closer economic ties with Beijing. At the same time, China still dominates critical supply chains, including rare earth minerals and questions remain about whether the United States can or should decouple its economy from Beijing. So where does the U.S.-China relationship stand? Are Americans becoming more comfortable with Beijing and Can China really present itself as an alternative to the United States on the world stage?   Jeff Smith, director of The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center may have the answers.Watch Myth vs. Fact: The Closing of The Department of Education

Unleashed: The Political News Hour with Nate Cain – A B-2 and F-22s over the South Lawn, B-1s over Andrews the night before, Chinese state TV carrying the whole thing while U.S. networks sat out the feud—the display was meant for Beijing as much as for Washington. Xi did not flinch. At the podium he invoked the Thucydides Trap and called for a “race,” not a “wrestle.” The coverage stayed...

Michael is joined by Ann E. Kowalewski, Vice President at Beacon Global Strategies and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security, to discuss the outcomes and regional fallout of the latest summit between President Donald Trump and People's Republic of China (PRC) Leader Xi Jinping. Ann breaks down the core dynamic she describes as "spectacle and small potatoes"—where both leaders project an image of managed bilateral stability while quietly executing competitive economic hardening behind the scenes. She also explores how Beijing prepared for a second Trump term by sharpening its economic retaliation playbook—from critical mineral export controls to the "unreliable entity" list—and examines why symbolic fentanyl tariffs and reciprocal trade frameworks have not addressed deep-seated industrial subsidies. Ann analyzes why slow-walking Taiwan arms sale packages and softening rhetoric on China weaken deterrence across the Taiwan Strait, the strategic calculations driving Beijing's timeline, and why the burgeoning "Axis of Upheaval"—linking China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—demands a fundamental rethink of Western sanctions enforcement and economic statecraft. 

Cracked Racquets Editor-in-Chief Alex Gruskin previews this week's WTA and ATP Tour action. He breaks down the draws in Beijing and Tokyo. He names the players most in need of a big week, offers his predictions for the action, plus SO much more!! Episode Notes WTA Beijing - 5:05 ATP Beijing - 24:20 ATP Tokyo - 30:05 WTA 125Ks + ATP Challengers - 35:35 Laurel Springs Ranked among the best online private schools in the United States, Laurel Springs stands out when it comes to support, personalization, community, and college prep. They give their K-12 students the resources, guidance, and learning opportunities they need at each grade level to reach their full potential. Find Cracked Racquets Website: https://www.crackedracquets.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/crackedracquets Twitter: https://twitter.com/crackedracquets Facebook: https://Facebook.com/crackedracquets YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/crackedracquets Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In Episode 207 of the Facts vs Feelings podcast, Carson Group's Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist, and Sonu Varghese, Chief Macro Strategist, welcome back Rory Johnston, founder and CEO of Commodity Context, to make sense of an oil market that remains historically tight more than 200 days into the war with Iran. Rory explains why Brent sits near $108 with extreme backwardation, why roughly 13.5 million barrels a day are now moving through the Strait of Hormuz versus a pre-war normal of about 21 million, and why he calls himself a "Hormuz half-empty" kind of guy.From there, the conversation turns to what Rory calls the "Beijing swing," as China cut net crude imports by about 5.5 million barrels a day, and to record-high diesel prices, including what a U.S. diesel export ban would mean for prices at the pump. The episode wraps with the market signals Rory watches that may indicate when the crisis is truly over: rising OECD inventories and the front of the crude curve flipping into contango.Key TakeawaysBrent is near $108 with prompt spreads close to $8 a barrel, signaling an acute physical deficit even though Hormuz flows have recovered to about 13.5 million barrels a day, up from near zero for non-Iranian crude in March and April.Rory argues Iran is gradually losing control of the strait, but the cost is enormous: Iraqi barrels have been discounted by $30 to $50, VLCC rates have hit record highs, and the war is far from over.China cut net crude imports by roughly 5.5 million barrels a day, and Rory believes drawdowns of strategic crude and diesel stockpiles, not just weak demand, explain much of that swing, making it inherently unsustainable.Diesel remains the tightest part of the market, with roughly 2 million barrels a day lost from the Middle East and Russia, U.S. exports up about 50%, and diesel cracks running at several times normal levels.A U.S. diesel export ban would lower domestic prices but send global diesel prices soaring and eventually force refinery run cuts. Rory expects a rationing of export licenses rather than a full ban.In Rory's opinion, the clearest signal the crisis is over would be OECD inventories rising and the front of major crude curves flipping into contango, which would show the supply deficit is truly behind us.Jump to:0:00 — Welcome and a Family Update2:35 — Rory Johnston Returns and Reintroduces Himself6:40 — From $200 Oil Fear to Reality10:45 — What Tight Backwardation Is Signaling14:55 — Hormuz Transit Data and Dark Tankers25:10 — China Demand Swing and the Brent WTI Gap38:15 — Why the War Keeps Dragging On42:10 — Diesel Shortage and Export Ban Math47:55 — The Cleanest Signal the Crisis Ends50:15 — Where to Follow Rory and Final ThanksRory Johnson is not affiliated with CWM, LLC. Opinions expressed by this individual may not be representative of CWM, LLC.Connect with Ryan:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryandetrick/• X: https://x.com/RyanDetrickConnect with Sonu:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonu-varghese-phd/• X: https://x.com/sonusvarghese?lang=enQuestions about the show? We'd love to hear from you! factsvsfeelings@carsongroup.com

Expectations for the 3rd Trump-Xi summit since Trump returned to power were modest, and the meeting delivered limited concrete outcomes: a two-month extension of the trade war truce, lower tariffs on some US and Chinese goods, an agreement to talk more about AI risks, two pandas for the Atlanta zoo, and a potential MOU between the US and Chinese militaries on crisis prevention and management. As I wrote in an analysis of the summit, Xi Jinping came away with a larger diplomatic and strategic win. He was greeted personally by President Trump upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base and hosted for a lavish White House dinner. Those optics can be displayed to the domestic Chinese audience as evidence that China is now a peer of the United States, and its leader Xi is a peer of the US president, Donald Trump. Summits are rare opportunities to advance policy agendas, and this meeting fell short. The two leaders reportedly talked for about 90 minutes with consecutive interpretation. In my view, the leaders of the world's two largest economies failed to seize the opportunity to discuss how to address bilateral, regional and global challenges: AI risks, technology competition, Taiwan, China's rare earth exports, and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. The result was a summit that preserved the fragile stability in the US-China relationship without addressing the broader challenges that make it so consequential. On today's episode, we'll talk to a renowned Chinese scholar about his perspective on the summit and where U.S.-China relations may be headed next. I'm pleased to welcome Dr. Da Wei, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and one of China's leading scholars on U.S.-China relations. Timestamps: [00:00] Introduction [02:32] Competing Views of a New Framework [05:19] Will a Warm Reception Lead to Changes in Chinese Policy?[10:18] Will the Fourth Period Effort Last? [14:02] Barriers to Bilateral Dialogue [18:07] Comparing the U.S. and Chinese Readouts [21:24] Beijing's View of a Military-to-Military MOU [25:41] Greater Chinese Confidence = Greater Restraint [31:17] Trump and Xi on Taiwan [36:58] Lai Ching-te and Cross Strait Integration [40:20] What Can Be Achieved In Between

En este episodio de Iberoamérica comparto mi sesión grabada en vivo en Destination Club, Beijing. Un viaje hasta la pista de baile de la capital china, contado a través de la música. Cada sesión en vivo tiene su propia historia: la selección, las mezclas y el rumbo de la noche se van construyendo en conexión con quienes están bailando. Esta grabación es una forma de compartir ese momento contigo, estés donde estés. Dale play, sube el volumen y nos encontramos en la pista. Jose Cortes

Chinese public opinion is often overlooked in discussions of U.S.-China competition, yet it shapes how Beijing defines threats, prioritizes interests, and calibrates its foreign policy. As tensions span trade, technology, Taiwan, and regional security, understanding how Chinese citizens view these issues offers critical insight into both domestic constraints and external behavior.  In this interview recorded on March 31, 2026, Nick Zeller, Renard Sexton, and Yawei Liu discuss findings from China Pulse, a joint survey project by The Carter Center and Emory University. They examine Chinese attitudes toward the United States as a security threat, expectations around the trade conflict, views on Taiwan, and perspectives on China's role in key regional relationships, and what these trends reveal about the trajectory of U.S.-China relations.  About the speakers

AGENDA: IntroResultados torneos fin de semana. Kimberly Birrell venció a Maya Joint 6-4, 6-2 para ganar el WTA 250 de Corea y el primer título de su carrera.Leylah Fernandez venció a Talia Gibson para ganar el WTA 250 de Singapur y el 6to título de su carreraAlejandro Davidovich-Fokina venció a Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 7-6 para ganar el ATP 250 de Chengdu y el segundo título de su carrera. Daniil Medvedev venció a Andrey Rublev 7-5, 6-4 para ganar el ATP 250 de Hangzhou y el título 24 de su carrera. Lideradas por Karolina Muchova y Linda Noskova, el Equipo de Czechia venció al equipo de Ucrania 2-0 para ganar la Billie Jean King Cup por 12va ocasión. Team Europe gana la Laver Cup por sexta ocasión al vencer a Team World con marcador de 13-5. (6-3 el marcador global de todas las ediciones) Quienes fueron los mejores de cada equipo. Quienes fueron los peores de cada equipo. Conclusión final de que si estuvo buena esta edición de la Laver Cup o no. Agradecimiento al colaborador Lalo Sanchez. Torneos esta semanaWTA 1000 de Beijing Roads a la final de las primeras 4 sembras. Posibles CF por siembre. PicksATP 500 de Beijing. (Quienes entraron + Jannik Sinner se dio de baja por no recuperarse al 100% de la rodilla.ATP 500 de Tokio. (Quienes entraron) La academia de Rafael Nadal cumple 10 años y el sábado habrá un evento de exhibición entre el equipo de Nadal formado por: Nadal, Ferrer, Moyá y Gasquet y el equipo de Murray formado por: Murray, Thiem, Fognini y Safin. Top 10'sY más ...Instagram: @TennisPiochasTwitter: @TennisPiochasTikTok: @tennis.piochasEpisodio patrocinado por: Ese de Sandalo Reel con colección nueva de tenis de Ese de Sandalo Distribuido por Genuina Media Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

South Africa's Sinesipho Dambile won the first big gold of his career in 2026, taking the Commonwealth Games 200 metres title in Glasgow. It was special for so many reasons. When he was growing up, he remembered vividly Akanni Simbine coming to his school to speak to them about winning the 2018 Commonwealth 100 metres gold. Sinesipho made the most of the opportunity to ask South Africa's brand-new Commonwealth sprint champion plenty of questions - and later Simbine wouldn't just be a mentor, he'd be a team-mate as well.We relive the semi-final and the final in Glasgow. Sinesipho was the only athlete at the Games to break 20 seconds, doing so in both of his races. But, having laid down a marker winning his semi-final so convincingly, what was it like lining up for the final as the favourite? He knew that all of South Africa would be watching and willing him to bring home the gold. When he crossed the line, the first thing he saw was South African fans in the stands and the celebrations began. But his greatest supporter has always been his Mum, so what did she say when he called her later that night?Sinesipho tells us all about where he grew up and how his village had produced stars before, in rugby union and in track and field. He discusses how it feels to be a part of that legacy and to add to it. He also explains why it's so important to him to have followed in the footsteps of an all-time great like Namibia's Frankie Fredericks, who was the last African man to win the Commonwealth 200 metres gold.The men's 200 metres at the London 2012 Olympics is a special race as far as Sinesipho is concerned. It's his favourite performance by Usain Bolt. The Jamaican started out as a 200 metres specialist before adding the 100 to his repertoire and then dominating both sprints, setting the world records which have stood since 2009. That's the pathway Sinesipho wants to tread as well - so what advice did Bolt share with him when they met in Tokyo during the 2025 World Championships?We explore the mental side of sprinting and Sinesipho explains how hard he's worked to maintain and improve his focus. That's impacted everything from how he trains to how he behaves when he's out on the Diamond League circuit. How does he make sure he feels at home in those cities and what does he like to do when the season's over and he really can go home to his family and friends?This is an era of unprecedented success for South African sprinting. Sinesipho is among those leading the way and describes the environment that's enabled him and his international team-mates to rise to the top.Sinesipho believes that fate chooses you and, when it does, accepting the pressure that comes with that is a privilege. He explains why the World and Olympic 200 metres gold medals are the next step, and the planning that's already gone into topping the podium in Beijing and Los Angeles.Photo: Gold medalist Sinesipho Dambile of Team South Africa poses for a photo during the medal ceremony for Men's 200 Metres Final during the Athletics on day eight of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at Scotstoun Stadium on July 31, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Credit: Getty Images)

1877 ARCTICA SEARussian Sanctions Arctic Energy ExpansionGUEST: Max Meizlish Max Meizlish analyzes the enforcement of United States economic sanctions on Russia's Arctic LNG Two energy project and the strategic implications of the Polar Silk Road partnership between Moscow and Beijing. Meizlish notes that while previous enforcement turned back critical Chinese power modules, inconsistent application permitted later deliveries. Chinese state owned enterprises buy sanctioned facilities to shield transactions from Western pressure while purchasing discounted Russian liquefied natural gas. Meizlish stresses that Washington must utilize new legislative mandates like the Graham Sanctions Act to penalize non compliant Chinese entities, warning that weak enforcement enables adversaries to build dual use Arctic infrastructure. File 8

Five-time Olympic medalist, NBC track & field analyst, entrepreneur, and author Sanya Richards-Ross sits down to talk about elite performance, mental conditioning, and redefining life after track. From moving to the U.S. from Jamaica as a kid to holding the 400m American record for 19 years, Sanya shares what it truly takes to dial in the mental side of competition, navigate crushing defeat, and step boldly into broadcasting and motherhood. IN THIS EPISODE Navigating the Chaos of Modern Motherhood: Balancing ambition, travel, and career demands while managing working-mom guilt with the support of family. Roots, Relocation, and Rising Up: Immigrating from Kingston, Jamaica, adjusting to school in Florida, and finding community on the track. The Defining Father-Daughter Talk: How a junior-year hamstring injury sparked an intentional shift toward elite-level discipline and work ethic. Why the 400m Chooses You: Breaking down the strategy, pacing, and pain cave that make the 400m arguably the toughest footrace on the oval. Reframing Heartbreak at Beijing 2008: The mental recovery required after a crushing Olympic bronze and the rally to win 4x400m gold three days later. The Psychology of Gold: Working with a sports psychologist, building vision boards, and internalizing the race-day mantra: "I refuse to lose." Manifesting the Broadcast Booth: Stepping away from competitive track due to foot injuries, declaring career ambitions out loud, and debuting live to 30 million viewers. Saying Yes When You’re Scared: Facing high-stakes moments with courage, embracing television, and launching businesses like Co-Ordinates and MommiNation. Looking Ahead to LA 2028: Highlighting the depth of Team USA talent and the next generation of track and field stars. QUOTABLE MOMENTS "In your pursuit of excellence, you never really draw a finish line. You keep on figuring out what is that next level of excellence that I can attain." "Being great wouldn't just happen because I was talented. I would have to be intentional about being great." "When you get to that level of competition—when you're at the Olympics, at the World Championships—it’s 10% physical and 90% mental. Everybody there is physically capable of winning." "Most of us are doing it scared. The biggest stars ... they're not Mr. Cool. You have nerves and anxiety because it matters to you." "Closed mouths don't get fed. You want to speak those things into life." "Failure is a necessary ingredient in the recipe for success. Embrace it and just keep going." SOCIAL@sanyarichiross@hurdlepodcast@emilyabbate@iheartwomenssports JOIN: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Daily Hurdle IG Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SIGN UP: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Weekly Hurdle Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ASK ME A QUESTION: Email hello@hurdle.us to with your questions! Emily answers them every Friday on the show. Listen to Hurdle with Emily Abbate on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Liberty and Emily discuss From Beijing, With Love, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, Newbourne Park, and more great books! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Celebrate Book Riot's 15th anniversary with us! Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Keep track of new releases with Book Riot's New Release Index, now included with an All Access membership. Click here to get started today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed On the Show: From Beijing, With Love by Bei Lin Newbourne Park by Jennifer Thorne Set the Record Straight by Hannah Bonam-Young The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi The House of Gardenias by Isabel Cañas The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee The Vanishing Family: Love, Fate, and the Quest to End Dementia by Robert Kolker The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson Dodge City by Patrick deWitt The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar Mestra: A Short Story by Madeline Miller Ply by Hernan Diaz Galinda: A Charmed Childhood by Gregory Maguire May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry What We're Reading: If We Never End by Laura Taylor Namey Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison Jenny Will Eat You Now: A Meat Cute by Gillian Daniels Know It All: The Quiz Champion's Essential Guidebook to Learning Anything by Victoria Groce Paperbacks: The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy Buckeye by Patrick Ryan We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor What a Time to Be Alive by Jade Chang Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill Bestsellers: The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang Burn of the Everflame by Penn Cole The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo The Disappearers by Marlon James The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddine I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu AnYan Links: The Booker Prize shortlist. Lili Reinhart wants to adapt novella about lesbian vampires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hanging out in New York Jacob Bertrand and and Xolo Maridueña get candid on this weeks episode of Lone Lobos. Jacob finally gives us his thoughts on Practical Magic 2 and his experience watching it next to Xolo's grandmother. The guys open up about their careers and what's their next moves. Jacob shares his calling for transitioning behind the camera. Meanwhile Xolo opens about roles he's ready to take on and leave behind. They also discuss how they hope the film industry can change the stories it tells.Lobitos, imagine running a marathon with stomach issues. The guys are talking about the Hyrox competition in Beijing. Listen in on Lobitos exclusivosJoin lobitos exclusivos to listen to the bonus and watch out past livestreams: https://lonelobos.supercast.com/Follow Lone Lobos on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lonelobos.Follow Xolo Maridueña on Instagram:y https://www.instagram.com/xolo_mariduenaFollow Jacob Bertrand on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejacobbertrandFollow Jordan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmkm808Follow Monica on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/officialmonicat_http://www.heyxolo.com/Jacobs Channel:  @ThreeFloating  

This week on Sinica, I sit down with Dr. Ruby Wang, whose new book, China Cure: The Rise of a Biotech, AI Medicine and Global Health Superpower (Agenda Publishing, out October 31, with a foreword by Kerry Brown), is the explanation general readers have been missing for one of the most consequential and least understood transformations in China today. Ruby is a rare creature in this space: a practicing physician in Britain's NHS, trained in surgery, who worked London's hospital wards through the first wave of COVID; the former head of the UK government's health engagement in China at the British Embassy in Beijing; a former health adviser within the UN system; a onetime medical adviser at AliHealth in Hangzhou; and a Schwarzman Scholar. She now runs the strategy consultancy Lintris Health and writes the excellent China Health Pulse newsletter and podcast, both of which I recommend to anyone trying to follow this space.Anyone who spent time in a Chinese hospital in the late ‘80s or ‘90s — the pre-dawn queues, the ticket scalpers, the cashier's window at every step, the IV drips for a head cold — will find the arc of this book hard to believe. Within living memory, China sent barefoot doctors into the countryside with herbal remedies and antibiotics in army-green satchels; last year, Chinese companies signed something like 186 out-licensing deals worth a disclosed $137 billion, roughly half the global total and close to ten times the 2021 figure, with Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, GSK, and Eli Lilly all buying. Since Ruby gave a terrific interview to my friend Kyle Chan on his High Capacity podcast this spring on the apps, data flows, and clinical AI, I deliberately steered elsewhere: to her family — a deckhand grandfather, a father's crooked splint, a grandmother's transnational hunt for Gleevec — to the four reinforcing conditions she argues made the transformation possible, to the “China is fast because China is loose” shortcut and what's actually behind the speed, to BIOSECURE and its successors, to the AI doctor avatars now fielding millions of inquiries a year, and to the burnout and violence that still bedevil the lives of Chinese clinicians.10:31 – Two family stories from 1970s Zhejiang: a deckhand grandfather and a barefoot doctor's crooked splint15:57 – Four reinforcing conditions, part one: demographic pressure and crisis as catalyst (SARS, melamine, fake vaccines)23:42 – The long view: Healthy China 2030 and why China's health ministers are technocrats27:54 – The cultural inheritance: who signs the consent form, and China's health codes vs. Britain's billion-pound app35:26 – Grandma and Gleevec: a family's transnational hunt for a drug in 200340:17 – The reversal: hǎiguī, copycats to first-in-class, and the tenfold surge in out-licensing42:35 – Is China fast because China is loose? Where China leads (oncology, GLP-1s) and where it lags50:22 – BIOSECURE, COINS, and BINSA: who loses when politics meets pharma55:37 – Digital health in three systems, Ant Afu's AI doctor avatars, and whether the silver generation can keep up1:08:44 – “A lifetime of eating bitterness”: Dr. Wang of Guangzhou, burnout, and yī nàoPaying It ForwardYanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor at Seton Hall — the go-to voice on the geopolitics of China and health, and Ruby's first port of call.Afra Wang, writer of the Concurrent newsletter — Ruby admires how she reads the cultural currents beneath technology, and finds it endlessly useful to take those insights to the health-tech angle.Olivia Plotnick, Shanghai-based founder of Wai Social — on-the-ground work on branding and consumer behavior across some 30 lower-tier Chinese cities, including health and wellness.RecommendationsRuby: Deep China: The Moral Life of the Person, edited by Arthur Kleinman with Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, and others — what being sick reveals about society and culture in China: psychiatry, caregiving, and how patients and families have changed as the country has. Kleinman's The Soul of Care is also worth your time.Kaiser: Augustus by John Williams — the third of his novels I've recommended on the show, and the National Book Award winner: an epistolary novel of imperial Rome told through a crazy quilt of letters and fragments from family, friends like Agrippa, and poets like Virgil and Horace, each given a completely distinct voice. Quiet campus novel, anti-Western, imperial Rome — the range, and the restraint, are astonishing.Also: Ezra Klein's conversation with Carnegie's Matt Sheehan — a masterclass in clarity on AI safety and the U.S.-China relationship, and the best thing to listen to in the wake of Dario Amodei's “Pacing the Frontier” essay.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Tuesday, September 29th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson and Timothy Reed Chinese communists shut down churches while Jin ping in America While Chinese President Xi Jinping was visiting the United States, Communist police were still arresting pastors and shutting down churches in China. Pastors and church workers from Jiaquan Church in Beijing have been arrested in raids occurring over the last week.  This follows another mass arrest of more members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu in southwestern China. Send a polite, 4-sentence letter to the Chinese Ambassador to America, Xie Feng, urging him to tell the Communist party officials to stop arresting pastors and shutting down churches. Send it to the Chinese Embassy, 3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008. Supreme Court continues to affirm parental rights Over the past year, parental rights advocates are winning cases at the U.S. Supreme Court. By law, the state of California was requiring school officials to conceal information concerning children's gender transitioning behavior from their parents.  Thankfully, the high court struct down the law earlier in the year.  In a separate ruling last June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down another Maryland law that prohibited parents from opting their kids out of homosexual/transgender indoctrination classes, reported CBS News. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito argued on the basis of religious rights. He wrote, “A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining' the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.” Ebola virus killed 4,000 people in Congo The World Health Organization reports 8,000 cases of Ebola in the latest outbreak in Congo, Africa — and now, almost 4,000 deaths. This is the worst outbreak of this deadly disease since 2013.  Mortgage rates at 7.5% The U.S. 30-year mortgage rate hit 7.5% yesterday, reports Mortgage News Daily.  That's the highest rate since December 2000.  Trump criticized United Nations President Donald Trump took to the stage at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, heavily criticizing the organization, but also praising it in some aspects as well. Trump stated, “There is no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation.” He added that the United States “totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control artificial intelligence.”  The president also said, “The United Nations has great, great potential” and he encouraged the U.S. Ambassador to the UN “to implement the most sweeping UN reforms in history.” Canadian doctors kill more people than American murderers do Canada now kills more people by "assisted suicide" than the United States does by homicide. United States Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah detailed this fact in a now viral post on X, stating, “State-administered death is now more common in Canada than gun homicide is in the U.S.  That didn't happen by accident.” He also said, “The intersection of assisted suicide and socialized medicine results in state-led horrors, treating the young, old, infirm, and distressed as disposable people. We must never allow this barbarity to spread in America.” Jeremiah 8:3 gives a stark warning. The Lord of hosts said, “Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them.” Gen Z more religious than older generations A new update from the Harris Report revealed that Gen Z is more religious than older generations. Per the report, “Gen Z is not abandoning faith, they are the generation most likely to identify as religious. Gen Z is not just identifying with faith, they are actively practicing it. For Gen Z, spirituality is one way to build agency in an uncertain future.” However, many in Gen Z continue to observe harmful religious practices, and dabble with the occult and manifestations.  Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Planned Parenthood gave Joe Biden their baby killing award And finally, abortion giant Planned Parenthood handed out its 2026 Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award to former President Joe Biden, one of the biggest supporters of abortion in United States history, reported LifeNews. Biden recalled his historic murderous work. Referring to Sonny Sloan, the late president of Delaware's Planned Parenthood, Biden said this. BIDEN: “In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as president, I tried to do what I knew Sonny would have been on the phone telling me to do. We took action. We signed executive orders to protect access to reproductive health care, including emergency medical care.”  Since former President Biden is quite difficult to understand, this is what he said. “In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as president, I tried to do what I knew Sonny would have been on the phone telling me to do. We took action. We signed executive orders to protect access to reproductive health care, including emergency medical care.”  (Watch the soundbite at the 17:07-mark in this video of Biden's speech) Steven Ertelt of LifeNews explained, “The abortion business killed a record number of babies in abortions last year thanks to Biden's help with tax funding and pro-abortion executive orders.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, September 29th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

After the global financial crisis, China added a third of global GDP to its bank assets in just eight years... the largest single-country credit expansion in at least a century. Today investment is contracting, growth is less than a percent, and the financial system that fueled China's growth is now the thing holding it back. Logan Wright, partner at Rhodium Group and my former boss, joins ChinaTalk to discuss his new book, Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What It Means for the World. Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosts. We discuss… The crisis that already happened: why the September 2021 protests in Evergrande's lobby were China's catharsis moment Decay instead of collapse: why credit growth fell from 18% a year to 5%, why Beijing keeps rolling over loans to zombie state firms, and why in China "the path to crisis is reform" Jordan and Brad discuss Xi's Perspective: Does supply-chain dominance matter more than GDP? Twelve million graduates a year, the youth unemployment numbers that vanished in 2023, why all of China's new strategic industries add up to about 6% of GDP, and why a $10,000 BYD doesn't matter if your kid can't get a job Who's paying for China's AI? Plus: Logan's case that the US no longer has a systemic economic rivalry with China, and Brad's pushback that Chinese supply-chain controls have so far beaten Western demand-side leverage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As high-level meetings between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping keep regional security front and center, how do Taiwan and North Korea connect within China's broader strategic calculus? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Shuxian Luo to examine the concept of "issue linkage" connecting two of East Asia's most sensitive security flashpoints. Drawing from primary Chinese-language sources, authoritative government reports, and high-level interviews, Dr. Luo breaks down her article featured in Volume 9, Issue 4 of the Texas National Security Review: "A Plum for a Peach: Taiwan, Issue Linkage, and China's Policy toward North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program." The conversation explores how Beijing leverages its influence over Pyongyang based on US assurances regarding Taiwan, tracing four distinct historical phases of issue linkage and evaluating a practical "middle path" for foreign policy strategy . Guests:  Dr. Shuxian Luo | Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii, Manoa Hosts: Sheena Chestnut Greitens | Editor-in-Chief of the Texas National Security Review Ryan Vest | Executive Editor of the Texas National Security Review Producer: Jordan Morning | Digital and Technical Manager of the Texas National Security Review

Dimitar Bechev on “The Scramble for Europe: Russia, China, and Turkey Challenging Regional Order” (Oxford University Press). The book questions whether Ankara can be placed alongside Moscow and Beijing as a direct competitor to the EU, with a fundamentally different view on the challenges of an increasingly unstable world.  Please support Turkey Book Talk on Patreon or Substack. Supporters get a 35% discount on all Turkey/Ottoman History books published by Bloomsbury Academic, transcripts of every interview, and links to articles related to each episode.

Day Break | America on Alert: Terror, China & the Midterm Showdown --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:07 – Mario Kranjac, former Mayor of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Kranjac discusses a voter-registration controversy in New Jersey and the questions it has raised about the accuracy and maintenance of the state's voter rolls. He examines election administration, registration procedures, and concerns being raised ahead of upcoming elections. 28:05 – Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, Stanford-trained ear, nose, and throat physician based in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bowden discusses criticism from some figures associated with the Make America Healthy Again movement over the Trump administration's approach to mRNA vaccines. She examines disagreements over vaccine policy, the roles of President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and why some activists say the issue could carry political consequences. 38:18 - Monologue Featuring Ivey Gruber 47:16 – Katie Asher, vaccine researcher and author of The Book of Heaven: A Story of Hope for the Outcasts, the Broken, and Those Who Lost Faith. Asher discusses controversy surrounding a state initiative involving home visits for families with newborn babies. She examines concerns raised by critics about parental rights and government involvement in the home, as well as the stated public-health goals behind such programs. 57:30 – Houston Keene, Director of Democracy Restored. Keene discusses his organization's request that the Department of Homeland Security review its contracts with Microsoft following remarks attributed to a former FBI official about a “shadow government.” He examines the watchdog group's concerns about federal contracting, political activity, and potential conflicts of interest. 1:06:29 – Lindsay Porzio, Director of Stic-It Rotating Flags. Porzio discusses what she sees as a renewed enthusiasm for patriotism and displays of the American flag, including in traditionally Democratic-leaning states. She explores changing cultural attitudes toward national pride and why patriotic imagery appears to be resonating with a new generation of Americans. 1:16:34 - Monologue 1:25:32 – Melanie Kurdys, Board Member of United States Parents Involved in Education and President of the organization's Michigan chapter. Kurdys discusses concerns about Chinese Communist Party influence and what she describes as “cognitive warfare” within K-12 schools and higher education. She examines foreign influence, educational partnerships, curriculum, and efforts aimed at protecting American students and institutions. 1:35:33 – Gordon G. Chang, author of Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America, The Coming Collapse of China, and China Is Going to War. Chang discusses Xi Jinping's visit and meeting with President Trump, focusing on the major economic and national-security issues shaping U.S.-China relations. He examines trade, strategic competition, China's global ambitions, and what the meeting could mean for relations between Washington and Beijing. 1:44:20 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber joins Steve to close out the show with conversation and commentary on the day's news, politics, culture, and other stories making headlines. --- Check out our podcast, 'Forgotten America'... Episode 24 is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/UrGZQdE62jA

Straight talk on what's behind the news, recorded live at the Full Circle in Brussels. Katrin Prybil of Reportrois explains how the far right's wins in German state elections will slow EU policymaking. Katrin also speculates about why European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered Canada an EU status that doesn't exist, and she reflects on how a referendum in Iceland brought back memories — of Brexit. Joanna Gill of The Parliament Magazine discusses a trend toward "climate hushing" even as heat and drought ravage Europe. Looking to the High North, where warming is happening faster than the global average, Joanna sees Russia and China sizing up new waterways while the EU mostly watches from the sidelines.Raziye Akkoc of Agence France-Presse unpacks what von der Leyen meant by "China Shock 2.0" and how a "Made in EU" proposal will play in upcoming talks between the EU and Beijing. On the hot topic of media freedom, Raziye says the EU press corps works in an environment that's a good deal more controlled than non-journalists probably realize.Support the show

After the global financial crisis, China added a third of global GDP to its bank assets in just eight years... the largest single-country credit expansion in at least a century. Today investment is contracting, growth is less than a percent, and the financial system that fueled China's growth is now the thing holding it back. Logan Wright, partner at Rhodium Group and my former boss, joins ChinaTalk to discuss his new book, Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What It Means for the World. Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosts. We discuss… The crisis that already happened: why the September 2021 protests in Evergrande's lobby were China's catharsis moment Decay instead of collapse: why credit growth fell from 18% a year to 5%, why Beijing keeps rolling over loans to zombie state firms, and why in China "the path to crisis is reform" Jordan and Brad discuss Xi's Perspective: Does supply-chain dominance matter more than GDP? Twelve million graduates a year, the youth unemployment numbers that vanished in 2023, why all of China's new strategic industries add up to about 6% of GDP, and why a $10,000 BYD doesn't matter if your kid can't get a job Who's paying for China's AI? Plus: Logan's case that the US no longer has a systemic economic rivalry with China, and Brad's pushback that Chinese supply-chain controls have so far beaten Western demand-side leverage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Top headlines for Tuesday, September 29, 2026J.R.R. Tolkien joins C.S. Lewis in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. Sen. Josh Hawley calls for a national ban on the abortion pill. Tim Tebow pauses ties with Life Surge amid high-pressure sales allegations. And Chinese authorities detain pastors from Beijing's 1,000-member Jiaquan house church days before the Trump-Xi summit.0:11 JRR Tolkien to join CS Lewis in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner0:56 Josh Hawley calls for national ban on abortion pill1:46 Life Surge sparks concern among some Christians2:39 Christian social worker returns to court over job discrimination3:27 China detains pastors in crackdown on unregistered churches4:18 5 things to know about the Caleb Flynn murder trial5:03 Natalie Grant warns Church on use of AI to shape spiritualitySubscribe to this PodcastApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsOvercastFollow Us on Social Media@ChristianPost on TwitterChristian Post on Facebook@ChristianPostIntl on InstagramSubscribe on YouTubeGet the Edifi AppDownload for iPhoneDownload for AndroidSubscribe to Our NewsletterSubscribe to the Freedom Post, delivered every Monday and ThursdayClick here to get the top headlines delivered to your inbox every morning!Links to the NewsJRR Tolkien to join CS Lewis in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner | EntertainmentJosh Hawley calls for national ban on abortion pill | PoliticsLife Surge sparks concern among some Christians | BusinessChristian social worker returns to court over job discrimination | WorldChina detains pastors in crackdown on unregistered churches | World5 things to know about the Caleb Flynn murder trial | U.S.Natalie Grant warns Church on use of AI to shape spirituality | Entertainment

China is ramping up an ongoing effort to shore up local government budgets and fund AI data centers with tax revenue from its richest citizens. Billionaires across the country are seeing bills hit their doorstep, and one major deadline to pay up is just weeks away. On today’s Big Take podcast, host David Gura talks to Bloomberg’s Lulu Chen about why Beijing is enforcing and rewriting its tax rules, and the measures some wealthy citizens are taking to pay up or fight back.View profiles for each of the world’s 500 richest people, see the biggest movers, and compare fortunes or track returns on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read more: China’s Tax Grab Squeezes Rich Elite Harder Than Ever Further listening: China Tightens Its Grip on Billions in Offshore Wealth Hosted by David Gura; Guest: Lulu Chen; Produced by Naomi Ng; Edited by Aaron Edwards, Engineering by Greg TockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leylah Fernandez is the Singapore Open champion! On this week's WTA Weekly, we look back at her title run and what it could mean for the rest of her season. Then we turn to Beijing: Who arrives with momentum, which players need a strong week, and who could make a deep run? Join us for the talking points, predictions and matches to watch. Follow and rate the podcast, and tell us your pick to win Beijing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ATP Tour does double duty in Asia this week. Sean Calvert and Nigel Seeley provide full tournament betting previews for the ATP Japan Open in Tokyo and the ATP China Open in Beijing. The tennis handicappers analyze the futures markets and outright winner odds, as well as preview and make predictions for key early-round matches. Looking for players to target? Need expert insight on trends and court conditions? Game, Bet, Match has you covered. 00:00 ATP Tokyo & Beijing 02:16 ATP Japan Open Preview 07:56 ATP Japan Open Winner Market 14:18 Brandon Nakashima vs. Ugo Humbert 20:46 Kei Nishikori vs. Frances Tiafoe 26:00 Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alex Michelsen 32:08 ATP China Open Preview 36:10 ATP China Open Winner Market 42:20 Tallon Griekspoor vs. Andrey Rublev

A.M. Edition for Sept. 28. OpenAI models target a U.N. website in the latest incident of autonomous agents gone rogue. Plus, British authorities arrest five men over an alleged plot to attack a U.S. air base. And an Iran stalemate sends oil prices and bond yields surging - we look at how some of the world's best bond investors see the treasury selloff. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In Episode 500 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Logan Wright, director of China macro and financial sector research at the Rhodium Group and author of Broken China, about why China's economic troubles are structural rather than cyclical, the product of the largest single-country credit expansion in history, how Beijing's official GDP figures obscure what is actually happening to Chinese households, local governments, and the property market, why the renminbi is overvalued and capital flight out of China is likely to persist, and what it means for the West to treat the PRC not as a rising power to be managed, but as a declining one. The first hour focuses on Wright's central argument that China's economy is in structural decline, not because its leaders chose austerity or an unwavering commitment to running chronic trade surpluses, but because the largest single-country credit expansion in over a century has exhausted the financial system's capacity to generate growth, leaving it unable to ignite the domestic demand needed to rebalance both the Chinese and global economies. They discuss why optimism about Beijing's reform prospects was once rational, how China's official GDP data obscures what is actually happening on the ground, and why the prevailing narrative that Chinese policymakers retain the capacity to engineer a recovery is, in Wright's view, fundamentally mistaken. The second hour turns to the consequences of China's credit bubble and property market collapse for ordinary households and local governments, the similarities and critical differences between China's predicament and Japan's in the 1990s and early 2000s, and the striking historical parallel between the CCP's political choices and those of Soviet leaders during the USSR's era of stagnation under Brezhnev. They also discuss the structural demographic headwinds compounding the collapse in Chinese demand, why Wright believes the renminbi is overvalued and poses no credible threat to the dollar's international role, the implications for America's strategic competition with the PRC when viewed through the lens of a declining rather than a rising power, and why Wright argues that the threats China poses are deterrable and require coordinated allied action to address. Subscribe to our premium content—including our premium feed, episode transcripts, and Intelligence Reports—by visiting HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you'd like to join the conversation and become a member of the Hidden Forces Genius community—with benefits like Q&A calls with guests, exclusive research and analysis, in-person events, and dinners—you can also sign up on our subscriber page at HiddenForces.io/subscribe. If you enjoyed today's episode of Hidden Forces, please support the show by: Subscribing on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, CastBox, or via our RSS Feed Writing us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Join our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe and support the podcast at https://hiddenforces.io. Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 09/23/2026

Catherine, Matt and David were live on YouTube to talk about Czechia's triumph in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals and Team Europe's victory at the Laver Cup.Part one (00:00 - 46:22) We cover Czechia winning their first BJK Cup title since 2018, Linda Noskova's transformation in recent months, Ukraine's run to the final, and our overall feelings on the event after the second staging in Shenzhen. Plus, there's discussion of wins or Kim Birrell and Leylah Fernandez in Seoul and Singapore, and the concussion protocol situation of Tatiana Prozorova. Part two (46:23 - 1:09:55) Matt talks about what it was like to attend Laver Cup for the first time and we discuss the bits of the event that we continue to like (player interactions, seeing Carlos Alcaraz in action) and the bits that we don't. Part three (1:09:56 - 1:37:10) We discuss the new Grand Slam Player Council and a worrying update from Jannik Sinner about his knee. Plus, preview and predictions as events get underway in Beijing and Tokyo.For ad-free listening and bonus content, Become a Friend.Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠new merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Cut The Faff t-shirts are here!Talk tennis with Friends on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Barge! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to receive our free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (daily at Slams and weekly the rest of the year, featuring Matt's Stat, mascot photos, Fantasy League updates, and more)Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@thetennispodcast) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CAPTION 1900 GALVESTON HURRICANELive Streaming weekdays 8-9 AM ET on The John Batchelor Show Substack pagePacific Watch: Summit Rumors, Coastal Storms, and California Power PlaysJeff Bliss, "Pacific Watch," and Michael Vlahos ("Germanicus") join host John Batchelor to analyze pressing political, economic, and environmental developments across the globe. In national diplomacy, President Donald Trump met with China's President Xi Jinping in Washington amidst rumors of internal political instability in Beijing. In Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass faces a high-stakes challenge from candidate Nithya Raman, who previously displaced Spencer Pratt during the primary election. Corporate and civic disputes also dominate the region: Larry Ellison and Paramountfinalized a controversial deal with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, drawing sharp public criticism from Jane Fonda and Mark Ruffalo, while the $3.3 billion people mover project at LAX suffers delays and massive cost overruns. In Las Vegas, U.S. Ambassador Tilman Fertitta purchased major Caesars Entertainment properties on the Strip, while media executive Barry Diller abandoned an $18 billion takeover attempt of MGM Resorts. Further north in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson confronts pushback from major employers like Amazon and Starbucks. On the environmental front, Category 5 Hurricane Polo threatens Baja, Mexico, and Southern California, compounding severe coastal erosion left by Hurricane Marie.Finally, Germanicus examines international conflict, referencing the Roman campaign in Yemenunder Emperor Augustus, current global energy price surges, and comments by Mark Carney concerning Canada and the United States, noting that soaring fuel costs in California highlight widespread economic and political instability.