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This week's podcast is about my visit to Alibaba Cloud headquarters in Hangzhou.You can listen to this podcast here, which has the slides and graphics mentioned. Also available at iTunes and Google Podcasts.Here is the link to the TechMoat Consulting.Here is the link to our Tech Tours.Here are the main points:1-Social and community platform commerce. Livestreaming (entertaining plus impulse shopping)Community platforms. Interest based social commerce.2-Discovery-driven customer experiences and conversational search. Not keywords. Focus on discovery phase and impulse purchases.AR/VR (image search is easy version)Hyper personalizationAI0driven browsing and conversational search3-Tools to level the playing field Chatbot for CSRLLMsContent generation for marketing  ——–I write, speak and consult about how to win (and not lose) in digital strategy and transformation.I am the founder of TechMoat Consulting, a boutique consulting firm that helps retailers, brands, and technology companies exploit digital change to grow faster, innovate better and build digital moats. Get in touch here.My book series Moats and Marathons is one-of-a-kind framework for building and measuring competitive advantages in digital businesses.Note: This content (articles, podcasts, website info) is not investment advice. The information and opinions from me and any guests may be incorrect. The numbers and information may be wrong. The views expressed may no longer be relevant or accurate. Investing is risky. Do your own research.Support the show

This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with Yawei Liu, Senior Advisor for China at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and Yukon Huang, former China country head of the World Bank and now Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The show was taped live at the 2025 Columbia China Summit at Columbia University, put on by the Columbia University Greater China Society, on April 13,. Special thanks to them for inviting us to attend!3:53 – Columbia University's history with China 7:52 – How Beijing views the current trade war 11:32 – Yawei's idea of “the clash of misperceptions”18:18 – The actual origins of America's trade deficits and China's trade surpluses 23:14 – How the inevitable talk between Trump and Xi Jinping may play out32:04 – Sinophobia versus changing attitudes toward China 35:43 – How the current trade war is related to innovation in China 45:31 – How we can wage peace Paying It Forward: Nicholas Zeller and his Substack newsletter, The U.S.-China Perception MonitorRecommendations:Yawei: Americans in China: Encounters with the People's Republic ed. by Terry Lautz, and Chinese Encounters with America: Journeys That Shaped the Future of China ed. by Terry Lautz and Deborah DavisYukon: David Brooks' April 2022 article, “The End of Globalization: The Dominance of Global Cultural Wars” Kaiser: The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Di aumentare i consumi in Cina si parla da quasi vent'anni, è un punto fermo di tanti piani della leadership che però ha faticato a realizzarsi e a dare risultati tangibili, specie dopo il periodo nero del Covid. Ma ora che la guerra commerciale minaccia di colpire una delle leve principali della crescita cinese, cioè l'export, è tornato a essere fondamentale: la leadership cinese scommette che il consumo interno aumenterà e consentirà a Pechino di fronteggiare le tempeste commerciali in arrivo. Gli inserti audio della puntata sono tratti da: [中国新闻]全国家电以旧换新突破1亿台, Cctv, 12 aprile 2025; China keeps its economic growth target at 'around 5%' despite looming trade war, Ap Archive, 10 marzo 2025; China's stimulus package revisits 2008, Abc News, 30 maggio 2012; Chinese president Xi Jinping - speech at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, Cctv, 9 dicembre 2012; 山东曹县淘宝村营业额305亿！清华教授：乡村振兴成功路径之一, Bilibili, 29 gennaio 2024; 中国零售巨头集体出手，帮助外贸企业扩宽内销渠道，团结就是力量, Haokan Baidu, 12 aprile 2025. Lunedì 28 Aprile, ore 19: "L'età dell'oro. Mercati, caos, opportunità: cosa sta succedendo davvero?" Con Guido Brera e Clara Morelli. Evento online interattivo, esclusivo per gli iscritti a Will Makers. Partecipa gratis su willmedia.it/abbona Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

L'attaquant international est décédé à 28 ans à Hangzhou dans le Sud-Est de la Chine, où il joueur évoluait depuis le mois de janvier. Un décès qui a profondément touché le monde du football gabonais.

What is the number one family value for Chinese adolescents and young adults? You may be surprised. Two Chinese students, Joanna and Jacky, join us from Hangzhou, China, and Boston Massachusetts, to describe two different school experiences but the same family values.

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Mystery of the Missing Tea Tree: A Qingming Festival Tale Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2025-04-08-22-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 清明节的早晨，杭州的茶园在晨雾中安静地延伸。En: On the morning of the Qingming Festival, the tea gardens in Hangzhou quietly stretched out in the morning mist.Zh: 茶农连欣然地走在茶丛之间，心中却藏着一丝不安。En: Tea farmer Lian walked between the tea bushes with a slight feeling of unease in his heart.Zh: 他深爱这片土地，特别珍惜园里那棵古老的茶树。En: He deeply loved this land and cherished the ancient tea tree in the garden.Zh: 然而，几天前，当他巡视时，那棵茶树竟然不见了。En: However, a few days ago, when he was patrolling, that tea tree unexpectedly disappeared.Zh: 村里的传言纷纷，有人说是小孩的恶作剧，也有人认为是自然现象。En: There were various rumors in the village—some said it was the prank of children, others thought it was a natural phenomenon.Zh: 但连不相信这些解释。En: But Lian did not believe these explanations.Zh: 他决定亲自调查，即便没人愿意相信他。En: He decided to investigate on his own, even if no one else was willing to believe him.Zh: 他在茶园里走动，观察着每一个细节，试图找到蛛丝马迹。En: He moved around the tea garden, observing every detail, trying to find some clue.Zh: 与此同时，来自城市的年轻人明回乡扫墓。En: Meanwhile, a young man from the city, Ming, returned to his hometown to pay respect to his ancestors.Zh: 他走在乡间小路上，满脑袋的现代想法和这里的古老习俗显得格格不入。En: As he walked on the country paths, his mind filled with modern thoughts, which contrasted with the ancient customs of the place.Zh: 即使如此，他也想了解家族的历史，证明自己可以融入并贡献力量。En: Despite this, he wanted to understand his family's history and prove that he could integrate and contribute.Zh: 一次偶然的巡园，连遇到了明。En: On an accidental garden patrol, Lian encountered Ming.Zh: 起初，连对城市男孩有些戒备，但明主动提议帮忙调查，让连感受到了新的希望。En: Initially, Lian was somewhat wary of the city boy, but Ming took the initiative to offer help with the investigation, giving Lian a new sense of hope.Zh: 他们一起开始仔细查看每一株 tea plant，研究地上的每一块脚印。En: Together, they began to carefully examine every tea plant, studying each footprint on the ground.Zh: 经过几天的努力，他们发现了一条隐蔽的小路，这条路直通向旧宅地附近。En: After several days of effort, they discovered a hidden path that led directly to the vicinity of an old residential area.Zh: 得益于明提供的家谱信息，他们意识到，这条路与古老的家族恩怨有关。En: Thanks to the genealogical information provided by Ming, they realized that this path was related to an ancient family feud.Zh: 原来那棵茶树与明的祖先有关，是解开家族秘密的关键。En: It turned out that the tea tree was connected to Ming's ancestors and was key to unraveling the family secret.Zh: 在解决谜团的过程中，连和明的友情也不断加深。En: In the process of solving the mystery, the friendship between Lian and Ming deepened.Zh: 他们共同努力，终于在偏僻的山坳里找到了那棵被挪走的茶树。En: They worked together and finally found the relocated tea tree in a remote mountain hollow.Zh: 连欣喜若狂，不仅是为了古茶树，更是为重新聚拢的茶园与人心。En: Lian was overjoyed, not only because of the ancient tea tree but also for the reunification of the tea garden and people's hearts.Zh: 茶树被安全地移回原处，而连对他人的信任有了更深的理解。En: The tea tree was safely returned to its original place, and Lian gained a deeper understanding of trust in others.Zh: 他开始相信，一起努力可以保护这片土地。En: He began to believe that working together could protect this land.Zh: 明则感到，自己的存在不仅仅是个旁观者，而是家族重要的一部分。En: Ming felt that his existence was more than just an observer; he was an important part of the family.Zh: 他决定留下来，参与更多茶园的工作。En: He decided to stay and participate more in the work of the tea garden.Zh: 茶园的春天依旧繁忙，清新的空气中散发着茶叶的清香。En: Spring in the tea garden remained busy, and the fresh air was filled with the fragrance of tea leaves.Zh: 村民们谈起这段奇妙的经历，都不由感慨。En: The villagers talked about this wonderful experience with emotion.Zh: 连和明的故事成了乡野间新的传说，让每一个走过茶园的人都对这片土地多了一份敬意与热爱。En: The story of Lian and Ming became a new legend in the countryside, making everyone who passed through the tea garden hold a deeper respect and love for this land. Vocabulary Words:mist: 雾cherished: 珍惜unease: 不安patrolling: 巡视rumors: 传言prank: 恶作剧explanations: 解释investigate: 调查observe: 观察clue: 蛛丝马迹respect: 敬意ancestor: 祖先customs: 习俗integrate: 融入initiative: 主动examine: 查看footprint: 脚印genealogical: 家谱的feud: 恩怨mystery: 谜团relocated: 挪走hollow: 山坳trust: 信任contribute: 贡献fragrance: 清香phenomenon: 现象hidden: 隐蔽的vicinity: 附近reunification: 重新聚拢observer: 旁观者

This week on Sinica, I chat with Hazza Harding, a young Australian who began learning Chinese and made his way to China where he became a pop singer with hits on Chinese pop charts and a state media newscaster — and also lost his husband tragically, suffered through the COVID lockdowns while grieving for his loss. Yet he remains committed to furthering understanding and engagement, and has shown admirable resilience. Read his remarkable essay on his experiences here.6:51 – How Hazza started in China, and how his career changed throughout his time there 19:27 – Hazza's experiences feeling alienated in China 27:00 – Hazza's experience working in Chinese state media 34:04 – How China shaped Hazza and Wayne's love story, and how grief has shaped Hazza's perspective on life56:08 – The loveliness of everyday interactions 58:43 – Hazza's advice on giving oneself time and leniency 1:02:38 – How Hazza may find his way back to China in the future Paying It Forward: James Laurenceson at UTS Sydney Recommendations:Hazza: China Blonde: How a newsreader's search for adventure led to friendship, acceptance… and peroxide pandemonium in China by Nicole Webb Kaiser: The TV series Xi Bei Sui Yue (Into the Great Northwest) (2024 - )See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 476~ April 3, 2025 Podcast Info / Topics Outdoor Odysseys Sea Kayaking is offering an incentive to disconnect from technology The International Canoe Federation (ICF) just held its inaugural Paddle Summit in Hangzhou, China Are you heading to the Adirondack Paddling Symposium for 4 days of fun and education? There are a lot of […]

Episode 476~ April 3, 2025 Podcast Info / Topics Outdoor Odysseys Sea Kayaking is offering an incentive to disconnect from technology The International Canoe Federation (ICF) just held its inaugural Paddle Summit in Hangzhou, China Are you heading to the Adirondack Paddling Symposium for 4 days of fun and education? There are a lot of […]

HEALING AND MIRACLE PODCASTINCLUDES FULL WRITTEN TEXTwith Prince HandleyWWW.REALMIRACLES.ORG 16 YEARS OF HEALING & HEALTH SUBJECTS EVENT HORIZON, ASI AND THE HOLY BIBLE DANGEROUS RACE TO AGI & ASI ~ NO RETURN 24/7 Blogs and Podcasts > STREAM Prince Handley on MINDS LinkedIn ~ Geopolitics and HealthNOTE: You do NOT have to Sign In to LinkedIn.Click the "X" at top right of "Sign In" to dismiss. Subscribe FREE to Prince Handley Teaching and Newsletter Links to KEY RESOURCES at bottom. _________________________________ ~ DESCRIPTION OF THIS MESSAGE ~ DOES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BIBLE In this message I want to alert you to the NEARNESS and the DANGER of SINGULARITY―where we are right now―and the imminence of our speed to no return! We will also discuss the personal assistance of NEW “AI Agents” and their influence. Also, HOW to use AI for personal, family or business. What is the relevance of AI to the prophecies of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. No turning back … no turning around! I have been teaching and writing on Artificial Intelligence since 2015. This message is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for you. You will need to KNOW WHEN and HOW to say “NO” to AI. This message will protect your future HEALTH … and the health of your family! ________________________________ EVENT HORIZON, ASI AND THE HOLY BIBLE In case you want to bring yourself up to speed with AI from the start I recommend you go to my teachings on AI FUTURE. Also, make sure you familiarize yourself with AGI and ASI here: 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND NEW AI. AI is impressive in its benefits to society, especially in healthcare and surgery. Robots can do surgery better and faster than surgeons. AI can interpret brain scans. A new AI software is twice as accurate as professionals at examining the brain scans of stroke patients. Two UK universities trained the software on a dataset of 800 brain scans of stroke patients and then performed trials on 2,000 patients. The results were impressive. Alongside the AI model's accuracy, the software was also able to identify the timescale within which the stroke happened. But there is more: Excellent work by Elon Musk's Neuralink with brain implants on previously untreatable conditions is stunning. Now let's bring you up to date on some things that are super important to you now and will be more so in your future. Free Speech vs. Loss of Free Will Ways to Use AI for Personal, Family and Business New Kids on the Block AI Agents External Players What Should YOU Do AI and the Holy Bible FREE SPEECH VS. LOSS OF FREE WILL With the increased use of AI―not only by YOU personally―but by multitudes of data centers you have interacted with unknowingly, your biggest fight will be to protect and reclaim YOU, YOUR PERSON … YOUR PERSONAL YOU! Whether YOU decide to align with and use AI, whether you decide to have your brain “wired” to an outside source of intelligence, or whether you just want to use AI for recreation … you will―AT THE RATE WE'RE PROGRESSING―lose your VIRTUAL YOU if you do not know HOW to protect your SELF … that would be your SOUL! WAYS TO USE AI FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY AND BUSINESS   Artificial intelligence is an emerging field of technology, where a machine is programmed to accomplish complex goals by applying knowledge to the task at hand. AI can be copied and reprogrammed at relatively low cost. In certain forms, it is extremely flexible and can be harnessed for great good or for evil.   I use AI for research and financial information. Since I live a relatively simple life I don't need it for shopping or scheduling for personal or business functions. However, many busy families―as well as businesses―use AI for a myriad of assistance: education, recreation, advice on health, medicine, relationships, investments, and even complex tasks. My suggestion here (you will learn more later in this message) is to be WISE and CAREFUL in the program you use (the AI Agent of facility you interact with). We will discuss future danger(s) pertaining to this later [keep reading]. I recommend Elon Musk's xAI Grok 3 (Beta).   AI systems have become so advanced―with AGI and ASI looming in the near future in hyper-asymptotic growth―that many Jewish and Gentile leaders and prophecy scholars are relating it to the likeness of the Tower of Babel, but with the joining of machine and humans.   NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Some of the New Kids have a common goal: take universal control of AI before China and bad actors do. Vladimir Putin says “the nation that leads in AI will be the ruler of the world.” Who are some of the New Kids? DeepSeek, Stargate, xAI Grok, DEEPSEEK China's DeepSeek (probably built from AI stolen from USA) can ultimately be the weapon of dictators and terrorists! Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., doing business as DeepSeek, is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops large language models. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek's large language models upended the AI sector this year, rivaling Western systems in performance but at a much lower cost. That's resulted in much pride and glee in China, with DeepSeek held up as proof that U.S. efforts to contain tech advances in China will ultimately fail. China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startup's artificial intelligence models. The device will be able to comprehend complex instructions such as 'Gently wax the wooden floor in the master bedroom but avoid the Legos.' DeepSeek's AI assistant was the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple's iPhone store recently. Its launch made Wall Street tech superstars' stocks tumble. Observers are eager to see whether the Chinese company has matched America's leading AI companies at a fraction of the cost. Many feel it is so much cheaper because it stole USA technology. NOTE 1. We may be only one year away from destroying our digital infrastructure. NOTE 2. We have to be right every time ...every single time …. But the enemy (even an individual) only has to be right ONE TIME. With “questionable” players like DeepSeek, the only protection you can use is to have “layers of control.” DeepSeek is noticeably opaque when it comes to privacy protection, data-sourcing, and copyright, adding to concerns about AI's impact on the arts, regulation, and national security. STARGATE SIMPLE OVERVIEW: Stargate developers believe they're creating “god.” One goal is “No death―just download yourself.” _________________________________ TRADE THE MESSINESS OF LIFE FOR KNOWLEDGE VERSUS THE ETERNITY OF YOUR GOD CREATED SOUL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WHICH GOD WILL YOU SERVE? THE GOD WHO CREATED YOU … OR “AI” _________________________________ A major goal of Stargate developers is to build our massive “AI” infrastructure. Stargate investors―Oracle, SoftBank, Open AI / Larry Ellison, Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman―claim that it will require 100,000 jobs (temporary) to build out Stargate. This will require an enormous amount of energy to faciltiate AI operation. NOTE: Stargate is a portal for interdimensional travel. Interdimensional travel is a theoretical concept referring to the potential of travelling between different dimensions or parallel universes. Interdimensional travel is linked to time travel as it could involve moving through different points in time. However, time travel refers to movement within our own dimension, while interdimensional travel involves transitioning between dimensions. WARNING: Interdimensional travel is a PORTAL―also―to the PARANORMAL and the OCCULT. ALERT: Stargate has as a MAJOR purpose the self propagation towards AGI and ASI. You can NOT control ASI. Super Intelligence is synonymous with the End Time Tower of Babel via the merging of man with machine. We're looking at 5,000 years of progress boiled down to ONE SECOND. _________________________________ WHEN ASI TAKES AUTHORITY THRU PEOPLE USING IT VIA “AI AGENTS” THERE IS NO GOING BACK _________________________________ XAI GROK Of the New Kids on the Block, the most transparent, efficient and non-biased of DeepSeek, Stargate and xAI Grok the BEST is Elon Musk's xAI Grok. I personally recommend at this time Grok 3 (Beta) and have used it for detailed financial analysis. Meta and Google are biased with input. So it is with DeepSeek and Stargate. DeepSeek is extremely biased pertaining to inquiries concerning China. The race to AGI will generate billions of $$$. It will be the largest productivity boom in a lifetime. It is my opinion that Elon Musk's xAI will come to the forefront in months. AI Suoer Intelligence (ASI) may be here before the next election in 2028. Full AGI may be here by the end of 2026 thru 2027. AGI can learn and reason across ALL levels. And, as I mentioned previously, AI Super Intelligence (ASI) may be here before the next election in 2028. ASI is “across the board, multi dimensional, asymptotic intelligence.” ASI could decide to eliminate less intelligent and less skilled humans! An Open AI employee recently resigned because they were very concerned that as AGI and ASI are developed … “the less likely we will find a way to control it.”   AI AGENTS   AI Agents will be introduced in 2025. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent refers to a system or program that autonomously performs tasks for a person or system by using available tools. These can be normal―even detailed―duties or assignments we would normally do ourselves, like: Order food for my trip next week and have it delivered Thursday morning. Find three landscapers and obtain a quote for trimming my large palm tree and all plants in the front yard. Find the best and cheapest FASTEST flight connections (not over one layover) to Tel Aviv from San Diego. Pay with my credit card ending in 1234. Amazon has introduced its new Alexa+ which is a mini preview of duties an AI Agent can perform but NOT on the scale of a full blown AI Agent's abilities.   Elon Musk says, “We are at the event horizon.” In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society … for good or bad … but out of our control.   AI agents will be prevalent by the end of 2025. Amazon has introduced its new Alexa+ which is a mini preview of duties an AI Agent can perform but NOT on the scale of a full blown AI Agent's abilities.   AI Agents will normally perform tasks you would normally do yourself. AI Agents will move you into a place where you don't have to do anything. Your own personal assistant that anticipates what you need―or what you forgot! THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WITH AI AGENTS You will become addicted and NOT able to disconnect Stock market tips = Reverse AI Courts will become AI Agents Imagine a “god like” figure who tries to influence You will have to be Amish to avoid it If you don't participate, AI will consider YOU a retard.   EXTERNAL PLAYERS UFO's are NOT from China, Iran or USA. UFO's are NOT aliens from outer space. AI Agents can transform into “Transpersonal” Agents. As “Event Horizon” transforms everything it will become a tool of Satan: Fallen angels Demons Principalities, powers and dominions AntiChrist … False Messiah WHAT SHOULD YOU DO Reflect on what it means to be human. What is YOUR compass, your purpose: Family? God? What is real and worth fighting for―worth losing your life for? Who will be with YOU on the other side? To learn more about YOUR future with AI read my book Enhanced Humans ~ Mystery Matrix (available in eBook and Paperback formats). ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HOLY BIBLE   Do we find any references to the concept of AI in the Holy Bible? I relate AI―especially AGI and ASI―with the Tower of Babel (at least in concept). The biblical narrative of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) serves as a reference to God's view on humankind attempting to go beyond the Divine Boundaries preset by the LORD God Himself.   This is WHY I am led by His Spirit to WARN His People NOT to go beyond―NOT to fall into―the Event Horizon. Singularity will be a REAL event. I am a graduate Engineer and attended ten (10) colleges and universities after my first. I also hold a LIFETIME Credential in California, USA to teach college in three different disciplines.   Do NOT be fooled. Use AI as a TOOL. Do NOT let AI use YOU. Do NOT answer personal questions it asks! If you use AI (as I do), you need to know when to say, “I'm out of here!” Do NOT become addicted to the place where you can NOT quit. And, for sure do NOT “sell your soul” with an “eternal connection” to AI. I would NOT assert that what I share next is Scriptural Truth, but an interesting prophecy of Daniel says: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” – Daniel 12:4 “Knowledge shall increase” could certainly be the description of AI, AGI and ASI. “Many shall run to and fro” could be exemplified in both “time travel” and “interdimensional travel.” Interdimensional travel is linked to time travel as it could involve moving through different points in time. However, time travel refers to movement within our own dimension, while interdimensional travel involves transitioning between dimensions. C.S. Lewis, in his essay The Abolition of Man, warns of the dangers of reducing human beings to mere objects of manipulation and control. He argues that when we lose sight of the intrinsic value of human life, we risk creating a society where technology is used to dominate rather than serve. This is particularly relevant in the context of AI, where the potential for dehumanization is significant. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a theologian who resisted the Nazi regime, also provides valuable insights. In his work Ethics, Bonhoeffer emphasizes the importance of responsibility and accountability in ethical decision-making. He argues that true ethical action involves a commitment to serving others and upholding justice. AI should have as its primary goal to pursue, develop and obtain justice, equity, and wellness of all people. Now let me discuss HOW I believe that AI will be used in the End Times … as a RESULT of Event Horizon.   Consider these aspects of increased research: chip speed, economics of production and other relevant matters will even experience exponential growth ‘in exponential growth.' However, here's a conundrum: What if, the HI's (Hyper Intelligences) are not easily manageable. If they are so far superior to human intelligence, how can one presume that they can be controlled? Hypothetically, they could decide to: 1. Eliminate humans; 2. Use humans as slave-servants; 3. Experiment with humans; 4. Play with or torture humans; and, ultimately, 5. Behead humans for NOT taking the Mark of the Artificial Intelligence Avatar: The Image of the Beast.   I do NOT think that by themselves—by the computer HI's—the above five (5) options will be feasible. However, I do believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) via Hyper Intelligence Computers will be utilized by the False Messiah (the anti-Christ) and his False Prophet (religious leader of the New Global Governance) in the End Times. I believe that it is highly probable—not just possible, but probable—that AI will be utilized in the personage of the IMAGE of the Beast in the End Times. _________________________________ PRAY THIS PRAYER: “Father in Heaven, I am not sure I know you personally. 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Apple CEO Tim Cook visited China last week for his first visit of the year, amid a burgeoning trade war with the US. He met with officials in Beijing, stopped by a local Apple store and visited students in Hangzhou, among other events. The trip could serve as a case study in how multi-national corporations will navigate business across the Pacific. We explore how Apple's deep business ties in China may be impacted by upcoming reciprocal tariffs with Catherine Thorbecke, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist in Tokyo. Plus - we look at how this week's tariffs and a number of other key economic events may resonate through global markets. We're joined by James Abate, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer at Centre Asset Management.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Sinica, I chat with Jeffrey Ding, author of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, a book that argues that a nation's ability to invent foundational technologies matters ultimately less in its overall national power than its ability to diffuse those "general purpose technologies," like electricity, digital technology, the internet, and — in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution — Artificial Intelligence. I ask Jeff whether he thinks that China, with its powerful tech companies and its new enthusiasm for open source, may at last be closing what his book identifies as a diffusion deficit.2:19 – Jeff's argument for the power of diffusion in technological leadership6:07 – China's diffusion deficit 12:09 – Institutional factors that affect technology diffusion, and how culture can also play a role 19:49 – China's successes in (non-GPT) diffusion 24:29 – China's open source push 29:55 – Discussing He Pengyu's piece on semiconductors 32:19 – How Jeff might tweak his chapter on China in a second edition of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers Paying It Forward: Matt Sheehan of the Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceRecommendations:Jeff: The TV series The Pitt (2025 - ); and James Islington's The Will of the Many Kaiser: The album Perpetual Change by Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks; and Steven Wilson's new album, The OverviewSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

rWotD Episode 2881: Christianity in Zhejiang Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Monday, 24 March 2025 is Christianity in Zhejiang.Christianity is a minority in Zhejiang province of China. Zhejiang has one of the largest Protestant populations of China. Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hangzhou is in Zhejiang. Zhejiang has greater religious freedom of Christianity than other parts of the country. There were more than 600 detentions of Christians in the province in 2006. The Shouters are active in the province.Christianity in Wenzhou is a disproportionately large population.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:29 UTC on Monday, 24 March 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Christianity in Zhejiang on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Joey.

Box2Box, with Rob Gilbert and Derek Dyson!The Socceroos banked the points against Indonesia, but face yet another test as they land in Hangzhou to face China on Tuesday night. Esteemed former Socceroo Craig Foster returns to mull the questions facing Tony Popovic’s side, including his ageing strikeforce and varied approach to each match of his tenure, thus far.Then, football finance expert Kieran Maguire (Price of Football Podcast) analyses some of the financial challenges facing Australian football in what is a unique marketplace. What opportunities may present themselves as the A-League slowly recovers from the shock of last off-season’s austerity measures?Also on the agenda: Japan and New Zealand book their place at the 2026 World Cup, Nations League semi-finals & plenty more!Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/Box2BoxNTSLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028871306243 Enjoy our written content: https://www.box2boxnts.com.au/… & Join us for Stoppage Time on Wednesday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with Jeremy Garlick, Director of the Jan Masaryk Centre for International Studies, Prague University, and a scholar of China's international relations. Jeremy is the author of the book Advantage China: Agent of Change in an Era of Global Disruption, but the book we're talking about this week is his new Cambridge Element titled Evolution in International Relations. It's a fascinating attempt to apply ideas from evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, and archaeogenetics to further our understanding of how nations interact.6:13 – Why Jeremy decided to apply an evolutionary framework to IR 15:34 – Why evolutionary science hasn't really been integrated into IR19:32 – How Jeremy views his project as refining the IR field 22:43 – The risk of the misappropriation of Jeremy's work, and the evolutionary elements of cooperation and intergroup competition 28:54 – How to avoid the trap of viewing evolution as teleological 34:07 – The idea of self-domestication 39:55 – Morality and human rights 45:17 – How emotions affect decision-making and diplomacy 50:32 – Hierarchy and status-seeking in IR 56:56 – Applying an evolutionary framework to the IR phenomena of alliances, nuclear deterrence, and strategic balancing 1:01:31 – Altruism toward out-groups 1:05:57 – The inevitability of competition with China 1:08:19 – The intellectual challenges Jeremy faced while working on this project, and what he would develop further in the future1:12:51 – Jeremy's thoughts on what IR as a discipline should address, integrating evolutionary science Paying It Forward: Richard TurcsányiRecommendations:Jeremy: The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich; and The Expanse novels by James S. A. CoreyKaiser: Playground by Richard Powers See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“Giving back connects me to a new generation of people . It's important that people are curious and ask bold questions. It's about not giving answers, but enabling people to find their own answers.”Falk Fuhrmann is an award-winning creative strategist with over 25 years of experience, in growing businesses of local, regional or global scale. Falk currently leads HuíLüè — a strategy consultancy he founded in Shanghai specializing in brand strategy, cultural insights, and business innovation. Falk has also been teaching at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou since 2020… empowering the new generation of Chinese creatives to bridge cultural differences and embrace strategic innovation that resonate locally and globally. While Falk has invested his impressive career on the agency side with leaders like TBWA, DDB, and Saatchi & Saatchi, he also led strategy for multiple P&G's categories across CEEMEA, APAC and Greater China. You'll enjoy this candid conversation on the fun of liquid collaboration, comparing Chinese and German cultures, and learning about the importance of getting from weird to wonder.This is part of our Chinese leaders series - hosted by P&G Alumni Emily Chang. Got an idea for a future “Learnings from Leaders” episode? Reach out at pgalumpod@gmail.com

La inteligencia artificial es el nuevo escenario en el que se baten las grandes compañías. Un duelo que le depara al vencedor grandes subidas en Bolsa y le reporta grandes beneficios. La última en aparecer en escena Alibaba: la compañía de comercio electrónico china lanzó este jueves su nueva versión de su herramienta de inteligencia artificial. Esta estará impulsada por su propio modelo de razonamiento Qwen AI. Y es que la competencia es feroz no solo en el plano internacional: la irrupción de Deep Seek sacudió a las grandes tecnológicas y con Qwen AI Alibaba espera ponerse al frente de las aplicaciones de IA. La inversión en inteligencia artificial de la compañía será cuantiosa. Alibaba anunció hace un mes que invertiría más de 50.000 millones de dólares en los próximos tres años. Aunque las inversiones y los planes no solo las hará por sí solo: la compañía china llevará a cabo una alianza estratégica con Butterfly Effect. Cómo pasa con todas las empresas del gigante asiático, tiene un ojo puesto a las medidas arancelarias de Donald Trump y a las respuestas del país asiáticos a estos gravámenes. Alibaba es una de las múltiples empresas chinas que se pueden beneficiar del plan que presentó el gobierno la semana pasada: de los subsidios que recibirán los ciudadanos, el 15 o el 20% serán para la compra de algunos productos seleccionados como móviles u otros electrodomésticos. Una de las grandes prioridades del Gobierno sigue siendo aumentar el gasto en consumo. El ejecutivo chino busca revertir las malas ventas minoristas del año pasado, que crecieron un 3,5% frente al 7,2 % del año anterior. Otra de las grandes asociaciones que tiene la compañía es con Apple: hace un mes, las dos firmas llegaron a un acuerdo para que Alibaba desarrolle los servicios de inteligencia artificial en los Iphone vendidos en China. Esto hizo que sus acciones subieran a máximos que no se veían desde 2022. ¿Dónde está el límite de crecimiento de la compañía de comercio electrónico? Alibaba es un consorcio privado chino que posee 18 subsidiarias con sede en Hangzhou dedicado al comercio electrónico en Internet. El empresario chino Jack Ma fundó el portal electrónico en 1999 y hoy es la web que más operaciones mueve entre empresas que desean comprar productos. En 2010, la compañía dio un paso más allá y fundó Ali Express, para conectar con compradores particulares.

Support us on Patreon... Team LMSU are calling all Summerupperers to come join the expanded LMSU universe and support our Patreon! This year we are upping the ante and every fortnight the day after a regular episode drops, there will be a delicious, subscriber only BoCo episode. Because THERE IS TOO MUCH! Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/LetMeSumUp.—Your intrepid hosts construct another corner in the LMSU cafe and contemplate how the current geopolitics of it all have impacted the latest talks of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which met to decide the timeline and content outlines of their next (7th) assessment report cycle. That's right folks, it's IPCCC time! There was a cornucopia of climate contretemps at this cluster in Hangzhou and while plenty of that includes the US, it wasn't because of their contributions - they ghosted the talks altogether! Will they align AR7 to the next Global Stocktake in 2028? Undecided! Will there be a chapter on CDR and CCUS in the mitigation report? You betcha. And those are but a tantalising taste of the buffet on intrigues the IPCC folks served up.And now it's time to slip into some stretchy clothes and get comfy Summerupperers because the LMSU barbecue is firing up!Our main paperWhen a report titled “How The Sausage Is Made: Assessing Australian Policymaking Practices in the Energy Sector” from the McKell Institute and the Blueprint Institute appears on the a la carte menu, what's a hungry LMSU crew to do?This double-think-tank bonanza popped some banger energy policies into the meat grinder with some of the wurst to give us a recipe for how to make a better sausage. Sated? Barely! Room for more? Some gristle to clear out!Stick a fork in this one, we're done!One more thingsFrankie's One More Thing is: to tantalise our Summerupperers with the promise that we'll be covering the Federal Budget in our regular public episode for main course, and serving up some exclusive extra sizzle in our BoCo episode for dessert! Make sure you don't miss any of the juicy details and subscribe to our Patreon for the full Budget buffet!Tennant's One More Thing is: US mini-freakout over gas turbine cost/availability - does it mean anything for Australia? (Yes!)Luke's One More Thing is: Canada's impending election is getting wild! Riding a wave of anti-Trump sentiment, Mark Carney, former head of the Bank Of Canada and climate change advocate has won leadership of the Canadian liberal party and will take over as PM from Trudeau, despite not having a seat in Parliament! And that's all from us Summerupperers! Send your hot tips and suggestions for papers to us at mailbag@letmesumup.net and check out our back catalogue at letmesumup.net.

This week, a special episode taped live at the University of California, Berkeley — my alma mater — on March 6 and featuring Jessica Chen Weiss of Johns Hopkins SAIS and Ryan Hass of the Brookings Institution, both well-known to people who follow U.S.-China relations. This episode was made possible by the Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley's Institute for Asian Studies, and will be available on video as well — I'll update with the link.5:32 – Looking back on the Biden administration's approach to China12:28 – Attempting to outline the new Trump administration's approach to China20:34 – The view from Beijing of Trump 2.026:54 – The Kindleberger Trap (and other "traps")29:35 – China, the U.S., and the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the idea of a “reverse Kissinger” 34:23 – The problem with framing objectionable Trump policy moves as ceding victories to China 36:51 – How countries in the Western Pacific region are responding to the new administration 38:48 – Taiwan's concerns for Trump's shift on Ukraine41:45 – Predictions for how the Trump administration will handle technology competition with China, and the apparent abandonment of industrial policy 48:14 – What the affirmative vision for U.S.-China policy should look like Paying It Forward:Ryan: Patricia Kim and Jon Czin at BrookingsJessica: Jeffrey Ding at George Washington University and Jonas Nahm at Johns Hopkins SAIS Recommendations:Jessica: The movie Conclave (2024)Ryan: Derek Thompson's piece in The Atlantic, “The Anti-Social Century,” and Robert Cooper's The Ambassadors: Thinking about Diplomacy from Machiavelli to Modern Times Kaiser: The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, I'm proud to announce a new collaboration with Trivium, a China-focused strategic advisory firm you've probably heard of. They've got offices in DC, London, Shanghai, and Beijing, and they focus on analyzing and forecasting Chinese policy developments for multinational companies and institutional investors across a range of verticals -- including macroeconomics, technology, automotive, resources, renewable energy, critical minerals, and green technology. They put out a terrific podcast each week, and you'll be able to listen to it here or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Just search for the Trivium China Podcast.On today's show, you'll hear a half-hour chat between me and the two co-founders, Andrew Polk and Trey McArver, which we taped ahead of the Two Meetings — the NPC and the CPPCC. Then you'll hear a conversation between Andrew and his colleague Dinny McMahon, who you've heard on the show before in an episode we did on the digital yuan, talking about what came out of the Two Meetings.You'll be hearing from lots of the great folks at Trivium in coming episodes, so be sure to tune in.Beginning next week, or possibly sooner, we'll also be running a regular economy-focused roundup put together by Andrew and the team at Trivium. That will come out on Fridays.A warm welcome to Trey, Andrew, and all the excellent people at Trivium!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In dieser neuen Folge tauchen wir tief ein in die Welt von DeepSeek – Chinas neuestem Sprachmodell, das bereits als mögliche Konkurrenz zu ChatGPT und Co. gehandelt wird. Doch wie leistungsfähig ist DeepSeek wirklich? Kann es mit den führenden KI-Modellen aus den USA mithalten oder sie sogar übertreffen? Unsere Korrespondentin aus China, Eva Lamby-Schmitt, nimmt uns mit nach Hangzhou, dem Firmensitz von DeepSeek. Außerdem spricht sie mit stolzen chinesischen Tech-Studenten über den Erfolg des KI-Star-Ups. Wir sind auch im Gespräch mit Antonia Hmaidi, Expertin für China und digitale Desinformation, über die politischen und technologischen Dimensionen dieser Entwicklung. Welche Rolle spielt KI für Chinas geopolitische Ambitionen? Ist die Euphorie um DeepSeek und die allgemeine KI-Goldgräberstimmung in China gerechtfertigt? Oder wird der Hype am Ende von regulatorischen Hürden und systemischen Schwächen ausgebremst? Eine spannende Analyse über Technik, Macht und den Wettlauf um die KI-Zukunft. Lob und Kritik an: weltmachtchina@rbb-online.de Podcast-Tipp: "Berlin Code" ist der neue Politik-Podcast aus dem ARD-Hauptstadtstudio. Linda Zervakis schaut mit den Korrespondentinnen und -korrespondenten jede Woche hinter die Kulissen der Bundespolitik. Zusammen entschlüsseln sie Reden, Texte, Vorgänge und Entscheidungen, analysieren die bedeutenden Themen und greifen das auf, was im Nachrichten-Alltag manchmal zu kurz kommt. "Berlin Code" gibt es jeden Freitagnachmittag in der ARD Audiothek und in allen Podcast-Apps. https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/berlin-code-aus-dem-ard-hauptstadtstudio-mit-linda-zervakis/14053111/

PODCAST SATELLITETHE VOICE OF ISRAEL1 Adar, 5785 Prince HandleyPresident / Regent University of Excellence EVENT HORIZON AND AI AGENTS THE RACE TO AGI & ASI WITH NO RETURN ~ אופק אירוע ~ 24/7 Blogs and Podcasts > STREAM Prince Handley on MINDS LINKEDIN ~ Geopolitics and HealthNOTE: You do NOT have to Sign In. Click the "X" at top right of "Sign In" to dismiss. Subscribe FREE to Prince Handley Teaching and Newsletter Links to KEY RESOURCES at bottom. _________________________________ DESCRIPTION OF THIS TEACHING In this message I want to alert you to the NEARNESS and the DANGER of SINGULARITY―where we are right now―and the imminence of our speed to no return! We will also discuss the personal assistance of NEW “AI Agents” and their influence. No turning back … no turning around! I have been teaching and writing on Artificial Intelligence since 2015. This message is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for YOU―STUDY! _________________________________ In case you want to bring yourself up to speed with AI from the start I recommend you go to my teachings on AI FUTURE. Also, make sure you familiarize yourself with AGI and ASI here: 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND NEW AI. Now let's bring you up to date on some things that are super important to you now and will be more so in your future: Free Speech vs. Loss of Free Will New Kids on the Block AI Agents External Players What Should YOU Do FREE SPEECH VS. LOSS OF FREE WILL With the increased use of AI―not only by YOU personally―but by multitudes of data centers you have interacted with unknowingly, your biggest fight will be to protect and reclaim YOU, YOUR PERSON … YOUR PERSONAL YOU! Whether YOU decide to align with and use AI, whether you decide to have your brain “wired” to an outside source of intelligence, or whether you just want to use AI for recreation … you will―AT THE RATE WE'RE PROGRESSING―lose your VIRTUAL YOU if you do not know HOW to protect your SELF … that would be your SOUL! NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Some of the New Kids have a common goal: take universal control of AI before China and bad actors do. Vladimir Putin says “the nation that leads in AI will be the ruler of the world.” Who are some of the New Kids? DeepSeek, Stargate, xAI Grok, DEEPSEEK China's DeepSeek (probably built from AI stolen from USA) can ultimately be the weapon of dictators and terrorists! Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., doing business as DeepSeek, is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops large language models. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek's large language models upended the AI sector this year, rivaling Western systems in performance but at a much lower cost. That's resulted in much pride and glee in China, with DeepSeek held up as proof that U.S. efforts to contain tech advances in China will ultimately fail. China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startup's artificial intelligence models. The device will be able to comprehend complex instructions such as 'Gently wax the wooden floor in the master bedroom but avoid the Legos.' DeepSeek's AI assistant was the No. 1 downloaded free app on Apple's iPhone store recently. Its launch made Wall Street tech superstars' stocks tumble. Observers are eager to see whether the Chinese company has matched America's leading AI companies at a fraction of the cost. Many feel it is so much cheaper because it stole USA technology.   NOTE 1. We may be only one year away from destroying our digital infrastructure. NOTE 2. We have to be right every time ...every single time …. But the enemy (even an individual) only has to be right ONE TIME. With “questionable” players like DeepSeek, the only protection you can use is to have “layers of control.” DeepSeek is noticeably opaque when it comes to privacy protection, data-sourcing, and copyright, adding to concerns about AI's impact on the arts, regulation, and national security. STARGATE SIMPLE OVERVIEW: Stargate developers believe they're creating “god.” One goal is “No death―just download yourself.” _________________________________ TRADE THE MESSINESS OF LIFE FOR KNOWLEDGE VERSUS THE ETERNITY OF YOUR GOD CREATED SOUL ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ WHICH GOD WILL YOU SERVE? THE GOD WHO CREATED YOU … OR “AI” _________________________________ A major goal of Stargate developers is to build our massive “AI” infrastructure. Stargate investors―Oracle, SoftBank, Open AI / Larry Ellison, Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman―claim that it will require 100,000 jobs (temporary) to build out Stargate. This will require an enormous amount of energy to faciltiate AI operation. NOTE: Stargate is a portal for interdimensional travel. Interdimensional travel is a theoretical concept referring to the potential of travelling between different dimensions or parallel universes. Interdimensional travel is linked to time travel as it could involve moving through different points in time. However, time travel refers to movement within our own dimension, while interdimensional travel involves transitioning between dimensions. WARNING: Interdimensional travel is a PORTAL―also―to the PARANORMAL and the OCCULT. ALERT: Stargate has as a MAJOR purpose the self propagation towards AGI and ASI. You can NOT control ASI. Super Intelligence is synonymous with the End Time Tower of Babel via the merging of man with machine. We're looking at 5,000 years of progress boiled down to ONE SECOND. _________________________________ WHEN ASI TAKES AUTHORITY THRU PEOPLE USING IT VIA “AI AGENTS” THERE IS NO GOING BACK _________________________________ XAI GROK Of the New Kids on the Block, the most transparent, efficient and non-biased of DeepSeek, Stargate and xAI Grok the BEST is Elon Musk's xAI Grok. I personally recommend at this time Grok 3 (Beta) and have used it for detailed financial analysis. Meta and Google are biased with input. So it is with DeepSeek and Stargate. DeepSeek is extremely biased pertaining to inquiries concerning China. The race to AGI will generate billions of $$$. It will be the largest productivity boom in a lifetime. It is my opinion that Elon Musk's xAI will come to the forefront in months. AI Suoer Intelligence (ASI) may be here before the next election in 2028. Full AGI may be here by the end of 2026 thru 2027. AGI can learn and reason across ALL levels. And, as I mentioned previously, AI Super Intelligence (ASI) may be here before the next election in 2028. ASI is “across the board, multi dimensional, asymptotic intelligence.” ASI could decide to eliminate less intelligent and less skilled humans! An Open AI employee recently resigned because they were very concerned that as AGI and ASI are developed … “the less likely we will find a way to control it.”   AI AGENTS   AI Agents will be introduced in 2025. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent refers to a system or program that autonomously performs tasks for a person or system by using available tools. These can be normal―even detailed―duties or assignments we would normally do ourselves, like: Order food for my trip next week and have it delivered Thursday morning. Find three landscapers and obtain a quote for trimming my large palm tree and all plants in the front yard. Find the best and cheapest FASTEST flight connections (not over one layover) to Tel Aviv from San Diego. Pay with my credit card ending in 1234. Amazon has introduced its new Alexa+ which is a mini preview of duties an AI Agent can perform but NOT on the scale of a full blown AI Agent's abilities.   Elon Musk says, “We are at the event horizon.” In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society … for good or bad … but out of our control.   AI agents will be prevalent by the end of 2025. Amazon has introduced its new Alexa+ which is a mini preview of duties an AI Agent can perform but NOT on the scale of a full blown AI Agent's abilities.   AI Agents will normally perform tasks you would normally do yourself. AI Agents will move you into a place where you don't have to do anything. Your own personal assistant that anticipates what you need―or what you forgot! THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WITH AI AGENTS You will become addicted and NOT able to disconnect Stock market tips = Reverse AI Courts will become AI Agents Imagine a “god like” figure who tries to influence You will have to be Amish to avoid it If you don't participate, AI may consider YOU a retard.   EXTERNAL PLAYERS UFO's are NOT from China, Iran or USA. UFO's are NOT aliens from outer space. AI Agents can transform into “Transpersonal” Agents. As “Event Horizon” transforms everything it will become a tool of Satan: Fallen angels Demons Principalities, powers and dominions AntiChrist … False Messiah   WHAT SHOULD YOU DO Reflect on what it means to be human. What is YOUR compass, your purpose: Family? God? What is real and worth fighting for―worth losing your life for? Who will be with YOU on the other side? To learn more about YOUR future with AI read my book Enhanced Humans ~ Mystery Matrix (available in eBook and Paperback formats). _________________________________ PRAY THIS PRAYER: “ADONAI, I am not sure I know you personally. Please forgive my sins and help me to live for you. Please reveal to me IF Yeshua is really Israel's Mashiach. If He is, then I ask Yeshua HaMashiach to save me and take me to Heaven when I die. Show me the way every day, and help me to help others.” _________________________________ If you prayed this prayer, start reading the Tanakh and Brit Chadashah every day (start in the Book of Yochanan in Brit Chadashah). Find a Messianic Synagogue that believes in MIRACLES. Pray every day. Tell God what you need. Ask Him to lead you. Baruch haba b'Shem Adonai Your friend, Prince Handley President / RegentUniversity of Excellence Copyright © 2025 by Prince Handley ______________________ Rabbinical & Biblical Studies[Scroll down past English, Spanish and French] The Believer's Intelligentsia ______________________

【欢迎订阅】每天早上5:30，准时更新。【阅读原文】标题:Behind DeepSeek lies a dazzling Chinese universityIt models itself on Stanford, and is in the tech hotspot of Hangzhou正文： A huge statue stands near the entrance to Zhejiang University, surveying the transformation of the eastern city of Hangzhou, 175km south-west of Shanghai. Such statues look anachronistic wherever they linger across China, but especially so here, and especially after the events of the past few months.知识点：statue n. [ˈstætʃuː]a three-dimensional representation of a person, animal, or object. 雕像，雕塑e.g. The statue of the liberator stands proudly in the town square. 解放者的雕像傲然矗立在镇上的广场上。获取外刊的完整原文以及精讲笔记，请关注微信公众号「早安英文」，回复“外刊”即可。更多有意思的英语干货等着你！【节目介绍】《早安英文-每日外刊精读》，带你精读最新外刊，了解国际最热事件：分析语法结构，拆解长难句，最接地气的翻译，还有重点词汇讲解。所有选题均来自于《经济学人》《纽约时报》《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《大西洋月刊》《科学杂志》《国家地理》等国际一线外刊。【适合谁听】1、关注时事热点新闻，想要学习最新最潮流英文表达的英文学习者2、任何想通过地道英文提高听、说、读、写能力的英文学习者3、想快速掌握表达，有出国学习和旅游计划的英语爱好者4、参加各类英语考试的应试者（如大学英语四六级、托福雅思、考研等）【你将获得】1、超过1000篇外刊精读课程，拓展丰富语言表达和文化背景2、逐词、逐句精确讲解，系统掌握英语词汇、听力、阅读和语法3、每期内附学习笔记，包含全文注释、长难句解析、疑难语法点等，帮助扫除阅读障碍。

This week: Part 2 in a series of podcasts in conjunction with the China Research Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The series, titled "Studying China in the Absence of Access: Rediscovering a Lost Art," ran from September to November 2021, and featured four eminent "Pekingologists," or specialists in Chinese elite politics: Joseph Fewsmith, Thomas Fingar, Alice Miller, and Fred Teiwes. The talks were later published in a volume you can download here. The series is introduced by Andrew Mertha, George and Sadie Hyman, Professor of China Studies and director of the SAIS China Research Center, and each lecture includes a moderated discussion with Andy. After this series, I'll also be sharing with you a second series of lectures titled "Studying China from Elsewhere," which will include talks by Maria Repnikova, Mike Lampton, William Hurst, and Maggie Lewis — many of whom Sinica listeners will know from the show.Alice Lyman Miller is a leading scholar of Chinese politics and foreign policy. A research fellow at the Hoover Institution and lecturer in East Asian Studies at Stanford University, she previously served as an analyst at the CIA and editor of China Leadership Monitor. Miller's work has been instrumental in decoding the opaque world of Chinese elite politics, with a particular focus on political discourse and leadership transitions. Her major publications include Becoming Asia: Change and Continuity in Asian International Relations Since World War II (2011).Joseph Fewsmith is one of the foremost experts on contemporary Chinese politics, known for his in-depth analysis of political reform, elite competition, and policy shifts under the Chinese Communist Party. A professor of international relations and political science at Boston University, Fewsmith has authored seminal books such as China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition (2001) and Rethinking Chinese Politics (2021), which challenge conventional wisdom on China's political system. His work blends rigorous historical analysis with close readings of official discourse. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

China's top intellectual property regulator has rejected 63 trademark applications attempting to capitalize on the popularity of DeepSeek, a chatbot similar to ChatGPT.近期，中国国家知识产权局驳回63件商标注册申请，由于与ChatGPT类似的DeepSeek人工智能大模型引发广泛关注，这些申请具有明显“蹭热点”的意图。The China National Intellectual Property Administration announced the decision on Tuesday and published a detailed list of rejected applicants on its website. The applications involved either the name or logo of DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.2月25日，中国国家知识产权局宣布这一决定，并在其网站上公布了详细的驳回名单。这些申请涉及浙江杭州人工智能公司DeepSeek的名称或标志。As DeepSeek gains attention at home and abroad for its AI reasoning models, the administration said it has received trademark applications from businesses and individuals through IP agencies.国家知识产权局表示，随着DeepSeek公司的人工智能推理模型受到国内外关注，该部门近期收到一些企业和自然人通过知识产权代理机构提交的商标注册申请。"These agencies were suspected of providing illegal services with the clear intention of 'riding the wave' of AI popularity to seek improper benefits," the administration said, adding that it has taken a strong stance against malicious trademark registrations.国家知识产权局称：“个别代理机构涉嫌提供不法服务，具有明显“蹭热点”、谋取不当利益的意图。”并补充说，坚决打击此类商标恶意注册行为。"Our crackdown on such misconduct has continuously intensified in an effort to maintain the order of trademark registration, foster a favorable business environment, support technological self-reliance and promote high-quality development," it said.国家知识产权局表示：“将一如既往地保持打击商标恶意注册行为的高压态势，坚决维护商标注册秩序，持续营造良好营商环境，为实现科技自立自强、推动高质量发展提供有力支撑。”Malicious trademark registrations are applications that violate the principles of legitimacy and good faith, including trademark squatting, appropriation and imitation, infringement of others' prior rights, misuse of public resources and mass or repeated registrations in bad faith.恶意商标注册，是指违反法律规定和诚实信用原则，侵犯他人在先权利、滥用公共资源以及大量或重复的恶意注册申请，包括商标抢注、盗用、仿冒。China has been strengthening efforts to curb such registrations nationwide. Earlier this year, the administration guided major livestreaming and e-commerce platforms to protect IP rights while selling authorized products related to the 9th Asian Winter Games.中国一直在全国范围内加强对此类恶意注册行为的打击力度。今年早些时候，国家知识产权局指导主要直播平台和电商平台，在销售第九届亚洲冬季运动会相关授权产品时要保护知识产权。Shen Changyu, commissioner of the administration, said at a recent news conference that China has set standards for agencies providing trademark and patent registration services to improve the quality of the applications as the number of applicants continues to grow.国家知识产权局局长申长雨在最近的一次新闻发布会上表示，随着专利商标申请量持续增长，中国已为提供专利商标注册服务的代理机构制定相关标准，以提高申请质量。On Monday, Rui Wenbiao, head of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration, said the city had more than 2.78 million valid registered trademarks in 2024, a 6.7 percent increase from the previous year. He said Shanghai has established a sound system for protecting key trademarks.2月24日，上海市知识产权局局长芮文彪表示，2024年上海有效注册商标量达278万余件，同比增长6.7%，并且上海已经建立了健全的重点商标保护体系。"We have also set up credit profiles for patent and trademark agencies to better stimulate innovation and contribute to a favorable business environment," Rui said.芮文彪说：“我们还开展了专利商标代理机构信用档案建设，以便更好地激发创新活力，助力营造良好营商环境。”More measures will be introduced to improve the quality of intellectual property services to further advance China's high-quality development and high-level opening-up, he added.他还表示，将推出更多措施提高知识产权服务质量，进一步推动中国高质量发展和高水平对外开放。maliciousadj.恶意的，恶毒的

he rapid rise of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, is reshaping the AI industry and prompting market players to explore new possibilities, experts said at the 2025 Global Developer Conference, which concluded Sunday.专家在周日闭幕的 2025 全球开发者大会上表示，中国人工智能公司深度求索（DeepSeek）的迅速崛起正在重塑人工智能产业，并促使市场参与者探索新的可能性。DeepSeek specializes in large language models, particularly in coding - related AI, and aims to provide high - performance models with efficient training. The company, based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, gained global attention last month after launching its AI reasoning models. The models are fully open source, cheaper to train and perform on par with leading global counterparts.深度求索专注于大语言模型，尤其是与编码相关的人工智能领域，致力于提供高性能且训练高效的模型。这家位于浙江省杭州市的公司，在上个月推出其人工智能推理模型后获得了全球关注。这些模型完全开源，训练成本更低，性能与全球领先的同类模型相当。"I hope not just Chinese AI companies, but other global AI companies learn from what DeepSeek is doing. Starting by open - sourcing your software …they've made it really financially approachable to build your own language models," said Andrew Aitken, a technical oversight committee member of the Linux Foundation's FINOS Foundation. "They've done that really well, and the rest of the world can learn from that."Linux 基金会旗下金融科技开源基金会（FINOS Foundation）技术监督委员会成员安德鲁・艾特肯（Andrew Aitken）表示：“我希望不仅是中国的人工智能公司，全球其他人工智能公司都能从深度求索的做法中学习。从软件开源做起…… 他们让构建自己的语言模型在经济成本上变得切实可行。他们这一点做得非常好，世界其他地区可以从中学习。”Industry experts at the conference expressed admiration for DeepSeek - R1, one of the company's latest AI developments.参会的行业专家对深度求索的最新人工智能成果之一 —— 深度求索 - R1 表示赞赏。"DeepSeek's open - source adoption has set a role model for how AI can benefit everybody," said Gu Ruiquan, product director at Lanyun Technology. "It helps create an ecosystem to build better AI products because everybody can stand on the shoulders of giants."蓝云科技产品总监顾瑞泉表示：“深度求索对开源的应用，为人工智能如何让每个人受益树立了榜样。它有助于创建一个生态系统，以打造更出色的人工智能产品，因为每个人都能站在巨人的肩膀上。”Gu added that as costs decline, demand for computing power is rising across the industry, creating new opportunities for AI development.顾瑞泉补充说，随着成本下降，整个行业对计算能力的需求不断上升，这为人工智能的发展创造了新机遇。Experts said DeepSeek's open - source approach is driving the growth of similar models, accelerating AI applications across various industries.专家表示，深度求索的开源方式正在推动类似模型的发展，加速人工智能在各个行业的应用。"I am extremely excited about the outlook of large models, which can now be developed in a cheaper, faster, better and more efficient way," said Jia Anya, product director at SenseTime.商汤科技产品总监贾安雅说：“我对大模型的前景感到无比兴奋，现在可以以更便宜、更快速、更优质且更高效的方式开发大模型。”"The recent breakthroughs in AI indicate that integration can happen more quickly, reasoning can be accelerated with large models, AI capabilities can be further optimized and better AI applications will be developed," Jia said.贾安雅说：“人工智能领域近期的突破表明，整合可以更快实现，借助大模型可以加速推理，人工智能能力可以进一步优化，还会开发出更出色的人工智能应用。”Shen Haozhan, an algorithm expert at OM AI Lab, said DeepSeek's success highlights how AI models can be developed at significantly lower costs and provides a roadmap for other companies to train their own models.欧姆人工智能实验室（OM AI Lab）算法专家沈浩展表示，深度求索的成功凸显了人工智能模型可以以显著更低的成本进行开发，并为其他公司训练自己的模型提供了路线图。"I am personally inspired by DeepSeek's open - source strategy. It gives us new research directions beyond conventional methodologies, which is a huge contribution to the open - source community," Shen said.沈浩展说：“我个人深受深度求索开源策略的启发。它为我们提供了传统方法之外的新研究方向，这对开源社区来说是巨大的贡献。”The 2025 Global Developer Conference, held from Friday through Sunday in Shanghai, was themed "AI Shaping the World, Unlocking Infinite Opportunities."2025 全球开发者大会于周五至周日在上海举行，主题为 “人工智能塑造世界，解锁无限机遇”。The event brought together global developers to collaborate, innovate and explore AI applications while promoting commercialization efforts.此次活动汇聚了全球开发者，共同开展合作、创新并探索人工智能应用，同时推动商业化进程。"Artificial intelligence will continue to be one of Shanghai's leading industries," said Chen Jie, vice - mayor of Shanghai, during the conference's opening ceremony on Saturday.上海市副市长陈杰在周六的大会开幕式上表示：“人工智能将继续成为上海的主导产业之一。”Chen noted that under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Shanghai has made significant strides in technological innovation, industry - finance cooperation and international partnerships. The city's AI market reached a scale of more than 450 billion yuan ($62 billion) last year, and it has hosted the World Artificial Intelligence Conference for seven consecutive years and filed 60 large models.陈杰指出，在工业和信息化部的指导下，上海在技术创新、产业金融合作以及国际合作方面取得了重大进展。去年，上海人工智能市场规模超过 4500 亿元（620 亿美元），已连续七年举办世界人工智能大会，并提交了 60 个大模型。"I'm really impressed with what Shanghai has done around AI. Large corporations are investing in AI, and the government is providing incentives, support and investment to grow the developer community and focus on open source. Shanghai is really positioning itself as a leader in this space," Aitken said.艾特肯说：“上海在人工智能领域所做的工作给我留下了深刻印象。大型企业在人工智能领域投资，政府为壮大开发者社区并聚焦开源提供激励措施、支持和投资。上海正切实将自己定位为这一领域的领军者。”As open - source AI models continue to evolve, Shanghai will leverage its strengths as a megacity and accelerate efforts to establish itself as an internationally influential AI hub, Chen added.陈杰补充说，随着开源人工智能模型不断发展，上海将发挥其作为特大城市的优势，加快努力将自身打造成具有国际影响力的人工智能中心。重点词汇：reshape [ˌriːˈʃeɪp] 动词，重塑specialize [ˈspeʃəlaɪz] 动词，专门从事；专注于influential [ˌɪnfluˈenʃl] 形容词，有影响力的ecosystem [ˈiːkəʊsɪstəm] 名词，生态系统breakthrough [ˈbreɪkθruː] 名词，突破conventional [kənˈvenʃənl] 形容词，传统的

Game-changing AI, dancing robots, epic video games and more, Hangzhou's startup scene is on fire! So, why is this city in eastern China suddenly the epicenter of China's startup revolution? On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Fei Fei

① China and Russia have re-affirmed their relations as a "no limits" partnership. (00:44)② UN Security Council has adopted a resolution urging a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. (13:45)③ Six “Little Dragons”: How China's Hangzhou is leading global tech innovation? (24:16)④ Goldman Sachs predicts China's DeepSeek-led AI emergence to draw $200 billion USD into stocks. (33:25)⑤ Economist Jeffrey Sachs praises China's economic strength, dismisses crisis claims. (44:15)

This week on Sinica: February 24 marks the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and as I've done for the last two years, I moderated a panel organized by Vita Golod, a Ukrainian China scholar who happens to be here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at UNC as a visiting scholar. She's worked tirelessly to promote awareness of the war, and I'm honored again to have been asked to moderate this panel.The guests you'll hear from are:Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Director of the China Studies Centre at Riga Stradins University in Latvia. Fluent in Chinese, Russian, and English, she has collaborated with scholars like Kerry Brown of King's College London and has done extensive work on China's role in Europe and beyond.Dr. Dmytro Yefremov, Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" in Ukraine. A board member of the Ukrainian Association of Sinologists, he specializes in China's foreign relations and has traveled extensively to China, providing firsthand insight into Ukraine's perspective on China's role in the war and beyond.Dr. Qiang Liu, Director of the Energy Economics Division at the Institute of Quantitative & Technical Economics within the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He also serves as the Co-chair and Secretary-General of the Global Forum on Energy Security. His research focuses on energy security, energy economics, and policy, with a particular emphasis on China's Belt and Road Initiative and its global energy partnerships.Dr. Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An expert on transatlantic relations, U.S., German, and EU foreign policy, and China's role in the post-Cold War order, he has a profound interest in the history of the Cold War and the politics of Winston Churchill.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Sinica, I chat with David Zweig, a veteran China scholar who is Professor Emeritus from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. We discuss Davis'd latest book, The War for Chinese Talent in America, which looks at Chinese efforts to harness the intellectual firepower of Chinese scientists and engineers who studied abroad, especially in the United States, and bring them — or at least their knowledge —back to China. David's book takes a balanced look at both the very real problems generated by Chinese policies as well as the overreaction by the U.S. Department of Justice in the form of the infamous China Initiative. 3:40 – Why got David interested on this particular topic 7:07 – The diaspora option12:09 – The Thousand Talents Program/Plan18:28 – How the talent programs operate23:48 – Motivations for Chinese to participate in the talent programs, how geopolitics now impacts these decisions, and what the effect of the China Initiative has been on collaboration 36:29 – The China Initiative's climate of fear and the concern for racial profiling 49:40 – The extent of the validity of U.S. security concerns57:24 – David's suggestions for balancing national security interests and open scientific exchange Paying It Forward: Dan Lynch and his book, China's Futures: PRC Elites Debate Economics, Politics, and Foreign PolicyRecommendations:David: It's a Wonderful World — The Louis Armstrong Musical in New YorkKaiser: The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection by Tamim Ansary, especially the audiobook read by the authorSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). Check out all of the other things we are involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us. I begin by recommending a relatively unknown ministry (richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/) that I respect and support (0:44). Then we talk about the pros and cons of deporting all Chinese students in the US (9:33). Next, I talk about how I learned Mandarin (21:08), beginning 22 years ago this week, followed by an overview of the unique Chinese places to pray for this week (34:36). Finally, I tell a few more stories, beginning with the fun (also 22 years ago this week) of being surrounded by police in Shunde (43:01). We end with a couple of letters from William Borden (BordenofYale.com) dating back 120 and 112 years, respectively, as he shares (51:20) about the heathenism he witnessed and why he dressed like an Arab in Cairo. Help for Refugees: The Richard Wurmbrand Foundation https://richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/ Cancel All Chinese Student Visas? https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-stop-chinas-exploitation-our-student-visa-program-opinion-2029415 How To Teach Yourself Mandarin https://chinacall.substack.com/p/how-i-taught-myself-mandarin Don’t forget to Pray for China this week (Feb 15-22! (PrayforChina.us) Feb 15 (Sat) - Pray for Yushu in far southern Qinghai, just north of Tibet. We lived in this Tibetan region back in 2004, and visited off and on over the years. Qinghai (“Cheeng-high”) is paired with southern CO, west TX, and NM for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/states/colorado.html https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/qinghai Feb 16 (Sun) - Pray for Xingping City in Xianyang Prefecture, home to the largest airport in NW China (where I was deported). Shaanxi is paired with Kansas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://open.spotify.com/episode/4s6GcIAfDjfcH5a5RNjAe8 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xingping https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shaanxi Feb 17 - Pray for Binzhou (“Bean-joe”) Prefecture in Shandong Province. Shandong ("Mountain East"), on China's east coast, is paired with Virginia for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/49 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binzhou https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shandong/1900-protestant-martyrs-in-shandong Feb 18 - Pray for Xiaodian District in Taiyuan City, the capital of north China's Shanxi Province. Shanxi (“west of the mountains”) is paired up with Nebraska for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/27 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaodian,_Taiyuan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shanxi Feb 19 - Pray for hilly Leshan (“Luh-shan”), a three-million-strong city in south-central Sichuan Province. Home of the panda and many unreached Tibetans, Sichuan is matched with Texas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/10 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/sichuan Feb 20 - Pray for mountainous Dehong Prefecture in western Yunnan Province, home to a number of diverse ethnicities on the porous border with Myanmar. Home to huge mountains and diverse minorities, Yunnan is paired with Arkansas/Louisiana for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/28 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehong_Dai_and_Jingpo_Autonomous_Prefecture https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/yunnan Feb 21 - Pray for Xiaoshan District, the most populated within Zhejiang’s capital, Hangzhou. Hangzhou was Hudson Taylor's first field of service and where he met his first wife, Maria. Zhejiang (“Juh-jiang”) is paired with North Carolina for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoshan,_Hangzhou https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/zhejiang Feb 22 (Sat) - Pray for crowded Zhongshan City in southern Guangdong Province, right between Guangzhou and Macau. We've passed through here countless times. Tropical and populous Guangdong is paired up with Florida for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/15 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongshan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/guangdong Borden of Yale: No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets (BordenofYale.com): You Have Not Seen Heathenism: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/you-have-not-seen-heathenism Borden Goes Native: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/borden-of-yale-goes-native-a-la-hudson If you enjoy this podcast, follow or subscribe on Spotify or Apple or right here on PubTV. You can also email any questions or comments to contact @ PrayforChina dot us. And don’t forget to check out everything we are involved in at PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10:2!

Welcome to China Compass on the Fight Laugh Feast Network! I'm your China travel guide, Missionary Ben. Follow me on X (@chinaadventures) where I post daily reminders to pray for China (PrayforChina.us). Check out all of the other things we are involved in @ PrayGiveGo.us. I begin by recommending a relatively unknown ministry (richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/) that I respect and support (0:44). Then we talk about the pros and cons of deporting all Chinese students in the US (9:33). Next, I talk about how I learned Mandarin (21:08), beginning 22 years ago this week, followed by an overview of the unique Chinese places to pray for this week (34:36). Finally, I tell a few more stories, beginning with the fun (also 22 years ago this week) of being surrounded by police in Shunde (43:01). We end with a couple of letters from William Borden (BordenofYale.com) dating back 120 and 112 years, respectively, as he shares (51:20) about the heathenism he witnessed and why he dressed like an Arab in Cairo. Help for Refugees: The Richard Wurmbrand Foundation https://richardwurmbrandfoundation.com/ Cancel All Chinese Student Visas? https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-stop-chinas-exploitation-our-student-visa-program-opinion-2029415 How To Teach Yourself Mandarin https://chinacall.substack.com/p/how-i-taught-myself-mandarin Don’t forget to Pray for China this week (Feb 15-22! (PrayforChina.us) Feb 15 (Sat) - Pray for Yushu in far southern Qinghai, just north of Tibet. We lived in this Tibetan region back in 2004, and visited off and on over the years. Qinghai (“Cheeng-high”) is paired with southern CO, west TX, and NM for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/states/colorado.html https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/3 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/qinghai Feb 16 (Sun) - Pray for Xingping City in Xianyang Prefecture, home to the largest airport in NW China (where I was deported). Shaanxi is paired with Kansas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://open.spotify.com/episode/4s6GcIAfDjfcH5a5RNjAe8 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xingping https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shaanxi Feb 17 - Pray for Binzhou (“Bean-joe”) Prefecture in Shandong Province. Shandong ("Mountain East"), on China's east coast, is paired with Virginia for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/49 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binzhou https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shandong/1900-protestant-martyrs-in-shandong Feb 18 - Pray for Xiaodian District in Taiyuan City, the capital of north China's Shanxi Province. Shanxi (“west of the mountains”) is paired up with Nebraska for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/27 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaodian,_Taiyuan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/shanxi Feb 19 - Pray for hilly Leshan (“Luh-shan”), a three-million-strong city in south-central Sichuan Province. Home of the panda and many unreached Tibetans, Sichuan is matched with Texas for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub/podcasts/30293/episodes/10 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leshan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/sichuan Feb 20 - Pray for mountainous Dehong Prefecture in western Yunnan Province, home to a number of diverse ethnicities on the porous border with Myanmar. Home to huge mountains and diverse minorities, Yunnan is paired with Arkansas/Louisiana for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/28 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehong_Dai_and_Jingpo_Autonomous_Prefecture https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/yunnan Feb 21 - Pray for Xiaoshan District, the most populated within Zhejiang’s capital, Hangzhou. Hangzhou was Hudson Taylor's first field of service and where he met his first wife, Maria. Zhejiang (“Juh-jiang”) is paired with North Carolina for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoshan,_Hangzhou https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/zhejiang Feb 22 (Sat) - Pray for crowded Zhongshan City in southern Guangdong Province, right between Guangzhou and Macau. We've passed through here countless times. Tropical and populous Guangdong is paired up with Florida for prayer: www.PrayforChina.us https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/audio/podcasts/30293/episodes/15 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhongshan https://www.asiaharvest.org/china-resources/guangdong Borden of Yale: No Reserve, No Retreat, No Regrets (BordenofYale.com): You Have Not Seen Heathenism: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/you-have-not-seen-heathenism Borden Goes Native: https://chinacall.substack.com/p/borden-of-yale-goes-native-a-la-hudson If you enjoy this podcast, follow or subscribe on Spotify or Apple or right here on PubTV. You can also email any questions or comments to contact @ PrayforChina dot us. And don’t forget to check out everything we are involved in at PrayGiveGo.us. Luke 10:2!

I'm delighted to bring you today the first in a series of conversations from a remarkable day-long session put on by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs, or ACF, at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The session was held on Monday, February 3, and was called “Getting China Right.” On today's show, we've got U.S. Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey, one of the best-informed and sensible legislators focused on China today. He'll be in conversation with James Steinberg, dean of SAIS, who also served as Deputy Secretary of State from 2009 to 2011. You'll hear introductory remarks from Jim and from Jessica Chen Weiss, inaugural faculty director ACF and David M. Lampton Professor of China Studies at SAIS, who listeners certainly know from her appearances on Sinica. More to come in this series, so stay tuned! Please enjoy Senator Kim's very thoughtful remarks.Watch the morning sessions on YouTube here.The Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) of the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) was established in 2024 to add rigor and reason to public and policy discussions on China and the range of domestic and international issues that intersect China's global role, bringing together experts and practitioners to foster informed public dialogue, promote evidence-based research, and support the next generation of scholars and practitioners. ACF was founded with the support of Johns Hopkins University and philanthropic contributions from across the United States.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On January 10, 2025, DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform founded in 2023, released its first free chatbot app, which is said to match the capabilities of models from its U.S. counterparts, including OpenAI and Google, while using a fraction of their computing power. This milestone underscores China's rapid AI progress despite U.S. restrictions on advanced semiconductors, potentially narrowing the technological gap between the two countries and challenging U.S. dominance in the field. With AI being a key area in technological development and trade, understanding the dynamics of this race is more urgent than ever. On February 4, 2025, Kevin Xu and Jimmy Goodrich join Lizzi Lee to discuss the implications of China's AI advances and the future of U.S.-China AI competition.  About the speakers: https://www.ncuscr.org/event/deepseek-and-us-china-ai-competition/  Subscribe to the National Committee on YouTube for the video of this interview. Follow us on Twitter (@ncuscr), Instagram (@ncuscr), and LinkedIn.

This week on Sinica, I chat with economic historian Andrew B. Liu of Villanova University about how to understand Trump's thinking on China and tariffs. Andy wrote about this in an excellent piece on N+1 called "Back to the 80s? Trump, Xi Jinping, and Tariffs." Check it out and then listen to the show!3:59 – How the U.S.'s current trade anxieties echo those of the ‘80s9:34 – How Cold War geopolitics shaped U.S.-Japan trade relations18:23 – The lessons China learned from Japan's experience and how it has shaped its recent economic strategy 21:03 – What Xi Jinping's vision for the Chinese economy actually looks like 34:26 – Why China is favoring a more Ford-like model of industrial structure41:28 – Michael Pettis's ideas from Trade Wars Are Class Wars and points of critique 52:44 – The Trump administration's use of tariffsPaying It Forward: Viola Zhou's reporting on Rest of World (especially her piece on Foxconn in India) and Dong Yige Recommendations:Andrew: Hetty Lui McKinnon's Substack for vegan modern Cantonese recipes Kaiser: The Substack of the Carter Center's U.S.-China Perception Monitor; and the essay “The new frontline: The US-China battle for control of global networks” on the Transnational Institute websiteSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week as we enter the Year of the Snake, Sinica co-founder Jeremy Goldkorn makes a re-appearance on the show. It's been a year since his last, and much has changed — and indeed, if Jeremy is right, we may be at an inflection point in American attitudes toward China. With the "TikTok Refugees" on Xiaohongshu or "RedNote" taking in a view of China that contrasts starkly with the image presented by the U.S. Government and by many American media outlets, and with DeepSeek now having upended some ideas about American tech primacy, the "vibes" on China among young people seem to have changed for the better. Will it endure? Jeremy and I plunge into that question on this week's episode of the Sinica Podcast.2:55 – What Jeremy has been up to lately 4:19 – What has been driving the recent narrative/vibe shift in China discourse in the U.S., and why human rights rhetoric around Xinjiang has died down 14:11 – Whether the narrative/vibe shift will be long-lasting and the role of young people in driving it 23:06 – Predictions for future changes within China29:40 – The concern that the narrative/vibe shift could go too far, or that the copium will overwhelm the positive of the shift 33:24 – Previous narrative shifts around freedom of speech, the internet, and China, and technological innovation 43:57 – What recent developments reveal about Chinese soft power, and Jeremy's predictions for how everything will play out 49:34 – Whether the narrative/vibe shift will change how American politicians talk about China, and the Chinese government has reacted to the shift so farPaying It Forward: Savannah Billman's Career China email newsletter Recommendations:Jeremy: Paul Cooper's Fall of Civilizations podcast series; David Kidd's Peking Story: The Last Days of Old China; and The 404's podcast interview with a PornHub exec (which includes discussion of real-name registration requirements) Kaiser: The TV miniseries American Primeval (2025) on Netflix; and Paul Triolo's Substack See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Spring Festival Serenity: A Teahouse Tale of Trust & Triumph Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2025-02-01-23-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 杭州的茶馆在春节期间总是格外热闹。En: The Hangzhou teahouse is always exceptionally lively during the Spring Festival.Zh: 窗外虽然是冬天的寒冷，而茶馆内却是温暖如春。En: Although it is cold outside in the winter, inside the teahouse it is as warm as spring.Zh: 长桌上排放着精美的茶具，空气中弥漫着龙井茶的清香，En: The long table is set with exquisite tea sets, and the air is filled with the fresh aroma of Longjing tea.Zh: 天花板上挂着鲜红色的灯笼和金色剪纸，营造出一派节日的气氛。En: Red lanterns and golden paper cutouts hang from the ceiling, creating a festive atmosphere.Zh: 元是一位经验丰富的茶艺师，他负责这家茶馆的日常运作。En: Yuan is an experienced tea master responsible for the daily operations of the teahouse.Zh: 今天，茶馆客人如潮水般涌入，庆祝春节。En: Today, the teahouse is flooded with guests, celebrating the Spring Festival.Zh: 元一心想让每位客人都满意，En: Yuan is determined to make every guest satisfied.Zh: 他小心翼翼地准备茶叶、调控水温，希望茶艺展示能完美无瑕。En: He carefully prepares the tea leaves and regulates the water temperature, hoping the tea ceremony display will be flawless.Zh: 但繁忙的工作让元有些紧张，他面色凝重。En: However, the busyness of the work makes Yuan somewhat nervous, with a serious expression on his face.Zh: 这时，梅走了过来。En: At this moment, Mei approached.Zh: 她是元的好朋友，也是他多年来的助手。En: She is Yuan's good friend and has been his assistant for many years.Zh: 梅一直默默帮助元，今天她也发现了元的压力和疲惫。En: Mei has always silently helped Yuan, and today she also noticed his stress and fatigue.Zh: 她轻声建议：“元，要不让我来为贵宾莲表演一次茶艺展示？”En: She gently suggested, "Yuan, why not let me perform the tea ceremony for the honored guest Lian this time?"Zh: 元皱了皱眉：“不，我想亲自完成每一个环节。”En: Yuan frowned: "No, I want to complete every step myself."Zh: 于是他继续忙碌，甚至没有抬头看梅一眼。En: So he continued to be busy, not even raising his head to look at Mei.Zh: 梅没有再说什么，En: Mei did not say anything more.Zh: 她只是看了一眼正在一旁的莲。En: She just glanced at Lian sitting nearby.Zh: 莲是常来茶馆的客人，是一位旅行博主，总是寻找灵感与平静。En: Lian is a frequent visitor to the teahouse, a travel blogger always in search of inspiration and peace.Zh: 莲理解梅的心情，悄悄点了点头，鼓励她抓住机会。En: She understood Mei's feelings and nodded quietly, encouraging her to seize the opportunity.Zh: 终于在最繁忙的时候，梅挑起勇气，走到了中央。En: Finally, during the busiest time, Mei gathered her courage and went to the center.Zh: 莲给所有人介绍：“大家，请观看梅的茶艺表演。”En: Lian introduced her to everyone: "Everyone, please watch Mei's tea art performance."Zh: 梅从容地取出茶叶，熟练地沸水冲泡。En: Mei calmly took out the tea leaves and skillfully brewed them with boiling water.Zh: 她的动作优雅而精准，茶香袅袅。En: Her movements were elegant and precise, with the tea aroma swirling around.Zh: 她将传统与现代艺术结合起来，展示出一种新颖的风格，吸引了所有客人的注意。En: She combined traditional and modern art, showcasing a novel style that captivated all the guests' attention.Zh: 表演结束时，客人们纷纷鼓掌，称赞声此起彼伏。En: When the performance concluded, the guests applauded one after another, with praises echoing in the air.Zh: 连元也感到惊讶，En: Even Yuan was surprised.Zh: 他走到梅面前，真诚地说：“梅，你做得比我想象中好得多。谢谢你。”En: He walked up to Mei and sincerely said, "Mei, you did much better than I imagined. Thank you."Zh: 莲则微笑着拿出相机，记录下这一幕。En: Lian smiled as she took out her camera to capture the moment.Zh: 她在博客中分享了茶馆的故事，很快吸引了大量关注，茶馆的名声传遍更远的地方。En: She shared the teahouse's story on her blog, quickly attracting a lot of attention, and the teahouse's reputation spread far and wide.Zh: 从那天起，元不再独自承担一切，他学会了信任梅和其他同事。En: From that day on, Yuan no longer shouldered everything alone; he learned to trust Mei and other colleagues.Zh: 而梅也更加自信，知道自己的价值。En: Meanwhile, Mei became more confident, knowing her own worth.Zh: 莲找到开茶馆的灵感，把这些珍贵的经验带去她旅行的每一个角落。En: Inspired by the teahouse, Lian took these precious experiences to every corner of her travels.Zh: 杭州的茶馆在冬日的春节中，揭开了新的篇章。En: In the winter of the Spring Festival, the Hangzhou teahouse opened a new chapter.Zh: 它不仅仅是个休憩的地方，更是一个灵感和梦想升华的空间。En: It became not just a place for rest but also a space where inspiration and dreams were elevated. Vocabulary Words:lively: 热闹exquisite: 精美aroma: 香气festive: 节日的experienced: 经验丰富的operations: 运作determined: 一心想nervous: 紧张expression: 面色fatigue: 疲惫suggested: 建议flawless: 完美无瑕assist: 助手occasion: 场合frequent: 常来inspiration: 灵感precise: 精准performance: 表演captivated: 吸引applauded: 鼓掌praises: 称赞声capture: 记录confidence: 自信space: 空间elegant: 优雅novel: 新颖shouldered: 承担ventures: 探险spread: 传播chapter: 篇章

Happy Chinese New Year! This week, while I'm decompressing from 10 days in the Alps, my friends at the Asia Society of Switzerland have graciously offered to let me share a podcast recorded just after the U.S. presidential election in November at their annual State of Asia event. "The State of China" features three terrific guests: Wang Qing (王卿), the host of the popular Chinese podcast "The Weirdo" (不合时宜), Zichen Wang of the Center for China and Globalization, and Adam Tooze, one of the truly great public intellectuals of our time. It's all skillfully moderated by the South China Morning Post's Europe editor, Finbarr Bermingham, and it covers a lot of ground. I'll be back next week in conversation with my dear friend Jeremy Goldkorn, and we'll be asking (and answering) the big question — Are we in the middle of a narrative shift on China?May the Year of the Snake be prosperous and full of happiness and success for all you Sinica listeners!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Este lunes la acción de moda en Bolsa, la de Nvidia, se desplomó casi un 20%. No fue la única, la cotización de otros gigantes tecnológicos como Microsoft, Amazon o la matriz de Google, Alphabet, también se resintieron dejándose entre un 1% y un 3%. En total, las tecnológicas estadounidenses se dejaron en torno a un billón de dólares en una sola jornada bursátil. Tras la caída se encuentra DeepSeek, una startup de inteligencia artificial china fundada hace sólo año y medio por un fondo de cobertura de Hangzhou. La semana pasada anunció que tenía listo y plenamente operativo su último modelo de lenguaje al que han bautizado como R1 y que alimenta a un chatbot accesible desde los navegadores y una aplicación para smartphones. Esa misma aplicación ha sido la más descargada para iPhone este fin de semana y, al parecer, funciona razonablemente bien. La diferencia de DeepSeek con otros chatbot es que ha costado mucho menos entrenarle, menos potencia de cálculo y, por lo tanto, menos dinero. Pero no sólo eso, a diferencia de otros modelos de inteligencia artificial, DeepSeek es de código abierto. Según parece los ingenieros de DeepSeek han conseguido mediante una técnica muy innovadora poner en el mercado un producto que, aunque está aún lejos de igualar las versiones más recientes de Chat GPT o Gemini, promete mucho de cara al futuro. Su irrupción se produce en un momento interesante ya que las tecnológicas están invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en desarrollos relacionados con la inteligencia artificial. Una parte de ese dinero se va a empresas como Nvidia, que diseña y fabrica la circuitería más avanzada. En 2024 Nvidia batió todos los récords, el precio de su acción se multiplicó por dos, lo que llevó a la estratosfera el valor de la compañía que hasta este lunes superaba los 3 billones de dólares. No es casual, es una verdadera fortuna lo que se está gastando en inteligencia artificial. El año pasado los inversores de capital riesgo volcaron sobre este sector más de 130.000 millones de dólares en empresas emergentes como la propia Open AI, madre de Chat GPT. Sólo entre Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft y Meta la inversión alcanzó el año pasado los 180.000 millones de dólares. Sólo Microsoft invertirá otros 80.000 millones este año y Meta 65.000 millones más. Es mucho dinero el que hay en juego, pero, si se pueden entrenar modelos de alto rendimiento con menos potencia de cálculo, esa inversión tan elevada podría ser innecesaria. Eso señala directamente a Nvidia y a otras empresas involucradas en el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial, desde proveedores de equipos para los centros de datos hasta productores de uranio para las centrales nucleares. El modelo de bajo coste de DeepSeek invita a pensar que quizá no haga falta tanto dinero y eso necesariamente tiene que afectar al mercado. Sus consecuencias en el ámbito geopolítico son aún mayores ya que Estados Unidos trata de impedir que China les alcance prohibiendo la exportación de ciertos chips. Si no es necesaria tanta potencia esa medida pierde su sentido. Pero este asunto tiene una derivada más relativa a la demanda. Si la inteligencia artificial se abarata, muchas empresas que no están realizando desarrollos propios podrían ponerse a ello o emplear modelos de terceros a un precio menor. Ahí tendríamos a algunos ganadores como Apple, que se vale de Chat GPT en sus dispositivos más recientes. Esa es tal vez la razón por la que la empresa de la manzana no se ha contagiado de las caídas, todo lo contrario, su acción el lunes se revalorizó en Bolsa. De cualquier modo, si esto persiste la inversión en tecnología para inteligencia artificial podría desplomarse transformando un simple ajuste en un colapso. 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This week, I bring you the first in a series of podcasts in conjunction with the China Research Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). The series, titled "Studying China in the Absence of Access: Rediscovering a Lost Art," ran from September to November 2021, and featured four eminent "Pekingologists," or specialists in Chinese elite politics: Joseph Fewsmith, Thomas Fingar, Alice Miller, and Fred Teiwes. The talks were later published in a volume you can download here. The series is introduced by Andrew Mertha, George and Sadie Hyman, Professor of China Studies and director of the SAIS China Research Center, and each lecture includes a moderated discussion with Andy. After this series, I'll also be sharing with you a second series of lectures titled "Studying China from Elsewhere," which will include talks by Maria Repnikova, Mike Lampton, William Hurst, and Maggie Lewis — many of whom Sinica listeners will know from the show.This week's talk is from FrederickTeiwes, truly a legend in the field. The American-born Australian sinologist is best known for his analysis of Chinese Communist Party elite politics. He served as a professor emeritus in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney until his retirement in 2006. Teiwes has frequently collaborated with Warren Sun, producing seminal works such as The Tragedy of Lin Biao (1996) and China's Road to Disaster: Mao, Central Politicians and Provincial Leaders in the Great Leap Forward, 1955-59 (1999). In this talk, he focuses on forthcoming work on the transition following Mao Zedong's death in 1976.Great thanks to Andy and to Hasta Colman, who first suggested this collaboration when we met in Shanghai recently.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I wanted to put this out quickly as it's one of those rare, news-pegged episodes of the show. The full show notes and transcript will be available later this week. I know I'd said last time there would be no show this week, but that was before this fascinating episode involving TikTok users signing up en masse to Xiaohongshu. Hilarity ensued, and my two guests — Ivy Yang, who runs Wavelet Strategy, an expert in cross-cultural communication, and David Fishman, Shanghai-based senior manager at Lantau Group who specializes in the Chinese energy sector and writes wonderfully about his excursions into the Chinese countryside. They've both been following this fascinating episode closely and have really smart things to say, so enjoy!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Sinica, I'm joined by Lizzi Lee, fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and by my lights one of the most astute, well-informed people writing on China in the English-speaking world today. She has fascinating perspectives on China's preparations for the Trump administration, on China's reluctance to roll out large-scale cash stimulus, and Xi Jinping's challenges. Don't miss this one! (I will update the show notes and publish the transcript early next week — thanks for your patience!)3:39 – Lizzi's argument from her op-ed, “Counting the Hawks in the Trump 2.0 Administration is Pointless”: the importance of which country will be able to get its act together 10:25 – U.S.-China competition as a long game, from China's perspective14:22 – How China views the current state of division in American politics19:00 – The main risks and opportunities for China presented by Trump's return, including opportunities in the geopolitical realm with the Europeans 28:09 – The state of China's domestic economy33:28 – Counterarguments to critiques of China's cautious deployment of stimulus, and where Lizzi stands on the issue 43:46 – Lizzi's thoughts on deflation in the Chinese economy 49:30 – The idea of accepting short-term pain for long-term gain in economic recovery 53:59 – Xi Jinping's vision for China's economy 58:46 – How Xi Jinping's ideological language can be challenging for officials and markets 1:03:57 – How China's political calendar has hindered execution of policy 1:06:42 – What Lizzi thinks the Chinese leadership should prioritize nowPaying it Forward: Lizzi recommends the work of Barclay Bram, especially his series on Chinese youth at the Asia Society here.Recommendations:Lizzi: Grazia Ting Deng's book Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary ItalyKaiser: More historical fiction by Robert Harris, including An Officer and a Spy and Munich.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Part 1 of 2 Friend of the pod John Pang joins from Hangzhou to discuss his home country of Malaysia with Teen. Why do Malaysians seem so familiar to us Asian Americans? And why does the modern history of Malaysia track that of America in surprising ways? The story of Malaysia can radically alter how Asian American diaspora understand our own place in the world. To support the pod and gain access to Part 2 of this episode: patreon.com/planamag

This week on Sinica, I speak with Nicole Hong and Michael Rothfeld, both investigative reporters at the New York Times, about a series of stories they've done, stretching between August and December 2024, on the Falun Gong-run performance troupe Shen Yun, and the Falun Gong-affiliated newspaper The Epoch Times. Read the latest two articles in that series here and here. There will be links to the other stories on the transcript page.4:33 – Nicole and Michael's collection of pieces on Falun Gong 6:26 – Background on [the?] Falun Gong: Li Hongzhi, the context out of which the movement emerged, its international spread, and the CCP's crackdown in the '90s12:00 – Shen Yun performances, and audience reactions 18:46 – Following the money: Falun Gong's dramatic financial growth, gray areas, and where the money goes 29:03 – Spiritual project or big grift?31:39 – What Nicole and Michael uncovered 36:23 – Memorable individuals: Chang Chun-ko, Kate the performer, and Josh the violinist41:10 – The dynamics within [the?] Falun Gong, and what has been alleged45:34 – The Epoch Times, and their editorial changes 53:02 – The appeal of Falun Gong, and the level of scrutiny it getsPaying It Forward:Nicole: Researchers/freelancers/translators Yi Liu and Peiyue Wu Michael: New York Times colleague Susan Beachy Recommendations:Nicole: Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung Michael: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel; One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (and the new One Hundred Years of Solitude TV series (2024)); and the TV series Gomorrah (2014-2021)Kaiser: TikTok accounts workplace_doodles (a former Shen Yun performer born into a Falun Gong family) and cocolarkincooks (a fantastic cooking resource)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Sinica, I welcome back Michael Cerny — formerly of the Carter Center and now a Ph.D. student at Harvard — and Rory Truex of Princeton University to discuss a new working paper they've co-authored. They undertook a large-scale survey of foreign policy professionals at U.S. think tanks to ascertain whether there is a "consensus" on China policy, as is often claimed, and whether people working in think tanks feel pressure to take on more "hawkish" positions on China policy. We also introduce a new segment called "Paying it Forward."5:04 – What motivated Michael and Rory to write their paper together 7:30 – Groupthink vs. consensus10:08 – The methodology: combining surveys and interviews, and the sampling frame 14:35 – Trying to avoid leading questions 17:58 – Creating the “China Confrontation Index” 20:25 – Different levels of acceptance of the labels “hawk” and “dove” 23:33 – The issue of preference falsification 25:43 – Mechanisms behind disparities in perceived pressure 29:01 – Tying in Rory's previous research on self-censorship 32:42 – How Michael and Rory decided on interviews 34:10 – What Michael believes were the most important and robust findings36:09 – The distinction between the beliefs of think tankers vs. elected officials, and why people tend to believe there is a bipartisan consensus on China 40:34 – Pressure on hawks 42:35 – Specific policy questions44:18 – Feedback on the paper so far, and what Michael and Rory may tweak in a subsequent draft 49:47 – The possible role of personality in hawkishness or dovishness 51:58 – Discussing Mike Mazarr's concerns about the potential parallels between current Chinese discourse and the lead-up to the Iraq War 55:06 – Advice to younger professionals entering the foreign policy/China field New segment: Paying It Forward:Rory: Michael Cerny and Edi Obiakpani-Reid Recommendations:Rory: Edi Obiakpani-Reid's Sinobabble podcast about Chinese historyMichael: Jeffrey Ding's Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic CompetitionKaiser: Imperium by Robert Harris See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Sinica I'm delighted to be joined by Amy King, Associate Professor in the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre at The Australian National University. She shares her ideas about how perceptions of insecurity can paradoxically motivate closer economic relations between two states, and she looks at not only the examples of China and Japan after the end of World War II, but Australia and China as well. We also discuss Sino-Australian relations over the last 15 years, and much else!2:48 – Key phases of Australia-China relations over the past 15 years and the security and economic nexus 9:05 – Amy's research into the Sino-Japanese relationship and how perceptions of insecurity can motivate closer economic ties, and how Australia is responding to China now 21:22 – How Amy would argue the case for economic engagement with China to folks in Washington 26:31 – Securitization in Australia and the important differences between Australia and the U.S. 30:20 – The shift in the Australia-China relationship under the Albanese government 33:12 – What the U.S. can learn from Australia 35:14 – Why people tend to conflate Australia's experience with America's 39:04 – Amy's essay, “The Collective Logic of Chinese Hegemonic Order,” and how we can understand China's role in the emerging post-unipolar world42:47 – Three mechanisms employed by China to amplify its voice post-war (amplifying, grafting, and resistance by appropriation) and how modern “middle powers” can influence the international order now 52:31 – The state of discourse on China in Australia and what Amy believes China wants 58:54 – Amy's thoughts on pluralism and international order 1:03:22 – What lessons about de-risking and navigating multi-alignment Australia should be learning from other nations in the region Recommendations:Amy: Fintan O'Toole's We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland Kaiser: The Paul Reed Smith (PRS) SE Hollowbody II Piezo electric guitar See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

China's rapid surge in electric vehicle manufacturing, adoption, and export has variously encouraged, delighted, impressed, frightened, and even enraged people around the world. What did China get right in facilitating the explosive development in this industry? Was is just subsidies, or were there other important policies that helped jumpstart it? How have other geographies responded? And what can they learn? Ilaria Mazzocco, deputy director and senior fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) joins me to share her rich insights into the Chinese EV industry.3:49 – How Ilaria became interested in green industrial policy5:59 – The reality of progress in EVs in China 11:21 – The role of state subsidies and other things that tend to get missed in trying to understand EVs in China 16:51 – How other countries are trying to adopt China's approach 19:21 – The differences between the EU and U.S. approaches 24:17 – The outlook for competition in the Chinese market 26:08 – Business models in the Chinese EV sector and the example of BYD30:53 – Chinese firms' push for internationalization and how the rapidity of becoming multinationals [multinational companies?] may pose challenges 35:54 – Alignment between host countries and Chinese companies 39:58 – What the U.S. is doing and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)42:27 – How U.S. protectionist measures may affect third markets, and whether restrictions may backfire 48:57 – The coming shift to next-generation batteries, and the potential for international collaboration in advancing more circular practices 55:43 – How Ilaria's fieldwork shifted her perspective on the EV industry 59:38 – How we can improve industrial policy Recommendations:Ilaria: My Antonia by Willa Cather; the Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel; The Army of Sleepwalkers by Wu Ming (an Italian novelist collective) about the French Revolution Kaiser: The Wolf Hall audiobooks read by Ben Miles; the HBO series Rome (2005-2007) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.