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A lot happened, so we covered a lot in our events and content over the first months of 2025. In this episode, we look back at the insights the many experts we featured shared with us.
A look at Xi Jinping's trip to Southeast Asia as the trade war between China and the U.S. intensifies. Plus: why, after more than half a century, Beijing is leaning on a 1953 speech from Mao to rally people behind the leaders once again.
Time and again, China’s innovations catch businesses, governments, and analysts in Europe and the U.S. off guard. It's not just AI, EVs and solar. With massive investments in quantum computing, biotech, and nuclear technology, what's next?
Switzerland was one of the first western nations to recognize the People's Republic of China, in 1950, and one of the first to reach a free trade agreement with Beijing as well, in 2013. Historian Ariane Knüsel explores the special bond.
In a time when trade, technology, and global power dynamics are more interconnected and in flux than ever before, our 2025 TOY Senior Fellow John Lee provides perspective on where things stand.
In three 12-minute conversations, get updated by Yumiko Murakami, Alicia García Herrero, and Garima Mohan on what to expect for the economies of Japan, China, and India.
Kaiser Kuo on why we are always so surprised about what China is capable of, whether it's in renewables, electric vehicles, or AI. And about the value of Chinese literature and soap operas in understanding the country.
India and Indonesia, the juggernaut democracies of South and Southeast Asia, both ended 2024 with new governments that hold new ambitions. Hear from Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Garima Mohan, and James Crabtree how this might pan out.
How are people in South Korea reacting to the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Will this deepen or help resolve the political crisis in the country? Schoni Song gives his first insights from Seoul.
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