Peking Playbook

On China, by Zichen Wang. www.pekingnology.com

Peking Playbook is a news podcast hosted by Zichen Wang, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Zichen Wang hosts Peking Playbook, a news show with 12 episodes published.

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  Tariff, preconditions to talk, Jensen Huang's China visit, Xi in Southeast Asia

  Apr 20, 202536 minS0

  <p>Hello! Welcome to the 9th episode of the podcast “Peking Playbook,” featuring me (Zichen Wang), Robert Wu of Baiguan and China Translated substacks, and Johnny Zou of East8. </p><p>[00:41] Robert’s experience of publishing a guest essay on the New York Times discussing China’s resolve in the trade war.</p><p>[06:32] Significance of China halting Boeing deliveries</p><p>[8:08] Jensen Huang’s China visit: Is it a slap on Trump’s face, or could the Nvidia be some sort of “go-between”?</p><p>[17:13] Bloomberg’s scoop about China’s willingness to talk, with certain preconditions. How to take it?</p><p>[19:1...

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  Hu Bo on South China Sea and U.S. military activities in 2024

  Apr 19, 202546 minS0

  <p>Many China-focused English-language podcasts are online, mostly run by Western institutions and individuals. Some have tried hard to include Chinese mainland guests in their conversations. I applaud their efforts. For various reasons, their success is uneven. </p><p>I guess—or I’d like to believe—I may be in a better position to bring some Chinese voices to a global audience, so let me have a try—starting with today’s guest, Hu Bo, Research Professor and Director of the Centre for Maritime Strategy Studies of Peking University. </p><p>Professor Hu is perhaps better known as the Director o...

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  Trump's Tariff on China 20250413

  Apr 13, 202548 minS8

  <p>Hello! Welcome to the 8th episode of the podcast “Peking Playbook,” featuring me (Zichen Wang), Robert Wu of Baiguan and China Translated substacks, and Johnny Zou of East8. </p><p>[3:30] Did Trump plan for all of this? </p><p>[12:42] Optimism about China-EU relationship </p><p>[21:06] Pessimism about China-EU relationship </p><p>[23:10] Will China see Trump’s sexemption for consumer electronics as a chance to soften its stance? </p><p>[27:13] Who in the Trump team can actually call the Chinese side now? </p><p>[30:31] The hope for China’s domestic demand stimulation</p><p>[35:11] What’s the right policy to boost dome...

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  Beijing will not back down, I told Foreign Policy Research Institute audience

  Apr 9, 20251h 9mS0

  <p>On Monday, April 7, I was invited to the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), a 70-year-old nonpartisan think tank, to talk in front of an audience with Neysun A. Mahboubi, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the FPRI Asia Program as well as Director of the Penn Project on the Future of US-China Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.</p><p>The title of the program A Grand Bargain Between the US and China? was finalized less than a month ago, and I was called in at the 11th hour to take the stage. In the hour-long program, which also includes...

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  Peking Playbook Unscripted 20250406

  Apr 6, 202543 minS7

  <p>Hello! Welcome to the 7th episode of the podcast “Peking Playbook,” mainly featuring me (Zichen Wang) and Robert Wu of Baiguan and China Translated substacks, just talking about recent news. Today, we have Johnny Zou of East8 join us as well. Johnny was with us on the January 28 episode.</p><p>In the following 43-minute conversation recorded on Sunday morning ET, April 6, 2025, we talked about:</p><p>[00:46] Tariff, first impressions</p><p>[09:46] Is the US underestimating China?</p><p>[15:00] How would countries from Japan to Vietnam respond?</p><p>[22:44] Will China have closer integration with the rest of the worl...

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