The Wire China Podcast

Covering China like no one else. The Wire China is a weekly digital magazine dedicated to understanding and explaining one of the biggest stories of our time: China’s economic rise and its influence on the world. In this podcast, we’ll be taking you behind the scenes of the stories we cover each week. Subscribe: thewirechina.com Follow us on social media: https://x.com/thewirechina https://bsky.app/profile/thewirechina.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/company/thewirechina https://www.instagram.com/thewirechina/?hl=en

The Wire China Podcast is a news podcast hosted by The Wire China, with 26 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.

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  The Robots Are Coming!

  Aug 15, 202614 min

  China’s running, dancing, kung-fu fighting humanoid robots are better at being influencers than anything else. But soon they will have to get real jobs, and fast. In this episode, editor Tom Mitchell and reporter Savannah Billman discuss the explosive growth of Chinese humanoid robots this year. China expects to produce 100,000 of them, much more than anticipated, but is the technology developed enough for customers to buy them all? Subscribe to our free newsletter: www.thewirechina.com/newsletter/ Follow us on social media: x.com/thewirechina bsky.app/profile/thewirechina.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/company/thewirechina www.instagram.com/thewirechina/?hl=en

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  China's Camera Wars on U.S. Shores

  Aug 7, 202615 min

  As U.S. restrictions complicate DJI’s expansion beyond drones, its camera rival Insta360 has gained an unexpected advantage among American consumers. In this episode, reporters Peiyue Wu and Savannah Billman discuss the surprising case of two Chinese companies going head-to-head over the U.S. market. As Peiyue wrote earlier this week, both DJI and Insta360 make cameras and drones — but only the latter is able to sell both of its products in the United States. What does the dispute reveal about how Chinese firms navigate both normal business competition and tightening U.S. regulations? Read Peiyue's article: www.thewirechina.com/2026/08/02/dji-gets-into-a-fight-in-the-u-s-with-another-chinese-dronemaker/ We also feature an excerpt from our recent Q&A with UCLA School of Law professor Alex Wang on how China's environmental policies impact its diplomacy. Read the Q&A: www.thewirechina.com/2026/08/02/alex-wang-on-what-china-gets-right-and-wrong-on-the-environment/ Subscribe to our free newsletter: www.thewirechina.com/newsletter/ Follow us on social media: x.com/thewirechina bsky.app/profile/thewirechina.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/company/thewirechina www.instagram.com/thewirechina/?hl=en

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  Nvidia's Partner Problem

  Jul 31, 202616 min

  Nvidia has nearly 1,000 partners around the world, including over 100 in China. Some of these firms, according to a Wire China investigation, have close ties to China's military. What does this mean for Nvidia and the future of U.S. chip restrictions? This week, reporter Noah Berman and editor Andrew Peaple go behind the scenes of Noah's investigation into Nvidia's China partners, discussing how one partner connects to a network of sanctioned universities, and what this reveals about the way the world's most valuable company operates. His article is now available to read on our website, thewirechina.com . We also have an excerpt from our recent interview with historian and sinologist Geremie Barmé in which he talks about his misadventures studying Maoism in Shanghai right after the end of the Cultural Revolution. Read Noah's investigation: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/07/26/nvidias-china-partners-and-the-pla/ Read the interview with Geremie: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/07/26/geremie-barme-on-the-other-china/ Subscribe to our free newsletter: www.thewirechina.com/newsletter/ Follow us on social media: x.com/thewirechina bsky.app/profile/thewirechina.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/company/thewirechina www.instagram.com/thewirechina/?hl=en

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  Live From Paris: Is China’s Consumer Sector Really That Bad?

  Jul 24, 202620 min

  China’s consumer economy is doing very poorly if you look at it one way: low consumption, deflation, and overcapacity. But popular — and successful — global brands like Anta Group and Popmart seem to paint a different picture. What’s really going on? Last week, The Wire editor Andrew Peaple joined Asia Society’s Paris Summer Summit and discussed Chinese market trends with Sandrine Zerbib, an expert on China’s consumer sector. This episode shares the recording of their panel. Other stories in our upcoming issue include a profile of CXMT, China’s star chipmaker with a blockbuster IPO, our cover story on Nvidia’s Chinese distribution partners by Noah Berman, and an op-ed by Ruby Scanlon on how long China can sustain its commitment to open-source AI development. Subscribe to our free newsletter: www.thewirechina.com/newsletter/ Follow us on social media: x.com/thewirechina bsky.app/profile/thewirechina.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/company/thewirechina www.instagram.com/thewirechina/?hl=en

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  The Company that Cried Huawei

  Jul 10, 20269 min

  Before Nvidia won approval to sell more chips to China, it first told the U.S. government that Huawei sales would soar if it was kept out. This week, Noah Berman joins fellow journalist Rachel Cheung to discuss his scoop on one reason why the U.S. government gave Nvidia permission to sell its H200 chips to China last December: a report outlining the alleged threat to Nvidia's business if it couldn't enter the Chinese market. Is Huawei really about to take a chunk of Nvidia's market share, and has there been any sign that Beijing will allow the H200s in? Read the piece: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/07/02/nvidia-uses-the-specter-of-huawei-to-make-its-chip-exports-case/ Subscribe to our free newsletter: www.thewirechina.com/newsletter/ Follow us on social media: x.com/thewirechina bsky.app/profile/thewirechina.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/company/thewirechina www.instagram.com/thewirechina/?hl=en

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