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 30 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Wire China hosts The Wire China Podcast, a news show with 30 episodes published.

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  FCC vs the PRC

  Sep 24, 202616 min

  The main muscle of President Trump's second-term China policy isn't at the State Department. Nor is it at the Department of Commerce. Instead, it's the U.S. television regulator. Reporter Noah Berman and editor Andrew Peaple are back this episode to discuss Noah's analysis of how the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, headed by Brendan Carr, has come to be the lead agency on so many import regulations on advanced Chinese technology. Read: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/09/20/the-fcc-vs-the-prc/ And as President Xi Jinping touches down in Washington DC for a much-anticipated summit — and expected discussion of AI — we share a clip from our interview with Concordia AI's Brian Tse on how China thinks of AI safety. Read: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/09/24/brian-tse-on-how-china-plans-to-keep-ai-safe/ 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 AI-Loving Factory Heirs

  Sep 18, 202616 min

  China’s Gen Z factory heirs have a problem. They graduated into an era where high-tech robots and AI can usher in a new industrial revolution. But frustratingly, the factories run by their parents are too old-fashioned to ditch the pen and paper for profit. In this episode, reporters Peiyue Wu and Rachel Cheung discuss the tech-savvy Chinese who are trying to bring AI to the manufacturing sector. Many of them see themselves as Forward-Deployed Engineers (FDE), a job title popularized by Palantir, on the front lines of a battle against the old ways of running business. Also, an excerpt from our forthcoming Q&A with former Trump official Stephen Vaughn on why he believes the Trump administration’s aggressive strategy towards China is working. 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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  Hong Kong Plays the Shell Game

  Sep 11, 202614 min

  Birds of a feather tend to stick together, at least in the case of Chinese companies sanctioned by the United States. Our reporter Noah Berman found that many recently sanctioned firms actually share the same address, down to the same floor of a Hong Kong office building. This week, features editor Tom Mitchell and Noah Berman discuss his recent examination into how Chinese firms use Hong Kong-based shell firms to avoid U.S. sanctions, and what Washington might be trying to signal so close to the anticipated Trump-Xi summit. Read the article: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/09/06/the-familiar-hong-kong-addresses-in-americas-iran-sanctions/ Also, an excerpt from our forthcoming Q&A with Susan Shirk on where to go next in the U.S.-China relationship. 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 and Big Sky Country

  Sep 4, 202620 min

  Montana has been the unlikely source of America’s most influential China-hand senators. Somewhat paradoxically, it’s also one of the most pro-Trump — and tough on China — electorates in the country. In this episode, reporters Savannah Billman and Brent Crane discuss Brent’s recent reporting on why the Treasure State’s relationship with China appears to swing so widely between extremes. As U.S. national and state governments continue to debate how best to approach China, Montana reflects the rewards and limits of U.S.-China engagement. Read Brent’s cover: www.thewirechina.com/2026/08/30/red-china-and-red-state-montana-its-complicated/ 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 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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