About this podcast
Understanding China has become more difficult than ever, yet also more important than ever. Hardening geopolitics has made travel to China more difficult, but not impossible. Join host Scott Kennedy, the Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at CSIS, for an on-the-ground look at China, for conversations with people shaping China and scholars exploring the country firsthand. What makes China tick? Where is the country going? How should the U.S. respond to the China challenge? We’ll dive into all of that and more on China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 25 episodes
- China’s Changing Commercial Landscape on the Eve of the Summit: A Conversation with Eric Zheng · 40 minIn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Eric Zheng, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. After describing his pathway from growing up…
- Complicating China’s Soft Power: Maria Repnikova on China’s Image-Making Efforts in Ethiopia · 41 minIn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Communications Professor Maria Repnikova of Georgia State University. She explains how China seeks to build…
- History from Below: Harvard’s Michael Szonyi on Fieldwork, History, and U.S.-China Relations · 54 minIn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with historian Michael Szonyi about why fieldwork matters to social historians and trends in U.S.-China relations…
- China’s Economic Progress and Challenges: A Conversation with Leading Chinese Economist Yao Yang · 50 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy talks with Yao Yang, one of China’s most thoughtful and influential economists. Dr. Yao, who spent most of his career at…
- The Enduring Value of Studying in China: A Conversation with the HNC’s Adam Webb. · 33 minIn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Adam Webb, Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. Drawing on Kennedy’s own experience as an HNC student and…
- Crossing Worlds: Han Shen Lin on Leadership, Finance, and U.S.-China Relations · 34 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy speaks with Han Shen Lin, China Managing Director for the Asia Group and Associate Professor of Practice in Finance at…
- Field Research and Governance in Xi’s China: Reflections from Middlebury’s Jessica Teets · 1 h 0 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Jessica Teets of Middlebury College about the challenges and benefits of doing fieldwork in China, and what she and…
- Innovation and Involution: A Conversation with CSIS’s Scott Kennedy · 41 minOn this special episode of China Field Notes, guest host Ilaria Mazzocco interviews the program’s usual host, CSIS Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy, about his latest trip to China…
- Reporting on China’s Age of Uncertainty: A Conversation with CNBC’s Evelyn Cheng · 51 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy speaks with CNBC's Evelyn Cheng, who has been reporting on China’s economy in Beijing since 2018. She discusses the…
- Communication Amid Competition: A Conversation with Chen Dongxiao · 43 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Chen Dongxiao, the President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He discusses how China's…
- The Terms of Trade: A Somber Prognosis from WTO Expert Tu Xinquan · 38 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Tu Xinquan, a leading Chinese expert on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and global economic governance. They…
- Reasonable Paranoia: A Conversation with Kent Kedl · 39 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Kent Kedl on his 40-year journey in China from teaching English to consulting for multinational companies. They…
- The Evolution of China’s Government Affairs Industry: A Conversation with Yuan Haiying · 34 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Yuan Haiying, one of the pioneers of the government affairs profession in China. Yuan explains the origins of the…
- Innovation in the Fast Lane: Discussing China’s Auto Industry with Michael Laske · 1 h 1 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Michael Laske, a sage veteran auto industry consultant in China. In this in-depth conversation, he explains how…
- Taiwan’s Semiconductor Success: Industry Expert Jack Chang · 29 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Jack Chang, one of the world’s foremost experts on Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. They discuss the industry…
- Investing in Innovation: Primavera Capital’s Veronica Li · 29 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Veronica Li of Primavera Capital Group. They discuss her pathway to a career in finance and how Primavera weighs…
- Building a Path Forward: Peking University’s Yu Tiejun on U.S.-China Scholarly Recoupling · 27 minOn this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Yu Tiejun, Professor and President of Peking University’s Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS)…
- Observing the Iowa Caucuses: China’s Xie Tao on American Politics · 38 minOn this timely episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy is joined by Xie Tao, Dean and Professor of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign…
- China’s Climate Outlook Following COP28: ASPI China Climate Hub Director Li Shuo · 27 minOn this special episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy is joined by Trustee Chair Senior Fellow Ilaria Mazzocco for a timely conversation with Li Shuo, Director of the new…
- Candid Business Diplomacy: A Conversation about China with Joerg Wuttke · 33 minJoin Scott Kennedy for a discussion with Joerg Wuttke, one of the most influential foreign business leaders in China in the past fifty years. They discuss Wuttke’s long career in…
