The Bridge to China
by Acorn Studio
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Does China want world domination?
Does China want world domination?
About this podcast
Our hosts, from the US and China, discuss what unites us. Using enlightening stories and brilliant guests from all walks of life, we join hands in laughter, building bridges across our cultural world. This is The Bridge to China. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Does China want world domination? · 58 min · Episode 546Joining us is Chen Weihua, a veteran journalist, former EU Bureau Chief of China Daily, and long-time China Daily columnist. A Chinese journalist and commentator who has lived in…
- From Sesame Street to China Bridge · 57 min · Episode 545Josh Selig is a 12-time Emmy-winning children’s TV veteran behind Sesame Street and Super Wings, and founder of China Bridge Content. He breaks down how kids’ IP travels across…
- Sino-US presidential diplomacy · 1 h 1 min · Episode 544Joining us is Cyrus Janssen, an American-Canadian businessman who has spent over two decades doing business across China and the United States. His firsthand experience in both…
- Self-discipline in the Communist Party of China · 1 h 4 min · Episode 543Joining us today is the British author Carlos Martinez. We ask about the self-discipline of the Communist Party of China. He explains how Socialism with Chinese Characteristics…
- The USA, made in China, and the 21st Century · 1 h 3 min · Episode 542Joining us is Mitch Presnick, a pioneer in bringing the Super 8 hotel brand to and expanding it across the Chinese market, and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for…
- How DC makes investment in the USA risky · 55 min · Episode 541Joining us today is Dr. Warwick Powell—Queensland University of Technology academic, policy advisor, and media commentator—on the trillion-dollar question facing Chinese…
- China's Global Initiatives Explained · 1 h 0 min · Episode 540Joining us today is Einar Tangen, an international political and economic affairs commentator based in Beijing. We ask him if the world will become more peaceful or more volatile…
- Sino-US relations amidst the rise of China · 52 min · Episode 539Joining us today is Dr. Josef Mahoney, an American professor in China teaching politics and international relations. We discuss how laws are made in China and the nature of…
- The Economist who saw 2008 coming — on China and the West · 60 min · Episode 538Joining us today is Dr. Steven Keen, Honorary Professor at University College London, who famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis years in advance. He discusses how China’s…
- "China's Being Pretty American, Actually": Ryan Milton on the Middle Kingdom · 57 min · Episode 537Business researcher Ryan Milton just returned from two weeks traveling across China—and what he saw changed how he thinks about peace, diplomacy, and America's future. In this…
- True stories of Xinjiang with a former police officer · 55 min · Episode 536Former British police officer Jerry Grey cycled more than 40,000 kilometres across China — alone. What he discovered along the way bears little resemblance to the China of…
- China's Strategy: get rich through world peace · 1 h 0 min · Episode 535Joining us today is Carl Zha — American geopolitical commentator and host of the Silk and Steel podcast. He argues that China is, in fact, the incumbent economic superpower. When…
- Understanding China as it really is matters · 53 min · Episode 534Joining us today is Mario Cavolo, an American author, speaker, and media commentator who has lived in China since 1999. We discuss the USA, China, and the possibility of building…
- Are Western Claims about Uygurs a “Stratagem”? · 1 h 0 min · Episode 533We interview Dr. Barry Sautman, an expert on China’s minorities. He explains how there is no genocide, nor is there any sort of cultural genocide. Rather, the entire narrative is…
- Is Western decline by choice? · 49 min · Episode 532We interview seven-time Member of Parliament, George Galloway. He explains that the fall of the West is due to bad policies, which, if reversed, could arrest the decline. The way…
- The end of uneven development? · 55 min · Episode 531We ask Dr. Michael Dunford from UK about the emerging multipolar world order. He explains how China’s rise is the most important development since 1492. We discuss China’s…
- Why the U.S. should work With China, not fear it · 55 min · Episode 530What can the U.S. learn from China's economic model? Dr. Yan Liang, economist at Willamette University and the Levy Economics Institute, cuts through Western media narratives to…
- Why the West gets China’s economy wrong · 55 min · Episode 529We ask economist Dr. Warwick Powell why Western media misunderstands China’s economy. Why have decades of reporting on China in the West missed the picture? We tell you exactly…
- Can China make America rich again? · 55 min · Episode 528American youtuber and business commentator Cyrus Janssen joins the show to discuss how China has changed over his 20 years coming here. We talk robots, industrial clusters, AI…
- Minority Report：China in 2026 · 55 min · Episode 527Daniel Dumbrill, a Canadian businessman and YouTuber, joins the show. A frequent traveler to China's minority regions, he offers an honest assessment of the current state of…
- What do Chinese people say about their government? · 50 min · Episode 526Our Beijing based guest Beibei joins the show to discuss the viewpoint of Chinese people on China, the CPC and China’s rise. She discusses her youth in Wuhan, moving to the USA…
- The Trillion Dollar Question · 55 min · Episode 525Economist and journalist Ben Norton explains how even the USA is preparing to copy China’s industrial policy model. We ask him about China’s role in global development, and…
- Witnessing 26 years of change in China · 55 min · Episode 524Joining us today is Fernando Munoz Bernal, a Colombian influencer who has lived in China since 2000. He talks about how China has changed, and what Chinese people really think…
- Western socialism and China's rise · 55 min · Episode 523Joining us today is Nick Cruse, a citizen journalist, writer, and co-founder of the Revolutionary Blackout Network. Nick explains how the successes of China’s rise fit into the…
- China: rise of a superpower · 55 min · Episode 522Joining us today is Carl Zha, a Sichuan-born Chinese-American political commentator, raised between China and the United States, with education at Caltech, and living in Bali. He…
- Can the working class win? · 55 min · Episode 521Joining us today is Carlos Martinez, a British Marxist writer, researcher, and anti-imperialist activist. He’s the author of The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st…
- What can we learn from China? · 1 h 4 min · Episode 520Joining us today is Carlos Garrido, a Cuban-American philosophy professor, author, and Director of the Midwestern Marx Institute. He discusses the lessons the Communist Party of…
- An Australian influencer living in China · 55 min · Episode 519Today we’re joined by Andre Longginou, an Australian expat and popular vlogger who has lived in China for years and shares the real, everyday China through his honest videos…
- “China is 50 Years in the Future” · 55 min · Episode 518We interview Ryan Milton, a business researcher, who recently went on an insightful two-week trip across China, visiting Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Yichang, and Guangzhou…
- The future of Taiwan · 55 min · Episode 517We interview Taiwanese analyst, Xiangyu. He discusses how Westerners commenting on Taiwan almost always get it wrong. We ask him about the history of the island, and the…
- Is Taipei gravitating towards Beijing? · 52 min · Episode 516We interview an American social media influencer Angelica Oung in Taipei. She discusses the desire for a reconciliation with Beijing. She outlines how people on both sides of the…
- What Taipei can learn from Hong Kong · 50 min · Episode 515We interview Hong Konger Maurice Tsui. He discusses his life in Hong Kong under British rule, and the city today. We ask him about Taiwan, One China, and the future of the…
- The truth about the Tibetan language · 55 min · Episode 514We interview Canadian author and journalist Arnold August, about his trip to Lhasa. We discuss the Tibetan language, culture, and identity from the perspective of two Western…
- How China is rewriting diplomacy · 55 min · Episode 513While traditional diplomacy often comes with demands and conditions, China is taking a different road. No political strings attached. No patronizing of smaller nations. Just…
- Trump's visit and the coming multipolar World · 53 min · Episode 512Nury Vittachi — veteran journalist, author, founder of the Asian Review of Books, and former assistant editor at the South China Morning Post and Far Eastern Economic Review —…
- The Hyper-financialization of the USA · 30 min · Episode 511We sit down with economist Dr. Warwick Powell to explore the rise of geopolitical "monsters." What dangers await as the new multipolar world takes shape? And why are nations…
- Nightlife in China · 59 min · Episode 510From stand-up comedy in Chinese and English to jazz, art installations, expos, cosplay conventions, symphony, and more—on any given night in Beijing, there’s so much happening…
- How social-media is bridging China and the USA · 52 min · Episode 509We interview Christy Franklin, a Wyoming-based CODEPINK activist and advocate of the 'China Is Not Our Enemy' campaign. She explains how ordinary Americans are bypassing legacy…
- What should you believe about modern China? · 1 h 2 min · Episode 508The world is rediscovering China. Jerry Grey is a former British police officer living in China. Jerry is also a youtuber, and influencer. He juxtaposes common sense, on the…
- Understanding China’s economy from this inside · 59 min · Episode 507We interview London’s famed economist, John Ross. He explains how China’s economy really works. We discuss global development, China’s poverty alleviation and so much more…
- Building literal bridges between East and West! · 55 min · Episode 506We interview author Hussein Askary about how we can literally build a better future for all humanity. He discusses a vision of a unified Africa, and land bridges between Asia and…
- 65% of your taxes go to war — and they want more · 53 min · Episode 505We interview CODEPINK’s cofounder, Jodie Evans. She discusses the US war on the Iranian people, the US embargo on the Cuban people, while China advocates for peace. Listen in…
- How to get a business into China · 1 h 8 min · Episode 504We interview CEO, David J. Carlson, whose job is connecting clients in the West with those in Asia. He discussed how to get a business into China, geopolitics, and what a Trump…
- Why China is oil-shock proof · 55 min · Episode 503This episode outlines China's five core reasons for the rapid pace of expanding green tech. Yes, the environment plays a role, but so too does freedom from Big Oil and Western…
- What is the future of China-US relations? · 55 min · Episode 502Trump’s visit to Beijing has been postponed — with no new date set yet. But when it does happen, China welcomes respectful cooperation. We sit down with geopolitical analyst…
- An American in China for 25 Years · 3 min · Episode 501We interview Mario Cavolo, and American living in China. We discuss returns to the USA, the future of US-China business ties, and the possibility of a détente. Join us for the…
- Big pharma and weight loss · 55 min · Episode 500Is there a magic cure for losing weight? And if there was would you take it? We discuss the trends in weight loss drugs in the USA and China. Is it safe? Who should take it? And…
- What’s Next for China? · 55 min · Episode 499We are joined by Dr. Yan Liang, Professor of Economics at Willamette University. She explains how China’s economy really works, and where it’s headed next. Hosted on Acast. See…
- Inside China's government · 1 h 1 min · Episode 498We interview Carlos Martinez, author of “The East is Still Red.” He discusses China's democratic system, US-China relations, and how you can help support continued peace. Help us…
- How Chinese people direct their government · 55 min · Episode 497We interview journalist Ben Norton. We discuss democracy, the truth about China, and the future of its economy. How do the people of China direct their government? The answer…
