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China Insider is a weekly podcast project from Hudson Institute's China Center, hosted by Miles Yu, who provides weekly news that mainstream American outlets often miss, as well as in-depth commentary and analysis on the China challenge and the free world’s future.

Recent Episodes
  • China Insider | Taiwan’s Recall Campaign Movement, US-China Tariffs, and Apple shifts iPhone production to India
    Apr 29, 2025 – 00:32:02
  • China Insider | Xi Jinping’s Southeast Asia Tour, China’s Pride, and Countering Maoist Narratives
    Apr 22, 2025 – 00:26:22
  • China Insider | Fatal EV Crash in Anhui, China Invokes Mao in Tariff Response, and Chinese Cyberattacks on US Infrastructure
    Apr 15, 2025 – 00:24:03
  • Global Reciprocal Tariffs, Xi Jinping’s PLA Purges, and China’s Military Aggression Against Taiwan
    Apr 9, 2025 – 00:38:50
  • Taiwan Counters Pro-Beijing Influence, CK Hutchinson-BlackRock Deal, and Secretary Hegseth Visits the Indo-Pacific
    Apr 1, 2025 – 00:29:37
  • US Agency for Global Media, Niger Expels Chinese Oil Executives, and ODNI’s Report on CCP Leadership Corruption
    Mar 25, 2025 – 00:36:27
  • TSMC’s $100bn Investment, PRC Student Visas, and Taiwan Resists the CCP’s United Front
    Mar 19, 2025 – 00:31:44
  • US Reciprocal Tariffs, Beijing’s Wolf Warrior Rhetoric, and China’s Two Sessions
    Mar 11, 2025 – 00:21:20
  • Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting, Thailand’s Uyghur Deportation, and Trump’s Gold Card
    Mar 4, 2025 – 00:29:12
  • Rectification of Names, Xi Jinping’s Tech Summit, and China’s Legal Warfare Campaign
    Feb 25, 2025 – 00:33:38
  • Revisiting the US-Transatlantic Relationship, New Reciprocal Tariffs, and China’s Model of Self-Enrichment
    Feb 19, 2025 – 00:38:53
  • Trump 2.0 China Strategy, US Tariff Policy, and China’s Food and Mouth Disease
    Feb 10, 2025 – 00:41:40
  • Insider Interview: Damon Wilson of the National Endowment for Democracy
    Jan 23, 2025 – 00:42:05
  • TikTok, Free Speech, and Americans' Stance on US Foreign Affairs
    Dec 10, 2024 – 00:16:53
  • Xi's Latest Military Purge, Assessing Effectiveness of Tariffs, and Capital Repatriation
    Dec 3, 2024 – 00:18:56
  • Xi Jinping's Red Lines, More Violent Killings in China, and Escalation in Ukraine
    Nov 20, 2024 – 00:19:41
  • Trump's Re-election, The Future of US-China Relations, and Chinese Youth Take to the Streets
    Nov 13, 2024 – 00:26:47
  • Election Day, Chinese Interference, and the China–Russia–North Korea Axis
    Nov 5, 2024 – 00:22:53
  • The BRICS Dilemma, China and India’s New Border, and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Battle of Guningtou
    Oct 29, 2024 – 00:30:54
  • DPRK Fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Reviewing U.S. Tariffs, and China's Nobel Conundrum
    Oct 22, 2024 – 00:27:42
  • President Lai Calls for Taiwanese Unity, Chinese Stocks Fall, CCP Arrests Taiwanese Businessmen
    Oct 15, 2024 – 00:25:14
  • China and Taiwan's Rival National Days, CCP Feigns Peace Offering to Taiwan, and China's Goals in Middle East
    Oct 8, 2024 – 00:29:37
  • Insider Interview: Exposing and Confronting the CCP’s Genocidal Subjugation of It’s People (feat. Olivia Enos)
    Oct 3, 2024 – 00:43:08
  • International Traffic in the Taiwan Strait, China's Interests in Ukraine, Shigeru Ishiba Elected in Japan
    Oct 1, 2024 – 00:27:57
  • The Quad's Future, Another Xenophobic Stabbing, and New Bans in U.S-China Trade War
    Sep 24, 2024 – 00:28:01
  • Chinese Adoptions Stopped, Investment Bankers Jailed, and Nationalist Sports Fans Embarrassed
    Sep 17, 2024 – 00:30:18
  • NY Political Advisor Indicted as Chinese Agent, Chinese Veteran Mistreatment, and Lai Turns Annexation Tables
    Sep 10, 2024 – 00:31:52
  • IBM Exits China, CCP Launches Housing Pension System, and Chines Coast Guard Rams Philippine Ship
    Sep 3, 2024 – 00:24:38
  • Hudson Fellows Urge International Recognition of Taiwan, Economic Nationalism Strikes Again, and 120 Years of Deng Xiaoping's Legacy
    Aug 27, 2024 – 00:23:37
  • Millionaires Flee China, CCP Money Floods US Universities, and Doping Overshadows Chinese Olympians
    Aug 20, 2024 – 00:32:37
  • Insider Interview: Confronting the CCP by Learning from past Mistakes (feat. James Fennell & Bradley Thayer)
    Aug 15, 2024 – 00:41:35
  • The CCP Attacks Online Freedom, Tim Walz and the History of US China Hands, and BRI Protests?
    Aug 13, 2024 – 00:24:43
  • The CCP Plays Politics with Paris Olympics, Attempts Peace in the Middle East, and Raises Retirement Ages
    Aug 6, 2024 – 00:27:01
  • Japan and Europe Coordinate Air Forces, China Explores the Arctic, and Xi's Online Authoritarianism
    Jul 30, 2024 – 00:25:30
  • Japan and Taiwan Joint Maritime Exercise, Vietnam Party Leader Passes, and Robotaxi's Cause Viral Frustration
    Jul 23, 2024 – 00:30:34
  • Insider Interview | Deterring China with Red Lines Backed by Capability and Resolve (feat. John Lee)
    Jul 18, 2024 – 00:34:49
  • Rising Xenophobia in China, The Third Plenum, and Toxic Contamination of Cooking Oils
    Jul 16, 2024 – 00:24:40
  • A NATO for the Indo-Pacific, Chinese Maritime Aggression, and Miles in Taipei
    Jul 9, 2024 – 00:25:10
  • More Military Purges, Xi’ Plan for “Peaceful Coexistence,” and China’s Repression of Religious Freedom
    Jul 2, 2024 – 00:28:05
  • Insider Interview: China Is a Dangerous Outlier in Global Energy Arena (feat. Tom Duesterberg)
    Jun 27, 2024 – 00:36:59
  • CCP Lawfare Against Taiwan, Xi Demands Military Loyalty, and the Pyongyang Summit
    Jun 26, 2024 – 00:32:44
  • Americans Attacked in China, India’s Regional Importance, and European Tariffs on Chinese EVs
    Jun 18, 2024 – 00:24:43
  • The Gaokao Phenomenon, and the CCP's Domestic and Global Market Manipulation
    Jun 11, 2024 – 00:33:06
  • The Legacy of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Taiwanese Sovereignty, and the Shangri-La Dialogues
    Jun 4, 2024 – 00:31:44
  • Taiwanese President Lai Ching Te's Inauguration
    May 29, 2024 – 00:30:31
  • The Putin-Xi Summit and Its Implications for the Region
    May 21, 2024 – 00:25:38
  • Xi’s Plan to Divide the EU, and the CCP’s International E-commerce Scam
    May 14, 2024 – 00:26:07
  • Student Protests and the CCP, The Trump China Policy, and Apple Caves
    May 7, 2024 – 00:43:21
  • Recapping Blinken Visit, The Russia-China Axis, and Controversial EVs
    Apr 30, 2024 – 00:40:30
  • CCP's "Buy New Products" Campaign, Sports Cheating, and Credit Rating Drops
    Apr 23, 2024 – 00:23:57
Recent Reviews
  • Renurok
    Getting Worse
    Miles has been a credible scholar on China, but appears increasingly less credible as time goes on. Any conversation about the PLA or the cross strait military balance is generally not grounded in the large body of evidence which exists for study. Miles feels a need to weigh in on topics he appears unfamiliar with and simply shoots from the hip. The contradictory Trump administration policies toward China and foreign policy agenda is framed through rose colored glasses at best and deliberate misinformation at worst.
  • Truth badger
    I think the host is trying to get a cabinet position
    I don’t know Miles doesn’t seem like you’re dealing with facts ( seems like you are spouting rhetoric. ) l have been an avid listener of your show for years I’ve also been a proponent of your show, and I had a lot of respect for your opinion and your views and now you’ve lost me with this last episode. Nov 10th 24 I could not believe what what you were saying and how you were saying it you said crime is up in all the cities Can you provide some actual data on thcause crime is down across the country Are you talking about San Francisco people ripping off Walmart Walgreens yeah can you show me some of those facts cause I don’t know I haven’t seen that about that but I just the numbers don’t actually add up so I’m not gonna listen to you tell me things that are not true as if they are anyway, I’m disappointed and I’m pretty sad but I’m done
  • Chuckles Marx
    Bannon??
    Miles, ditch Bannon. He’s a quack.
  • brosephwalsh
    Another propaganda channel
    Just another anti-China media outlet, as if there weren’t enough already. None of the people spewing this nonsense are actually living in China and experiencing China. I lived in China 5 months this year, can’t wait to go back. Chinese are way more friendly to Americans than other Americans. It was extremely safe and my kids were treated so much better there than by teachers here in the US. This podcast is hilarious - like parody level hilarious.
  • MegaJCal1989
    Love this podcast!
    Miles Yu does a tremendous job of giving you the inside scoop on China and a forecast of its hidden agenda. He also takes you inside the mind of Xi Jinping and the motives behind his actions and intentions. As Sun Tzu said in The Art of War: “In order to know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” Miles Yu, a professor at the United States Naval Academy and a senior fellow and director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, knows China and Xi Jinping from the inside out and gives you a clear understanding of him and his motives.
  • Saxosolo
    Trash
    If you’re looking for an objective source of news and updates from China, look elsewhere.
  • dragosgp
    Lacks balance
    When you have a singular view through Trumpism and his team, this totally lacks perspective and balance. Arrogance. Clearly hawks to continue negative bias.
  • NewFanOfStoics
    Very forthright
    Cuts through the fog
  • Rmm mm
    We need serious, critical discussion of China. This is not it.
    Serious, critical discussion of China has never been more important. This is not it. I think it’s useful to be reminded of Chinese rhetoric and extreme statements. But there is no effort here to analyze or contextualize them. This isn’t quite anti-China propaganda, but it’s very close. There are lots of reasons to mistrust China and to oppose many things they do. But let’s start from an informed place. Don’t start here.
  • Le Ngo Family
    Miles is no Kong Yiji
    Love his insight and articulation.
  • Sarah62988
    Great hosts, important topic
    Great podcast for people just starting to learn about China and those who’ve been at this for a while. Miles and Wilson have good chemistry. Recommend!
  • ghostofsmitty
    Excellent
    Happy to subscribe! Look forward to this every week
  • melissaesq123
    Very cool!
    I’ve been looking for a china news podcast, and this one covers a lot of stories I haven’t seen. Good first couple of episodes.
  • CarolineLH
    Illuminating Insights
    Wow! An incredible distillation of the current events in China while folding in historical contexts and cultural perspectives. Best listen to get up to speed on this complex situation.
  • KarimCheese617
    Great first episode!
    This is a very interesting exploration of China in a modern context. I’ve been following Miles for a while and it is great to hear him in a podcast. I’d appreciate more historical context, but this is a great first episode!
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