In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu details Taiwan’s decision to revoke visas for several pro-Beijing social media influencers and the island’s continued efforts to counter Chinese coercion. Next, we take a look at the latest development in sales negotiations for port operations near the Panama Canal owned by Hong Kong based CK Hutchinson Holdings. Finally, Miles unpacks Secretary Hegseth’s recent visit to the Indo-Pacific—what was said, where it was said, and the importance of enh...
Apr 01, 2025•30 min•Ep. 122
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu details the recent termination of United States federal grants for US Agency for Global Media outlets including Voice of America, and what this means for information access in China. Next, he explores Niger’s decision to expel three Chinese oil executives over wage disputes between local and expatriate workers from China. Finally, Miles digs into the recent unclassified report on corruption within the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership by the O...
Mar 25, 2025•36 min•Ep. 121
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu details Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) $100bn investment and reaffirmed commitment to supporting US-based semiconductor production. Next, we explore the latest initiative from the House of Representatives that takes aim at Chinese student visas and the current imbalance in US-China international education exchange. Lastly, Miles examines the latest rhetorical exchange between Taipei and Beijing, and the significance of Taiwan’s r...
Mar 19, 2025•32 min•Ep. 120
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu examines the latest round of reciprocal U.S. tariffs on imported goods from China, Mexico, and Canada, and why China remains the focus of U.S. trade policy. Next, Miles responds to comments from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding China’s readiness for any conflict, trade or otherwise. Lastly, Miles peels back the curtain on the Two Sessions congress held last week in Beijing, and the impact of China’s current economic challenges on the...
Mar 11, 2025•21 min•Ep. 119
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu unpacks the Trump-Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting and what the development in US-Ukraine relations could mean for China. Next, Miles examines Thailand’s recent deportation of 40 Uyghur men to China and explains how this disturbing exchange is a strategic outcome of China’s expanding coercive campaign in the Indo-Pacific region. Lastly, Miles takes a look at Trump’s recent announcement of a U.S. immigration visa Gold Card and what impact this may ha...
Mar 04, 2025•29 min•Ep. 118
In this week’s episode of China Insider, Miles Yu unpacks the name changes made across the US State Department’s website and why these designations carrying significant implications for US foreign policy toward China. Next, Miles peels back the curtain on Xi Jinping’s latest meeting with high-profile leaders in China’s technology sector, and whether this will truly infuse confidence in the Chinese economy. Lastly, Miles analyzes China’s evolving legal warfare campaign against Taiwan across the G...
Feb 25, 2025•34 min•Ep. 117
In this week’s episode of China Insider, expert Miles Yu unpacks the latest announcements from the Department of Defense regarding United States involvement in the Ukraine War and NATO, and the implications of the shift in strategic focus toward the evolving China threat. Next, Miles analyzes the latest universal and reciprocal tariff announcements, and what we can expect from Beijing in response. Lastly, Miles explores China’s model of self-enrichment, the threat it poses to the current global ...
Feb 19, 2025•39 min•Ep. 116
In this week’s episode of China Insider, expert Miles Yu breaks down the first month of Trump 2.0, and where China fits into the new administration’s foreign policy strategy and strategic response from Beijing. Next, Miles takes a detailed look at the developing United States tariff strategy toward China, and why this has been such a focus of headlines the past few weeks. Lastly, Miles explores China’s reckless lab practices and the impact they have on the capacity of global health organizations...
Feb 10, 2025•42 min•Ep. 115
Miles sits down with Damon Wilson, president and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the primary American foundation supporting democracy worldwide. They discuss a wide range of issues vital to global freedom and democracy, including NED’s origins, mission and current projects, America's role in the world, and the importance of preserving and expanding the existing democratic world order.
Jan 23, 2025•42 min•Ep. 114
In this episode of China Insider , China Center Director Miles Yu analyzes the landmark ruling by the DC Appeals Court against TikTok that upholds legal protection of free speech against foreign adversaries’ malign influence. He also discusses a new opinion survey revealing the pulse of the nation on U.S. leadership in world affairs, the dramatic uptick of positive sentiment against China and America’s commitment to the defense and sovereignty of Taiwan.
Dec 10, 2024•17 min•Ep. 113
In this week's China Insider, expert Miles Yu discusses the peculiar purge of Admiral Miao Hua and why this should not come as a surprise to anyone. Next he does a deep dive into the contentious issue of tariffs on Chinese imports, and finishes by analyzing China's draconian restrictions of free capital flows by foreign companies.
Dec 03, 2024•19 min•Ep. 112
In their meeting in Peru, Xi Jinping laid out 4 "red lines" to President Joe Biden, detailing the issues where he expects the US to avoid interference in the affairs of the Chinese Communist Party. Expert Miles Yu unpacks these red lines and what they mean for Donald Trump's incoming administration. Next, Miles covers a brutal killing in mainland China and how it feeds into the larger surge of violent killings across China. Finally, we provide an update on the conflict in Ukraine, and why we mig...
Nov 20, 2024•20 min•Ep. 111
Former President Donald Trump has been reelected, so we open this week with Miles Yu’s take on the how and why of Trump’s reelection and what it says about the state of the American people and American democracy. Next, Miles previews what Trump’s reelection means for United States–China relations, how the Chinese Communist Party might react, and where Trump and Xi Jinping might butt heads first. We close by highlighting a viral cultural phenomenon unfolding inside China, which saw tens of thousa...
Nov 13, 2024•27 min•Ep. 110
It’s election day! If you haven’t already, go do your civic duty and vote. With that settled, we open this week with Miles on just what makes American democracy so unique and influential around the globe. Everyone worldwide has a vested interest in the outcomes of our elections, and China is no exception. Miles reviews the Chinese Communist Party’s outlook on our elections and highlights their past (and current) attempts to interfere in our democratic system. We then close with a quick glance ag...
Nov 05, 2024•23 min•Ep. 109
Hudson expert Miles Yu opens with his assessment of the BRICS summit held last week in Kazan, Russia, and whether it accomplished anything other than a moral victory for Vladimir Putin’s legitimatization campaign. Second, he analyzes the conveniently timed agreement between China and India over their longstanding border dispute in the Himalayas and argues that the solution is more a circumstantial strategy shift than a true settlement. Finally, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te visited the Island...
Oct 29, 2024•31 min•Ep. 108
South Korean intelligence services have revealed credible evidence that North Korea has deployed upwards of 12,000 troops for training and ultimately combat alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine. Miles Yu analyzes the significance of this escalation what this signals for the anti-western axis of Russia, China and North Korea. Second, with the US presidential election reaching its apex, the economy, and tariffs, are in the spotlight. Miles retraces what lead to the tariffs on Chinese import...
Oct 22, 2024•28 min•Ep. 107
We start with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s “Double Ten” speech last week, which commemorated Taiwan’s National Day on October 10. President Lai laid out his government’s agenda and called for cooperation to bring political unity to Taiwan. Next, we detail the dramatic rise and fall of China’s stock market in the last two weeks and why the Chinese Communist Party’s planned economy is losing trust both domestically and internationally. And last, we cover the detention of four Taiwanese busin...
Oct 15, 2024•25 min•Ep. 106
On October 1st the Chinese Communist Party commemorated 75 years of CCP rule over mainland China. Meanwhile October 10th serves as Taiwan's national day. For two countries, so geographically close, and so historically tied, to share national days so close and historically tied, creates an obvious political rivalry. Miles Yu lays out for us how this national day rivalry manifests itself. Next, we analyze President Lai's recent refusal of a "peace agreement" with China, deciding instead to publicl...
Oct 08, 2024•30 min•Ep. 105
Human rights sat decidedly at the core of the bi-lateral relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States during the cold war. International awareness, dissident support and tangible accountability measures made human rights a powerful tool in the US arsenal to combat communist influence. Yet, today we don't see the same clarity in policy and action applied to the actions of the Chinese Communist Party. Whether it's the Uyghurs, or any other group from the laundry list of oppressed mi...
Oct 03, 2024•43 min•Ep. 104
For the first time ever a Japanese destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait, and on the same day naval vessels from Australia and New Zealand also sailed together through the disputed waterway. Miles Yu gives us the background behind the strait's importance for setting the tone with regard to international partnership against Chinese aggression. Second, in light of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's trip to the U.S., we ask Miles what the state of the Ukraine war is, but specifically through the ...
Oct 01, 2024•28 min•Ep. 103
With President Joe Biden's final Quad meeting taking place last weekend, Miles Yu gives us some background on the multilateral group of nations, and it's importance in defining, and bringing order to, the Indo-Pacific. Next, we cover the continued rise of violent xenophobia inside China in light of another stabbing and death of a 10-year old Japanese schoolboy. This time the Japanese government, along with Japanese companies in China, is making it clear that they're fed up with the Chines Commun...
Sep 24, 2024•28 min•Ep. 102
The Chinese Communist Party announced that it will no longer allow international adoptions of Chinese children. Hudson expert Miles Yu analyzes whether the cause is demographics, politics, or something else. Then we move to the recent detention of Chinese investment bankers to evaluate why the CCP is going after them now, and how the move could spook the larger economy. Finally, Miles describes why nationalist Chinese sports fans are furious after the Chinese men's soccer team lost to Japan 7-0,...
Sep 17, 2024•30 min•Ep. 101
Linda Sun, a New York public official and senior advisor for New York governors Cuomo and Hochol, has been charged with being a Chinese agent while in office. Miles Yu addresses what she is accused of, and takes a wider look at the history of Chinese espionage. Next, we analyze why a seemingly local fender-bender turned into a microcosm demonstrating the Chinese Communist Party's mistreatment of its veterans. And finally, Taiwanese President Lai Ching Te used a recent interview to turn the table...
Sep 10, 2024•32 min•Ep. 100
IBM announced they'll be ending their research and development operations in China, impacting over 1,000 jobs. But they're not cutting these jobs, just relocating them outside of China. Miles explains why. Next, Miles details the CCP's new "housing pension system" and closes with the latest collision in the South China Sea when a Chinese Coast Guard ship rammed a Philippine counterpart.
Sep 03, 2024•25 min•Ep. 99
Senior Fellow, Miles Yu, reacts to our very own Hudson colleague, Nikki Haley, who delivered a speech in Taiwan last week urging the US to do more to elevate Taiwan on the international stage. But how? Next he details the dangerous trend of economic nationalism under the Chines Communist Party in light of an Olympic medalist buying an iPhone instead of a Chinese-made phone. Lastly, he addresses the 120th birthday of Deng Deng Xiaoping, and what his legacy means for Xi Jinping's leadership today....
Aug 27, 2024•24 min•Ep. 98
Miles Yu examines the large exodus of wealthy Chinese who are working to get their money out of China, revealing why this is happening, where the money is going, and how they are pulling it off. Next, he focuses on the Chinese Communist Party’s flood of money into American colleges and why US universities are still so attractive to Chinese academics. Finally, he closes by explaining how the shadow of past and current doping scandals looms over the Olympic medals earned by China in Paris.
Aug 20, 2024•33 min•Ep. 97
How much engagement is too much engagement with the Chinese Communist Party? How do we hold the CCP accountable? What kind of policy has ever worked to change CCP behavior? Authors of the new book Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure James Fennell and Bradley Thayer join host Miles Yu to answer these questions by looking back at the history of failed American policy toward China to ensure we learn lessons for effective engagement with China in the future.
Aug 15, 2024•42 min•Ep. 95
The Chinese Communist Party is looking at a new big-brother-esque tech policy that would assign Chinese citizens a cyber-ID for their online activity. Miles Yu details why this is another totalitarian move meant to monitor speech, control dissidents, and limit online freedom. Second, amidst Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate, Miles talks about the Minnesota governor’s past ties to China. Finally, there’s unrest in China’s Belt and Road Initiative with mass protests occurri...
Aug 13, 2024•25 min•Ep. 96
With the Paris Olympics in full swing, Miles Yu analyzes how the Chinese Communist Party approaches international sports and plays politics with one of the greatest venues for displaying soft power. Miles then talks about China hosting Palestinian leaders in Beijing in a failed attempt to form a Palestinian unity government. He ends by explaining the CCP’s controversial plan to raise the retirement age in China.
Aug 06, 2024•27 min•Ep. 94
Miles analyzes another round of joint exercises involving Japan, but this time with Germany, France and Spain to conduct air drills with its Air Self Defense Force. Miles details why Japan has become such a coveted global partner, and why European countries are taking increased notice of the China threat. Next we explore China’s activity in the arctic and what they’re interests in the polar frontier could be, as well as what the global Crowdstrike outage tells us about China’s online authoritari...
Jul 30, 2024•26 min•Ep. 93
