Is China’s economy broken? Logan Wright, Jordan’s former boss (!) and a top expert on Chinese macroeconomics, says the financial system that powered China’s extraordinary growth is now constraining it ...

This is Part 2 of his two-part investigation of China’s Starlink challengers! ChinaTalk is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid ...

This is Part 2 of our Taiwan drone series! Ethan Kessler was a 2025-2026 Boren Graduate Fellow for Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan. Before that, he was a graduate student and think tank researcher focusing ...

Over the course of this week, we are thrilled to share an in-depth, vivid journey through Taiwan’s drone industry in two parts. Ethan’s rigorous research and extensive on the ground reporting is a ...

The Prime Minister of Sweden uses AI models for second opinions on policy. The German Chancellor is testing frontier models against draft legislation on his personal laptop. The US Secretary of War is ...

Contest links: General $50k https://www.chinatalk.media/p/50k-chinatalk-submission-hiring-contest we're looking at submissions on a rolling basis! While that’s ...

Aqib Zakaria, ChinaTalk’s chip lead, is in Hawai’i! If you’re interested in joining an Oahu ChinaTalk meetup, reach out to aqib@chinatalk.media. Irene Zhang is going to Jakarta later this month and ...

How do you evaluate an AI model for a war you can only fight once? Ike Harris, a Naval officer turned Hill staffer turned AI policy operator, joins the show to discuss his effort to bridge the gap ...

Some notes of what struck me most from the instant classic of a pod. Are AI chip exports a red herring? The Trump administration has agency over the two variables most relevant to whether China will ...

After six weeks of high-intensity combat are on pause. The WarTalk crew convenes for a full debrief. Jordan Schneider: Who won the war? Here we are. WarTalk, rebranded from Second Breakfast. We got a ...