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The Bridge

China, US & the world


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  • 527. Minority Report:China in 2026

    54:55||Ep. 527
    Daniel 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 Tibetan language, culture, and religion, as well as the conditions of Uygurs, Mongolians, and other ethnic groups across the country's vast expanse.

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  • 526. What do Chinese people say about their government?

    50:29||Ep. 526
    Our 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, and her return to China. We ask her about what Chinese people think about China’s rise.
  • 525. The Trillion Dollar Question

    54:55||Ep. 525
    Economist 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 whether the US stock market may collapse.
  • 524. Witnessing 26 years of change in China

    54:55||Ep. 524
    Joining 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 about their government.
  • 523. Western socialism and China's rise

    54:55||Ep. 523
    Joining 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 debate about the future of the West. Don’t miss this one.
  • 522. China: rise of a superpower

    55:00||Ep. 522
    Joining 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 tells us the story of the PRC’s rise to geopolitical superpower.
  • 521. Can the working class win?

    55:00||Ep. 521
    Joining 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 Century and co-editor of Friends of Socialist China.