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Pekingology

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Pekingology

126 episodes · 16 with AI analysis

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PLA Leadership Purges and CorruptionChina Military Modernization Goals (2027, 2035)Joint Operations Capability and InformatizationXi Jinping's Control of the PLATaiwan Military Readiness and Invasion ScenariosWeapons Development Program CorruptionPromotion-Based Bribery in MilitaryPLA Organizational Reform (2015 restructuring)Decision-Making Paralysis in Centralized SystemsGray Zone Operations in South China Sea

Analyzed Episodes

Aug 21, 2025

Is China’s Military Ready for War?

PLA Leadership Purges and CorruptionChina Military Modernization Goals (2027, 2035)Joint Operations Capability and Informatization
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Sep 4, 2025

China’s Quest to Engineer the Future

China's engineering state model and governance philosophyProcess knowledge and tacit industrial expertise in manufacturingMade in China 2025 and technology self-sufficiency strategy
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Sep 5, 2025

State of Play: Are U.S. tariffs bringing India and China together?

China-India border disputes and military tensionsU.S.-India trade negotiations and tariff policyIndia's supply chain manufacturing strategy
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Sep 18, 2025

Who does Xi Jinping trust?

Xi Jinping's Inner Circle and Trust NetworksChinese Communist Party Succession PlanningPeople's Liberation Army (PLA) Purges and Restructuring
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Oct 2, 2025

China's Economic Transition

China's Middle-Income Trap and Economic Transition StrategyDemographic Crisis and Aging Population EconomicsProperty Sector Collapse and Local Government Fiscal Crisis
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Mar 19, 2026

Decoding China's Two Sessions: Politics, Purges, and a New Five Year Plan

China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2025-2030)Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign and military purgesIndustrial self-reliance and technological decoupling strategy
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Oct 16, 2025

Behind the Scenes of U.S.-China Summitry

U.S.-China Presidential Summits and PreparationDiplomatic Channel Management and Interagency CoordinationCounter-Narcotics Cooperation Between U.S. and China
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Oct 30, 2025

How Firms Serve the Party-State

Party-State Control of Private EnterpriseCadre Incentive Systems and Career AdvancementVisibility Projects and Infrastructure Waste
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Nov 13, 2025

China's Africa Strategy

China-Africa Relations StrategyBelt and Road Initiative (BRI) InfrastructureFOCAC (Forum on China-Africa Cooperation)
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Nov 25, 2025

China's Demographic Dilemma

China's Aging Population and Demographic DeclineFertility Rate Collapse and Marriage Rate DeclinePension System Fiscal Sustainability
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Dec 11, 2025

The Broken China Dream

China's totalitarian institutions and their preservation under reformDeng Xiaoping's dual-track economic transition and agricultural de-collectivizationZhao Ziyang's failed political reform blueprint and the 1989 Tiananmen turning point
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Mar 5, 2026

Understanding Chinese Power

US-China Trade War and Tariff StrategyChinese Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency and Technology IndigenizationSupply Chain Weaponization and Economic Coercion
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Jan 8, 2026

China's Church Divided

Chinese Communist Party Religious Policy and Document 19 (1982)State-Recognized vs. Underground Catholic Church Division in ChinaBishop Louis Jin and Shanghai Catholicism Reconstruction
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Jan 22, 2026

How Experts Shape Chinese Foreign Policy

Chinese Foreign Policy Decision-MakingThink Tank Influence on National Security PolicyGlobal Governance Leadership Strategy
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Feb 5, 2026

China’s Growing Influence in Latin America

China-Latin America Trade DisplacementDual-Use Infrastructure and Security Risk (space stations, 5G, ports)Chinese Policy Bank Lending and Debt Dynamics
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Feb 19, 2026

Can China Sway Australia?

China-Australia Economic Coercion and Trade WeaponizationUS-Australia Alliance and AUKUS Submarine DealCritical Minerals Supply Chain Diversification
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