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Pekingology
130 episodes · 17 with AI analysis
China is one of the 21st century’s most consequential nations, and it has never been more important to understand how the country is governed. Pekingology is the podcast that unpacks Chinese politics, the inner workings of the Communist Party, and how China's domestic and foreign policy will impact the world. Pekingology is hosted by Henrietta Levin, Senior Fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS. It is produced by Gina Kim.
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Topics · top 10
US-China Tariff Rates and Effective Tariff CalculationsManaged Trade vs. Free Trade PrinciplesSoybean Export Markets and Agricultural CoercionRare Earth Export Controls and Affiliate RuleChinese Non-Market Policies and State SubsidiesExport Control Licensing and Technology TransferDe-Risking Supply Chains from ChinaChinese Investment in US InfrastructureEconomic Coercion Tools and Gray Zone TacticsWTO Architecture and Most Favored Nation Principle
Analyzed Episodes
May 14, 2026
How to Win a Summit: China’s Economic and Commercial Leverage
US-China Tariff Rates and Effective Tariff CalculationsManaged Trade vs. Free Trade PrinciplesSoybean Export Markets and Agricultural Coercion
View AnalysisAug 21, 2025
Is China’s Military Ready for War?
PLA Leadership Purges and CorruptionChina Military Modernization Goals (2027, 2035)Joint Operations Capability and Informatization
View AnalysisSep 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
View AnalysisSep 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
View AnalysisSep 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
View AnalysisOct 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
View AnalysisMar 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
View AnalysisOct 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
View AnalysisOct 30, 2025
How Firms Serve the Party-State
Party-State Control of Private EnterpriseCadre Incentive Systems and Career AdvancementVisibility Projects and Infrastructure Waste
View AnalysisNov 13, 2025
China's Africa Strategy
China-Africa Relations StrategyBelt and Road Initiative (BRI) InfrastructureFOCAC (Forum on China-Africa Cooperation)
View AnalysisNov 25, 2025
China's Demographic Dilemma
China's Aging Population and Demographic DeclineFertility Rate Collapse and Marriage Rate DeclinePension System Fiscal Sustainability
View AnalysisDec 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
View AnalysisMar 5, 2026
Understanding Chinese Power
US-China Trade War and Tariff StrategyChinese Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency and Technology IndigenizationSupply Chain Weaponization and Economic Coercion
View AnalysisJan 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
View AnalysisJan 22, 2026
How Experts Shape Chinese Foreign Policy
Chinese Foreign Policy Decision-MakingThink Tank Influence on National Security PolicyGlobal Governance Leadership Strategy
View AnalysisFeb 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
View AnalysisFeb 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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