A slowing economy poses a major challenge to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's hold on power and there's an unlikely culprit: China's complicated relationship with the Soviet Union.
Making Europe get tough on China has been a hallmark of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s term in office, but what’s behind her hardening line towards Beijing?
Beijing is eyeing a bigger diplomatic role around the unfolding conflict in the Middle East. Al-Jazeera’s Erin Hale joins host Reid Standish to unpack China’s response to the Israel-Hamas war.
With an eye on Afghanistan’s resource wealth, Beijing is slowly deepening its ties with the Taliban, but is the relationship built to last? Kabul-based journalist Ali Latifi and the German Marshall Fund’s Andrew Small join host Reid Standish to explore Beijing’s complicated history with the group.
Tamuna Chkareuli, a photojournalist working with RFE/RL’s Georgia Service, joins host Reid Standish for a special episode from their reporting trip across Georgia about how a $1 billion Chinese-built highway is transforming the country and bring hope and scandal in the process.
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, a reporter for Axios based in Taiwan and the author of Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy To Confront The World, talks about her new book, how Beijing has leveraged its economy for geopolitical gain, and what it means for Eurasia and the world.
On the debut of episode of the new season of the Talking China In Eurasia podcast, Andrei Soshnikov and Reid Standish explain their recent investigation based on exclusive documents showing how China and Russia are sharing tips, tactics, and expertise on censoring the Internet and stifling dissent.
