The Beijing Brief

Is China dynamic or dysfunctional?

Ryan Hass and Jon Czin are joined by Evan Osnos, a Brookings nonresident senior fellow, to look at China from the ground up. What do people really want and how has that c

What's next for US-China relations after Xi Jinping's state visit?

In September, President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to Washington in more than a decade. Ryan Hass, Jon Czin, and Kyle Chan assess what the visit means for U.S.

How strong is the Chinese Communist Party's hold on power?

Why has the Chinese Communist Party survived so long, and how does it rule? Jon Czin and Ryan Hass sit down with Minxin Pei, editor-in-chief of China Leadership Monitor,

What's lost when reporters leave China?

How do you tell China's story when journalism in China is so limited? What is lost when so few reporters remain? Ryan Hass and Jon Czin sit down with former China corresp

How secure is Taiwan? The view from Taipei

Ryan Hass and Jon Czin are joined by Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Caitlin Talmadge for a special episode of The Beijing Brief from on the ground in Taipei. Drawing

Can Europe survive China Shock 2.0?

As China searches for markets to absorb its excess exports, it has increasingly directed much of that manufacturing overcapacity toward Europe, hollowing out the continen

Why Washington fears China's open-source AI

What does the invention of Chinese AI model Kimi K3 mean for Washington and Silicon Valley? In a new explainer for The Beijing Brief podcast, Kyle Chan breaks down the on

Will China replace America on the world stage?

America's leading role in the world is eroding under the second Trump administration, raising questions about how China will position itself in the future global order. "

No limits? Testing the China-Russia relationship

The Ukraine war, shifting American foreign policy priorities under President Trump, and increased global instability have shifted the balance in the China-Russia relation

From Geneva: AI, security, and US-China dialogue

In this special episode of The Beijing Brief, Ryan Hass speaks with R. David Edelman on the sidelines of the United Nations Global Conference on AI, Security, and Ethics

Are the US and China really in an AI "race"?

How are the United States and China pursuing AI development? On this episode of The Beijing Brief, Ryan Hass sits down with Kyle Chan and R. David Edelman to discuss the

What Beijing got from the Trump-Xi summit

President Trump came home from China on May 15 hauling trade deals and stability. But how did Beijing read the visit? On this episode, Ryan Hass sits down with China Cent

Beijing's playbook for the US-Iran war

What does Beijing really want from the war in Iran, and what do Washington and Tehran want from China? On this episode of The Beijing Brief, Jon Czin speaks with co-host

Is China's military as strong as it looks?

Ryan Hass speaks with Jon Czin and John Culver, a top expert on China's military, about how sweeping leadership purges and rapid military modernization are reshaping the

What to know about China's economic ambitions and its Five-Year Plan

In early March, Beijing released its fifteenth Five-Year Plan, detailing the Party leadership's economic and technological ambitions for the years ahead. Jon Czin sits do

The delayed Trump-Xi summit, Iran, and the US-China relationship

President Trump's planned visit to Beijing has been postponed to May 14 to 15 because of the ongoing U.S. war with Iran. What does the delay signal about the state of U.S

New Brookings podcast 'The Beijing Brief' takes you behind the scenes in Washington and Beijing

On The Beijing Brief, a new podcast from the Brookings Podcast Network, Brookings China scholars and expert guests take listeners behind the scenes in Washington, D.C., a