The interaction between China's government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is opaque and confusing. Former Financial Times Beijing bureau chief and current Washington DC bureau chief,  Richard McGregor, comes on China Policy Pod to explain the situ

Japan's recent horrific earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear crisis once again has China debating its feelings about its island neighbor to the east. Zhang Yajun, a Beijing-based journalist and frequent guest contributor to the excellent blog Granite S

China has ramped up its infamous Great Firewall (GFW) over the last couple of weeks. The move coincides with both the government's annual Lianghui and scattered calls for a Jasmine Revolution in China. Disruptions have hindered the ability of people insid

Blake Hounshell comes on China Policy Pod to talk about China's new Middle East calculations in the wake of the democratic wave sweeping the region. As the leadership in the Arab world changes, Beijing must reconsider how it is positioned, whom it befrien

Journalists and policemen have been busy with rumors flying of a Chinese Jasmine-style revolution. However, protests have yet to develop in Beijing (Shanghai is a little less clear (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/27/AR201102

Stan Abrams, lawyer, professor and author of ChinaHearsay, stops by to discuss the challenges Chinese firms have had investing in the US. The pod covers Huawei's recent trouble trying to purchase $2 million of 3Leaf's patents and technology, as well as a

What lessons did Beijing learn from the Egyptian revolution? McClatchy Beijing bureau chief, Tom Lasseter, joins China Policy Pod to talk about the fallout for China. Tom also draws on his previous experience reporting in Russia to discuss the impact of