MERICS China Podcast
The MERICS China Podcast, brought to you by the Mercator Institute for China Studies, a show that analyses current affairs in China and the latest developments in EU-China relations.
Podcasting since 2015 • 260 episodes
MERICS China Podcast
Latest Episodes
Orbital geopolitics, with Antonia Hmaidi and Altynay Junusova
Satellite internet has attracted increased attention in the last years and the possibility for its civilian as well as miliary use makes it a so called “dual use” technology. Antonia Hmaidi...
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Episode 259
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32:18
EU-China relations in 2026, with Grzegorz Stec
Europe has found itself between a rock and a hard place in the last couple of months – between China leveraging export controls on rare earth elements and the US stating its desire to incorporate Greenland. Where does this leave the EU’s China ...
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20:06
Xi Zhongxun and party history, with Joseph Torigian and Alexander Davey
To understand the Communist Party today requires an understanding of its history. To that end, Joseph Torigian and MERICS Analyst Alexander...
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32:10
Domestic debates on China’s global impact, with Alexander Davey and Kristin Shi-Kupfer
2025 has seen the Chinese government act with increasing confidence in its own power and agency on the international stage. Is this confidence mirrored in Chinese self-perceptions? MERICS Analyst
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Episode 256
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34:48
China's global vision, with Katja Drinhausen and Manoj Kewalramani
Eighty years after its foundation, calls for a reform of the United Nations are abundant. Since 2021, China has put forth ideas for such reforms and a different world order in the form of international initiatives like the Global Development In...
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Episode 255
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44:36