The Bridge is a podcast focusing on building bridges between the East and the West. The show goes beyond the headlines to the lifelines, with conversations that inform, entertain and inspire listeners from the opposites of the world.
Latest episodes
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The USA, made in China, and the 21st Century
Joining us is Mitch Presnick, a pioneer in bringing the Super 8 hotel brand to and expanding it across the Chinese market, and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s Fairbank Center for Ch…
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55 min
How DC makes investment in the USA risky
Joining us today is Dr. Warwick Powell—Queensland University of Technology academic, policy advisor, and media commentator—on the trillion-dollar question facing Chinese investment…
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60 min
China's global initiatives explained
Joining us today is political commentator Einar Tangen. We ask him if the world will become more peaceful or more volatile in the new world of multipolarity. Tangen explains how gl…
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51 min
Sino-US relations amidst the rise of China
Joining us today is Dr. Josef Mahoney, an American professor in China teaching politics and international relations. We discuss how laws are made in China and the nature of Sino-US…
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60 min
The Economist who saw 2008 coming — on China and the West
Joining us today is Dr. Steven Keen, Honorary Professor at University College London, who famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis years in advance. He discusses how China’s ec…
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57 min
"China's Being Pretty American, Actually": Ryan Milton on the Middle Kingdom
Business researcher Ryan Milton just returned from a two-week trip across China—and what he saw changed how he thinks about peace, diplomacy, and America's future. In this episode,…
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55 min
A British-Australian's mission to tell the truth about China
Former British police officer Jerry Grey cycled more than 40,000 kilometres across China — alone. What he discovered along the way bears little resemblance to the China of Western…
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1 h 00
China’s Strategy: get rich through world peace
Joining us today is Carl Zha — American geopolitical commentator and host of the Silk and Steel podcast. He argues that China is, in fact, the incumbent economic superpower. When i…
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53 min
Understanding China as it really is matters
Joining us today is Mario Cavolo, an American author, speaker, and media commentator who has lived in China since 1999. We discuss the USA, China, and the possibility of building l…
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Are Western claims about Uygurs a “Stratagem”?
We interview Dr. Barry Sautman, an expert on China’s minorities. He explains how there is no genocide, nor is there any sort of cultural genocide. Rather, the entire narrative is a…
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49 min
Is Western decline by choice?
We interview seven-time Member of Parliament, George Galloway. He explains that the fall of the West is due to bad policies, which, if reversed, could arrest the decline. The way f…
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55 min
The end of uneven development?
We ask Dr. Michael Dunford from UK about the emerging multipolar world order. He explains how China’s rise is the most important development since 1492. We discuss China’s economy…
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55 min
Why the U.S. should work with China, not fear it
What can the U.S. learn from China's economic model? Dr. Yan Liang, economist at Willamette University and the Levy Economics Institute, cuts through Western media narratives to re…
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55 min
Why the West gets China’s economy wrong
We ask economist Dr. Warwick Powell why Western media misunderstands China’s economy. Why have decades of reporting on China in the West missed the picture? We tell you exactly why…
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55 min
Can China make America rich again?
American youtuber and business commentator Cyrus Janssen joins the show to discuss how China has changed over his 20 years coming here. We talk robots, industrial clusters, AI and…
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55 min
Minority Report: China in 2026
Daniel Dumbrill, a Canadian businessman and YouTuber, joins the show. A frequent traveler to China's minority regions, he offers an honest assessment of the current state of Tibeta…
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50 min
What do Chinese people say about their government?
Our Beijing based guest Beibei joins the show to discuss the viewpoint of Chinese people on China, the CPC and China’s rise. She discusses her youth in Wuhan, moving to the USA, an…
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55 min
The trillion dollar question
Economist and journalist Ben Norton explains how even the USA is preparing to copy China’s industrial policy model. We ask him about China’s role in global development, and whether…
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55 min
Witnessing 26 years of change in China
Joining us today is Fernando Munoz Bernal, a Colombian influencer who has lived in China since 2000. He talks about how China has changed, and what Chinese people really think abou…
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55 min
Western socialism and China's rise
Joining us today is Nick Cruse, a citizen journalist, writer, and co-founder of the Revolutionary Blackout Network. Nick explains how the successes of China’s rise fit into the deb…