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Why does China spy on its citizens?

China In Context - April 09, 2024 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The introduction of advanced surveillance technologies has given the Chinese Communist Party powerful tools. It collects information related to people’s spending habits. It is also able to record how they act at work, and even in their homes. Is the state justified in using these tools to influe...

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Will Asia's Rise Lead to a New World Order?

State of Asia - April 09, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes
There is little to dispute about Asia's rise as a key feature of our time. Already the world's most populous region, Asian countries have steadily gained in economic and political influence on the world stage in recent decades. While in the past this development has been driven heavily by China,...

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Inside the Parliament of Malaysia with Wong Chen

ADVOCATE by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights - April 07, 2024 23:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 2 ratings
Wong Chen is an APHR Board Member, Malaysian MP and lawyer. He also has served Non-executive Chairman of the Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV) since May 2023, Chairman of the International Relations and Trade Parliamentary Select Committee from December 2019 to May 2020 and again since May 202...

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ChatGPT Interviews ME! My Evolution from Hobbyist to Pro Podcaster | PodSwap Smarter Podcasting

A Vietnam Podcast: Stories of Vietnam - April 04, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
"As soon as you start doing something for money, whether you like it or not. It's gonna change." Podcasting expert and host of A Vietnam Podcast and Smarter Podcasting, Niall Mackay, is interviewed by Samantha an AI Voice powered by ChatGPT. Niall shares his journey from being an avid podcast ...

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Raihan Yacob Talks Tales From Incredible Tales - DEAD AIR

GHOST MAPS: True Southeast Asian Horror Stories - April 03, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Radio personality, Raihan Yacob, chats with Kyle and Wayne about co-hosting Tales From Incredible Tales and shares some of his own supernatural encounters. This episode of Dead Air was recorded in March 2024. ►FIND TALES FROM INCREDIBLE TALES & RAIHAN YACOB HERE:  Tales From Incredible Tales...

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China’s alarm at the Red Sea crisis

China In Context - April 02, 2024 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The escalating Houthi attacks in the Red Sea region are creating economic and security concerns globally. The US and UK have responded with airstrikes against Houthi sites in Yemen, in an attempt to prevent the group from endangering freedom of navigation and disrupting trade. The repercussions ...

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The United States, China, and the Future of the Global Order with Kishore Mahbubani and Orville Schell

Asia In-Depth - April 01, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 42 ratings
NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 — Asia Society Policy Institute, in partnership with Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania, hosts a discussion on the U.S.-China relationship and how it impacts global trends. Speakers include Kishore Mahbubani, 2023-24 Schlager visiting fellow at the Unive...

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North Korea’s Historic War Strategy Shift, Explained

Asia Matters Podcast - March 29, 2024 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appeared in a slew of new propaganda videos, promoting technological advances in the regime’s nuclear program and issuing warnings to South Korea and its allies. For the first time since the Korean War was paused seven decades ago, the dictator has talked abou...

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#103: The Ghost in the Shophouse - GHOST MAPS - True Southeast Asian Horror Stories

GHOST MAPS: True Southeast Asian Horror Stories - March 28, 2024 13:59 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Odd occurrences in a shophouse along Keong Saik lead an advertising agency's staff to believe that there's someone, or something, else lurking in their office. (With ASMR rain ambient) Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asi...

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What does Taiwan want from America?

China In Context - March 26, 2024 15:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
China is quickly amassing weapons and systems to militarily overwhelm Taiwan, according to a senior US admiral. John Aquilino told a recent hearing in Washington that China could be poised to take such an action within the next six years. If conflict breaks out, it would be a grave matter to dea...

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Asia's Next Economic Miracle with Johan Nylander

State of Asia - March 26, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutes
Johan Nylander is an award-winning author and freelance China and Asia correspondent. His work is published by CNN, Forbes, Sweden’s leading business daily Dagens Industri, and many other international media outlets. His most recent book is The Wolf Economy Awakens – Mongolia’s Fight for Democr...

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Australia toasts Xi Jinping

China In Context - March 19, 2024 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The government of Anthony Albanese in Australia has sought to stabilise the relationship with China and avoid heated rhetoric. As a result, China has agreed to relax a 200% tariff on Australian wine, which was imposed during a period of diplomatic strife. Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong ...

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NEW SEASON – Coming March 26

State of Asia - March 19, 2024 01:00 - 1 minute
STATE OF ASIA, the podcast from Asia Society Switzerland, is back with engaging conversations with leading minds on the issues that shape Asia and affect us all. The new season premieres Tuesday, March 26, with a conversation with Hong Kong-based journalist and author Johan Nylander, whose late...

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Trailer: Asia Matters Podcast

Asia Matters Podcast - March 14, 2024 16:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Asia is the most exciting and consequential region in the world today. Its countries - all with diverse political systems and complex, fascinating histories - are home to 4.3 billion people, who together generate about two thirds of global growth. But it's also where some of the planet's most h...

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GHOST MAPS: True Southeast Asian Horror Stories - March 14, 2024 13:59 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
A young boy sneaks off to a haunted monastery in Northern Thailand, Chiang Saen, where he meets a spirit intent on luring him to his doom. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia.   ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Direct...

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Hong Kong rushes through new security legislation

China In Context - March 12, 2024 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee has been instructed by his superiors in mainland China to enact further strict security legislation in the city without delay. Pro-democracy advocates warn the move will have a detrimental impact on civil liberties. The proposed new laws cover treason, ...

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S4 Ep1: Food and restaurant writer/editor David Jay Paw

Chinese Chippy Girl - March 07, 2024 12:14 - 57 minutes
I chat with David Jay Paw who is a food and restaurant writer/editor. We talk mostly on food. Heading straight in to his role at Resy and collaborating with some amazing people such as Amanda Nguyen and Susie Bubble who have written articles to share their stories on food and restaurant. Speakin...

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The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Asia Matters Podcast - March 05, 2024 18:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
It's a big week for Chinese politics as its annual political conclave gets under way in Beijing. Amid the pomp and heightened security, the Two Sessions is an important preview of the government's plans and policies for the year ahead. And increasingly over the last decade, that roadmap has been...

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Trouble on the stock market

China In Context - March 05, 2024 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The authorities in China are trying to put an end to a three-year stock market decline and win back the confidence of overseas traders. It is not proving an easy process. Investors cite a range of reasons to be cautious about the Chinese market, including a slowdown in growth, doubts about the r...

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Asia Spotlight 2024: Telling Asia's Stories, Reporting on the Region

Asia In-Depth - February 29, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 42 ratings
WASHINGTON D.C., January 25, 2024 — In this episode of Asia Inside Out, Wendy Cutler, Vice President & Managing Director of the Asia Society Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., leads a discussion at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Asia Spotlight 2024 conference with Nick Schifrin, Foreign ...

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Advising American CEOs on China risks

China In Context - February 27, 2024 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Just a few years ago, it would have been inconceivable that a Chinese company would disrupt the automotive industry by exporting vast quantities of cheap, reliable electric vehicles. But the Chinese company BYD has overtaken Tesla in terms of overall sales and it is determined to win market shar...

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#101: My Guardian Spirits, Pt (2/2) - GHOST MAPS - True Southeast Asian Horror Stories

GHOST MAPS: True Southeast Asian Horror Stories - February 22, 2024 13:59 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Ghost Maps returns! Find out how the narrator survived his encounter with the malevolent entity—and learn how he deals with the fallout. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia.   ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Directo...

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Hong Kong artists fight for liberty

China In Context - February 20, 2024 15:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Protest art was everywhere in Hong Kong a few years ago. Then the Chinese authorities introduced tough new laws which they said were designed to prevent sedition. Most of the art was torn down and some of its creators fled the city in fear. However, memories are kept alive online, especially of ...

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A Closer Look: Indonesia After Jokowi

State of Asia - February 20, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes
A Closer Look is our popular series taking quick but deep dives into countries and issues that matter, with webcasts, podcasts, and in-person events. This episode is part of A Closer Look: Indonesia After Jokowi, looking at what's next for the Southeast Asian giant now that the hugely popular P...

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Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue: On Economic Security, Future of Alliances and More

Asia Matters Podcast - February 18, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Diplomats, policy-makers and experts gathered at the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue, hosted by our partners at the Center for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy. Participants shared their insights on the key issues that make this moment arguably the most consequential since World War II: conflict...

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Xi Jinping Thought

China In Context - February 13, 2024 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Chinese politics have been transformed since Xi Jinping became paramount leader in 2012. He has accumulated power in a way unprecedented since the era of Mao Zedong and he expects China's people to study his ideology, just as Chairman Mao's supporters studied his 'Little Red Book'. Professor Ste...

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Eugene Tay Shares His Supernatural Confessions - DEAD AIR

GHOST MAPS: True Southeast Asian Horror Stories - February 13, 2024 12:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Eugene from the wildly popular Supernatural Confessions sits down with Kyle and Wayne, and shares his many stories of the paranormal. ►FIND EUGENE & SUPERNATURAL CONFESSIONS HERE:  Supernatural Confessions' YouTube Supernatural Confessions' website Haunted Changi Tour Kyle & Eugene's appea...

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A Short Survey for Ghost Maps Listeners

GHOST MAPS: True Southeast Asian Horror Stories - February 08, 2024 04:41 - 15 seconds ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Help us improve your experience with Ghost Maps and HANTU. Do you have a couple of minutes to spare? We would reallly appreciate it if you could fill up this survey. http://bit.ly/ghostmaps Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Rise of Xi Jinping and China’s Superpower Future

China In Context - February 06, 2024 14:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Believers in the Chinese zodiac say that this could be an auspicious year for Xi Jinping. It’s been 12 years since he replaced Hu Jintao as general secretary of China’s Communist Party. Xi uses sophisticated media systems to ensure that all citizens study his thoughts. This has helped to ensure ...

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What’s Next for Taiwan After the Election?

Asia Matters Podcast - February 05, 2024 19:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In January the world's eyes were on Taiwan as the self-ruled island held elections. Now the dust has settled, what is the significance of the results, both for Taiwan itself and for the wider international community?  The Democratic Progressive Party has now won its third presidential election ...