China’s leading science organization does much more than spearhead basic research. It runs universities, advises the government, and incubates leading technology companies in frontier areas such as quantum and AI.

In this episode, news editor Andrew Peaple and reporter Savannah Billman discuss her recent overview of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A crucial engine behind China’s technological rise, CAS is nonetheless an organization little understood.

Read the piece: www.thewirechina.com/2026/06/21/the-long-arm-of-the-chinese-academy-of-sciences/

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Jupiter Systems is an American company that makes video screen technology for the U.S. military. In 2024, the government discovered something shocking — it had been sold to a Chinese tech company years earlier.

Reporters Noah Berman and Rachel Cheung are back on the podcast to go behind the scenes on their recent investigation into the sale of Jupiter Systems and how the United States government is trying to get it back. Read their story on The Wire China here: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/06/14/behind-the-screens/

We also feature an excerpt from our forthcoming Q&A with the former head of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, Alan Estevez.

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AI is driving layoffs and discontent across the United States. China wants to avoid the same problems — or is it already too late?

Reporter Rachel Cheung and editor Tom Mitchell discuss her recent article on how much pain Beijing may allow AI to inflict on Chinese society in exchange for productivity gains. From the unemployed Chinese youths ‘squatting’ in their parents’ homes to the optimistic hustlers using AI agents to get ahead, the technology is already transforming daily life.

Plus, a clip from our forthcoming Q&A with Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown on their new book, “How to Win a Trade War."

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