We cover stories relating to the political economy of multinational corporations in and from East Asia; bring you leading experts on related topics; and highlight the work of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations
U.S.-China tech divorces, dislocations, and dependencies; Flailing and unwinding fast fashion; A bumpy European tour; sensitive about corporate insensitivity
This episode returns us to the saga of Manus AI, which suffered a forced divorce, but is now clean and perhaps mean. It then notes Google’s effort to sterilize its China supply chain. Following this, it tracks Nvidia chip sales to China which aren’t getting the hundreds of thousands of expected bytes. It later turns to TikTok or TikTok US which is enjoying a resurgence of sorts in the United States (U.S.). Afterwards, it delves into the challenges that Shein and Temu are facing in Europe and, at least in the former case, the U.S. Shifting to Europe, it gives attention to the Wingtech and Nexperia and the Pirelli sagas, as well as plethora of new sagas involving Weichai Group and Ferretti in Italy, SAIC in Spain, and COSCO in Germany. The episode closes by treating Lululemon cultural missteps in China and Starbucks Korea’s cultural catastrophe in Korea.
24 Aug 2026
Smart moves and cracked chips; Mine cave in; requesting gold for frozen steel; shopping for success; social media turnoffs and blockages
We query Siri, without success, about Apple Intelligence’s progress in China. We then update the situation regarding Nvidia H200 and equivalent chip sales to China and the hot matter of American firms buying semiconductors from Chinese chip firms. We subsequently head to Australia where the government is kicking Chinese investors out of one of its rare earth mining companies. Next, we detail Great Britain heated situation with British Steel which it seized from its Chinese owner Jingye. We then shop around for news on the European Union and European countries squeeze of Chinese online platforms and fast fashion companies like AliExpress. The episode concludes with a focus on regulators' increasing oversight of social media companies with respect to underage users, content regulation, and data privacy.
21 Jul 2026
Dirtying singapore washing and blackening Chinese firms; blown circuits and dipping chips; disconnecting Chinese telecommunications; rusting steel deals, wind turbine hot air, and revving up tires; discounting shopping sites
This show taps into the tale of China’s termination of Meta’s purchase of Manus AI. Next, its discusses the United States’ updating of its Chinese military linked companies naughty list. Following this, it reviews some of the latest on the Nexperia and Wingtech conflict. It then chips away at the still evolving saga of Nvidia chip sales to China. It next turns to trans-Atlantic efforts to dial down and disconnect from Chinese telecommunications equipment makers and operators. Subsequently, it travels to the United Kingdom, which not only is ironing out its nationalization of a Chinese owned steel plant, but also blowing out Ming Yang’s wind turbines. The episode closes by unpacking the crackdown on Chinese online shopping services like Temu and Shein.
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