The Trivium China Podcast

About The Trivium China Podcast

Trivium China is an analysis firm that specializes in monitoring Chinese government policy. From our offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and DC, we break down Beijing's latest moves on the economy, technology, energy, climate, and agriculture.

Publisher

Trivium China

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Sept 2024

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

90 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Ep 90 - China isn’t ignoring AI risk, it’s rejecting America’s version of it

   When Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on US labs to pace the AI frontier, Washington said no – and so did Beijing. In fact, Chinese state media outlet China Daily went further, calling Amodei’s suggestion a “self-serving bid for profit.”The back-and-forth has led to an ongoing debate around whether China takes AI safety seriously. Kendra Schaefer’s take: China does take AI risk seriously – but what it won’t accept is the premise that its own progress is the problem.On this episode of the Tri...

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Ep 89 - Inside China's two-decade campaign to win over Latin America

   From ports to lithium mines to diplomatic battles over Taiwan, China has spent two decades persistently building influence across Latin America and the Caribbean – one contract, one relationship, one chamber of commerce at a time. Leland Lazarus’s new book – Dragon in the Americas: China’s Power, Presence, and Regional Influence – argues this isn’t simply a trade story.It’s a long game, and China is getting more strategic and deliberate about how it plays it.On the latest episode of the Trivi...

3. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Ep 88 - The Xi-Trump risk nobody's pricing in

   US President Donald Trump met Xi Jinping on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday – a rare honor last extended to the Pope by Barack Obama. The atmospherics of the greeting and the rest of Xi’s Washington trip were great. The actual deliverables of the visit were more muted. The one concrete outcome from Xi’s Washington visit was a two-month extension of the Busan trade truce, far short of the six-month floor most observers expected going in.On this quick-reaction episode of the Trivi...

Who has been a guest on The Trivium China Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Joe Peissel
• Kendra Schaefer
• Dinny McMah
• Sean Stein
• Gerard DiPippo

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

46 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

78

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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