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• Does China Want an AI Slowdown? How China Sees AI Risks and How They're Trying to Regulate AI

  October 2, 2026 · 49 min

  Can the US and China agree to slow down AI development—or even agree on what counts as an AI risk? In this episode of the High Capacity podcast, I talk with Kendra Schaefer, partner and head of tech policy research at Trivium China, about…

• Are the US and China in an AI Race? AGI vs. Diffusion, AI Risk, Bad Actors, the Case for Cooperation

  September 13, 2026 · 57 min

  Is the U.S.–China AI competition really a winner-take-all race to AGI? Why has China embraced open-source AI? And are the biggest frontier models actually the greatest security threat? In this episode, I speak with Alvin Wang Graylin, a…

• China's Hidden AI Economy

  August 16, 2026 · 58 min

  How do users in China get access to Claude and ChatGPT through the gray market? What’s really driving China’s apparent “AI optimism”? How is China trying to deal with deepfakes and AI-generated content? In this episode, I speak with Zilan…

• The Real Story Behind China's EV Rise

  July 24, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  How did China build a world-leading EV industry? China didn't just pick winners. Local governments and private entrepreneurs played a critical role alongside a broader national push into batteries and electric vehicle technology. In this…

• What Explains China's Biotech Rise? Genomics, Data, and the Global Biotech Ecosystem

  July 3, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

  Why is China’s biotech industry advancing so quickly? I talk with Abigail Coplin of Vassar College to unpack China’s biotech strategy, BGI, genomics, AI-driven drug discovery, gene therapies, biotech regulation, and what the U.S.-China…

• Mythos, China, and a New Era of AI Regulation

  June 16, 2026 · 53 min

  What happened with Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models? Why did Anthropic's approach to AI safety trigger such strong backlash? What does this mean for the future of AI regulation? What role does open-source AI play in this new era of AI…

• Is China Getting Worried About AI?

  May 29, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

  In this episode of the High Capacity podcast, I talk with Matt Sheehan, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, about the next phase of the US-China AI race: AI safety, open-source models, AI agents, job displacement, and what the US and…

• How China is Rewriting the Rules of AI Healthcare with Dr. Ruby Wang

  May 22, 2026 · 56 min

  China’s biotech and healthcare sectors are evolving at extraordinary speed — from AI-powered “doctor avatars” and digital health super apps to a wave of Chinese drug innovation reshaping the global pharmaceutical industry. In this episode…