# evan osnos — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover evan osnos. Page: Feed: --- ## ["One long dream" — Phrase of the Week](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/one-long-dream-phrase-of-the-week) _2026-08-30 · Andrew Methven · Sinica_ An awakening from a life which was never real ## [This Week in China’s History: The Battle of Lake Poyang](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/this-week-in-chinas-history-the-battle-b8d) _2026-08-29 · James Carter · Sinica_ August 30, 1363 ## [Trivium China Weekly Recap | Washington’s China Policy: All Bluster, No Substance](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/trivium-china-weekly-recap-washingtons) _2026-08-29 · Andrew Polk · Sinica_ More bark than bite, more rattle than snake, more smoke than fire – pick your idiom of choice, but what’s clear is that Washington has spent the past month making a great deal of noise about China while doing very little about it. ## [Trivium China Podcast | Beijing’s New Directive to its Tech Firms: Behave Abroad](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/trivium-china-podcast-beijings-new) _2026-08-29 · Andrew Polk · Sinica_ Listen now | Chinese tech companies keep getting fined and blocked overseas – sometimes unfairly, and sometimes because they’re behaving exactly like they do at home. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212943050/0b05b7362a999dc3b511819ea55d5291.mp3) ## [Trivium China Weekly Recap | Beijing’s answer to weak demand?](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/trivium-china-weekly-recap-beijings) _2026-08-24 · Andrew Polk · Sinica_ If you’ve been waiting for Beijing to unveil a plan to fix China’s flagging consumption, we have an answer for you. ## [China’s BRI Is Bigger Than Ever. It Just Looks Very Different](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/chinas-bri-is-bigger-than-ever-it) _2026-08-23 · Eric Olander · Sinica_ After the pandemic, as Chinese state-backed lending to developing countries largely dried up, critics declared the Belt and Road Initiative effectively dead. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212389094/47e5dd975adf8c70ce1d436c6223c130.mp3) ## ["Handcrafted from scratch" — Phrase of the Week](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/handcrafted-from-scratch-phrase-of) _2026-08-23 · Andrew Methven · Sinica_ A new budget indie movie becomes a hit… because it’s made by hand ## [Another Grim Month for the Chinese Economy](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/another-grim-month-for-the-chinese) _2026-08-21 · Andrew Polk · Sinica_ Listen now (38 mins) | China’s July macro data just landed, and the title of our monthly macro note says it all: “A Grim Picture.” [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212094991/8c0e941ad9f441b3070d467b4d000f65.mp3) ## [Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/talking-past-each-other-pallavi-aiyar) _2026-08-19 · Kaiser Y Kuo · Sinica_ This week on Sinica, I sit down with the writer Pallavi Aiyar — at her own dining table in Beijing, where in recent months I’ve been the lucky beneficiary of her and her husband Julio’s legendary hospitality. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211664490/6d419b91181c89a1317befae428dbec4.mp3) ## [Transcript | Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/transcript) _2026-08-19 · Kaiser Y Kuo · Sinica_ Transcript (courtesy of the fantastic CadreScripts) further down the page. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DaPoIJTSzaxm) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## ["The breeze cannot read, so why, then, does it riffle through my book" — Phrase of the Week](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/the-breeze-cannot-read-so-why-then) _2026-08-16 · Andrew Methven · Sinica_ Huawei's war on a bamboo toy revives a Qing-era warning about abuse of power ## [The China Chokepoints Nobody's Watching](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/the-china-chokepoints-nobodys-watching) _2026-08-14 · Andrew Polk · Sinica_ Listen now | When it comes to China’s key nodes of economic leverage, rare earths get all the attention — because they’re the cheapest, easiest lever China has to pull. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211131317/8ff28447887a3920244fd8848eb78f13.mp3) ## [Trivium China Podcast | Beijing Stops Playing Coy](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/trivium-china-podcast-beijing-stops) _2026-08-14 · Andrew Polk · Sinica_ Listen now | On August 5th, China dropped a new batch of retaliatory economic measures against various US entities. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211130853/555b69ef45b1300c456a3c827b6e924d.mp3) ## [Transcript | The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/transcript-the-future-made-in-china) _2026-08-11 · Kaiser Y Kuo · Sinica_ Transcript (courtesy of the fantastic CadreScripts) further down the page. ## [The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/the-future-made-in-china-evan-osnos) _2026-08-11 · Kaiser Y Kuo · Sinica_ This week on Sinica, I welcome back Evan Osnos of The New Yorker, whose marvelous new essay, “The Future, Made in China,” chronicles a tech-focused return trip to Beijing, where he lived from 2005 to 2013 — first for the Chicago Tribune, then as The New Yorker [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210558221/fb0146680e8adcf96b1b500ab2e5f2cc.mp3) ## [China's View of India Has Changed. Is New Delhi Ready?](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/chinas-view-of-india-has-changed) _2026-08-10 · Eric Olander · Sinica_ China and India are entering a cautious period of diplomatic re-engagement after years of confrontation, but deep strategic mistrust, unresolved border disputes, and competing security interests continue to define the relationship. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210571521/99ecfb609d9c70756eb790cf8ae46e0c.mp3) ## [“Calm meltdown” — Phrase of the Week](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/calm-meltdown-phrase-of-the-week) _2026-08-09 · Andrew Methven · Sinica_ A viral song and a new phrase capture the mood in China ## [Law Versus Development](https://www.sinicapodcast.com/p/law-versus-development) _2026-08-08 · Kevin Byrne Keller · Sinica_ Chinese businesses are pouring into Ethiopia. When someone gets hurt, what happens?