# phrase week (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover phrase week.

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## [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.

## ["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

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## [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?