“The CCP must be surprised that this promise of centralised, top-down, stricter law enforcement is creating a backlash.” This week on “Drum Tower”, David Rennie and Alice Su 蘇奕安 discuss China’s new countryside reforms econ.st/3oeqL8Z

This week on “Drum Tower” Alice Su 蘇奕安 and Don Weinland look at the growing herd of China’s unicorns, and what these reveal about the country’s industrial direction econ.st/3q9rlFA

This week's Drum Tower is a special two-part series on how Chinese police are using Uyghurs' families to manipulate them across borders. Two Uyghurs tell us about the Xinjiang police's psychological games as they negotiate for access to their families shows.acast.com/drumtower/epis…

This week on “Drum Tower”, David Rennie and Alice Su 蘇奕安 ask how falling birth rates will test China’s growth-orientated political system econ.st/3XoQ7yb

Mazu, a tenth-century sea goddess, is worshipped widely in Taiwan. Why does the Chinese government see her as a way to win Taiwanese hearts and minds? Listen to “Drum Tower” econ.st/3NQTvi8

Xi Jinping singled out the Red Flag Canal, a “red tourism” site in Henan, for praise. This week on “Drum Tower”, David Rennie travels there to talk to visitors about a new patriotic-education law econ.st/3Qcuqjj

In this week’s “Drum Tower” podcast, Alice Su 蘇奕安 and David Rennie consider why Xi Jinping has called food security a “guozhidazhe”, or national priority econ.st/3rZbfiR

Why doesn’t China allow single women to freeze their eggs? Listen to our “Drum Tower” podcast with David Rennie and Alice Su 蘇奕安 econ.st/45pWTqR

This week on Drum Tower, I join my Shanghai-based colleague Don Weinland to talk about anxious Chinese consumers, and whether the authorities can persuade them to spend more economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

With Xi Jinping emphasising self-reliance and struggle ⁦Alice Su 蘇奕安⁩ and I look at the last time China built a tech sector with war fears in mind. Our Drum Tower from Panzhihua. With thanks to an excellent book on the Third Front by ⁦@cfmeyskens⁩ economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we take a look at a Chinese Communist Party disinformation campaign econ.st/44NTTDj

Our weekly podcast on China. This week, we travel to Lanzhou, on the ancient Silk Road, to investigate why Xi Jinping is redesigning his signature policy econ.st/3PVowCN

"Identity? Well, I'm brainwashed, of course. I know I'm Taiwanese, but I still had a big China fantasy". In this episode, we bring you Taiwanese voices on how their identity has changed over the last 70 years - and what that has to do with their future: economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

It might seem odd to focus on a single industry when weighing risks of a catastrophic war over Taiwan. But Taiwan's semi-conductors are indispensable to China, America and the world. Our latest Drum Tower podcast, with Alice Su 蘇奕安 and me economist.com/podcasts/2023/…

In a special four-part series for “Drum Tower”, David Rennie and Alice Su 蘇奕安 look at the future of Taiwan econ.st/3Qbv0MB 🧵👇

After 10 years in power, Modi has been humbled in national elections. How might he respond? Stories from his youth, his rise through the BJP & his early years as PM hold some clues. Join me for a new podcast The Economist, The Modi Raj. Episode 1 live now: open.spotify.com/show/5YGk9KAZF…

How did the early life of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, shape him as a leader? Avantika Chilkoti explores his childhood in our new podcast “The Modi Raj”. Subscribe and listen to the full series here: econ.st/3yR60Fv

From a tea-seller’s son to arguably the most popular politician on the planet, Avantika Chilkoti breaks down the story of Narendra Modi, India's prime minister who was recently elected for a third term. Listen to The Modi Raj, a new podcast from The Economist. 🎧

Travel around India and Narendra Modi is everywhere. On billboards, on TV, at the cricket. But he’s also elusive. In our new podcast series “The Modi Raj”, Avantika Chilkoti discovers the story of a leader who is facing his biggest test yet econ.st/3RkKxuY

“People look down on Dalits, those who pick up dead animals.” Vasram’s family skin cattle for a living. That made him a target of India’s violent cow vigilantes. On “The Weekend Intelligence” podcast, we tell his story econ.st/4cPbWNF 🎧