Pekingology
China is one of the 21st century’s most consequential nations, and it has never been more important to understand how the country is governed. Pekingology is the podcast that unpacks Chinese politics, the inner workings ...
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- Eyck Freymann1 ep
- Ben Hillman1 ep
- Neil Thomas1 ep
Also: Zoe Liu, Charlie Edel, Francisco Urdinez, Sabine Mokry, Paul Mariani, Minxin Pei, Philip O’Keefe, Aaron Glasserman, Adam Farrar, Jon Czin, Philip Luck, Alexander Gabuev, Greg Poling, Sam Chetwin George, Kurt Campbell, Bradley Jardine, Alicia García-Herrero
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- 🇺🇸United States · GovernmentHOME#23179K to 947K
- 🇰🇷South Korea · Government#187K to 460K
- 🇮🇳India · Government#650K to 263K
- 🇩🇪Germany · Government#1028K to 150K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Government#1025K to 135K
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619K to 3.3M🎙 Weekly cadence·148 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
1.2M to 6.5M🇺🇸29%🇰🇷14%🇮🇳8%+25 more - Active Followers
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681K to 3.6M
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/15/26 | How China's Economic Miracle Shattered | In this episode of Pekingology, Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Logan Wright, author of the new book Broken China: How the Economic Miracle Shattered and What it Means for the World. Logan argues the Chinese economy is already shrinking, in large part due to its overextended financial system. Logan and Henrietta discuss what happens when the tools on which Beijing relies to control the economy stop working, why China's stalling economy is causing problems for its trading partners, and how Chinese financial policy may be fueling organized crime around the world. | 48m 04s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | China’s Global Strategy Under Xi Jinping | In this episode of Pekingology, Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Steve Tsang, Director of the SOAS China Institute and co-author of the new book China’s Global Strategy under Xi Jinping, to discuss China’s ambitions under Xi Jinping and the ideas shaping Beijing’s approach to the world. They discuss the importance of Xi’s personal worldview in understanding Chinese foreign policy, how his consolidation of power has changed foreign policy decisionmaking, and the role of regime security, ideology, and nationalism in shaping China’s national interests. The conversation also explores why China’s vision for a new international order is inherently global, how the Global South concept has become central to China’s broader ideological ambitions and engagement with the world, and how Xi’s recent focus on economic and technological power supports China’s pursuit of global preeminence. | 49m 06s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | Ambassador Dan Kritenbrink on US-China Summits and Strategy | In this episode of Pekingology, Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, to discuss U.S.-China diplomacy and the upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Drawing on decades of experience engaging with senior Chinese officials, including Xi Jinping, Kritenbrink reflects on Xi’s leadership style and China’s increasingly confident approach to the United States and the international system. He discusses the role of leader-level diplomacy in managing U.S.-China competition, lessons he learned from preparing for Xi’s 2015 state visit to Washington, and what effective communication between Washington and Beijing looks like behind closed doors. They also examine what to expect from the Trump-Xi summit, the prospects for maintaining what Kritenbrink describes as a “fragile truce” between the two countries, and the economic, technological, and security issues that will continue to test U.S.-China relations. | 55m 36s | ||||||
| 9/3/26 | China strategyU.S.-China diplomacy+4 | Kurt Campbell | Center for Strategic and International StudiesThe Asia Group+3 | — | ChinaU.S. strategy+5 | — | 45m 45s | ||
| 8/20/26 | China's influence in Central AsiaShanghai Cooperation Organization+5 | Bradley Jardine | Shanghai Cooperation OrganizationChina+2 | KyrgyzstanCentral Asia+1 | ChinaCentral Asia+7 | — | 48m 05s | ||
| 8/6/26 | China's economydual economy+3 | Alicia García-Herrero | Center for Strategic and International StudiesChina's Dual Economy: When Strategic Ambition Hollows Out the Foundation | China | Chinadual economy+5 | — | 41m 46s | ||
| 7/23/26 | roboticsartificial intelligence+4 | Wendy Chang | MERICSCenter for Strategic and International Studies+1 | — | Chinarobotics+5 | — | 34m 41s | ||
| 7/9/26 | South China SeaChina's maritime claims+3 | Greg Poling | Center for Strategic and International StudiesOn Dangerous Ground: America’s Century in the South China Sea | South China SeaChina+1 | South China SeaChina+3 | — | 49m 13s | ||
| 6/25/26 | China's international strategyglobal governance+3 | Sam Chetwin George | Asia SocietyCenter for Strategic and International Studies+3 | — | Chinainternational order+6 | — | 43m 31s | ||
| 6/11/26 | China-Russia relationsstrategic partnerships+4 | Alexander Gabuev | Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center | ChinaRussia | ChinaRussia+6 | — | 42m 05s | ||
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| 5/28/26 | China-North Korea relationsdenuclearization+4 | Adam Farrar | CSISBloomberg+1 | North KoreaChina+3 | ChinaNorth Korea+6 | — | 38m 22s | ||
| 5/15/26 | U.S.-China relationssummit diplomacy+4 | Jon Czin | White House National Security CouncilCIA+1 | — | TrumpXi+7 | — | 43m 49s | ||
| 5/14/26 | U.S.-China relationseconomic leverage+4 | Philip Luck | CSISU.S. Department of State+1 | — | ChinaU.S.+5 | — | 44m 16s | ||
| 4/30/26 | China's Middle East strategyU.S. war against Iran+4 | Aaron Glasserman | Center for Strategic and International Studies | ChinaIran+2 | ChinaIran+7 | — | 39m 13s | ||
| 4/16/26 | TaiwanChina+3 | Eyck Freymann | Stanford UniversityCenter for Strategic and International Studies+1 | TaiwanChina | TaiwanChina+3 | — | 46m 06s | ||
| 4/2/26 | Chinese Communist PartyPolitical power+4 | Ben Hillman | Australian National UniversityThe Communist Party of China: Understanding the Durability of the World's Most Powerful Political Organization | ChinaNorth Korea | Chinese Communist Partypolitical power+5 | — | 41m 35s | ||
| 3/19/26 | Chinese politicsTwo Sessions+4 | Neil Thomas | Asia Society Policy InstituteCenter for Strategic and International Studies+1 | — | ChinaTwo Sessions+5 | — | 48m 58s | ||
| 3/5/26 | Chinese powereconomic competition+3 | Zoe Liu | Council on Foreign RelationsForeign Affairs+1 | — | Chinaeconomic war+3 | — | 51m 05s | ||
| 2/19/26 | China-Australia relationseconomic coercion+3 | Charlie Edel | CSIS | AustraliaChina+3 | ChinaAustralia+5 | — | 50m 00s | ||
| 2/5/26 | ChinaLatin America+4 | Francisco Urdinez | Pontifical Catholic University of ChileChina+3 | — | ChinaLatin America+5 | — | 43m 15s | ||
| 1/22/26 | Chinese foreign policynational security+3 | Sabine Mokry | Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyUniversity of Hamburg+1 | — | Chinese foreign policynational security+5 | — | 31m 33s | ||
| 1/8/26 | religionCatholic Church+3 | Paul Mariani | Santa Clara UniversityCommunist Party+1 | ChinaVatican | ChinaCatholic Church+5 | — | 40m 00s | ||
| 12/11/25 | China's political systemeconomic reform+4 | Minxin Pei | The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived TotalitarianismThe Sentinel State | — | Chinapolitical system+5 | — | 39m 31s | ||
| 11/25/25 | demographicsaging population+5 | Philip O’Keefe | University of New South Wales Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research | ChinaAsia+1 | demographic trendspopulation aging+5 | — | 45m 45s | ||
| 11/13/25 |  China's Africa Strategy | In this episode of Pekingology, CSIS Senior Fellow Henrietta Levin is joined by Cobus van Staden, Managing Editor of the China Global South Project, host of the China in Africa podcast, and a leading scholar of China–Africa relations. Ahead of the Johannesburg G20 Summit, they unpack China’s Africa strategy as well as China's bilateral ties with South Africa. Henrietta and Cobus discuss Beijing's diplomatic ground game, key trends in Chinese investment and BRI projects in Africa, how China's slowing economy is shaping its engagement, and what China is ultimately seeking to achieve on the continent. | 35m 49s | ||||||
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Chart history for Pekingology
Peaked at #1 in South Korea, top 10 in 25 of 49 tracked markets, currently #1 in South Korea.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| SG | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| HK | — | #1 | #1 | — |
| VN | — | #3 | #3 | — |
| Finland | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| RO | — | #4 | #4 | — |
| Italy | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| AT | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| CZ | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| India | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| PE | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| Spain | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Norway | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| HU | — | #7 | #7 | — |
| Australia | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| Denmark | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| KE | — | #8 | #8 | — |
| BE | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| CH | — | #9 | #9 | — |
| PH | — | #9 | #9 | — |
Chart Positions
49 placements across 49 markets.
Chart Positions
49 placements across 49 markets.