The episode where the host interviews Sharon Seah regarding ASEAN I thought was one of the most biased and useless interviews I’ve come across. If you are going to bring in a biased person, have two people with opposing views and let’s hear a useful discussion. The host only very gently pushed back on Seah. And frankly the interview does not give me any indication of how reliable the survey this person Seah conducted really is.

Paul Haenle does a phenomenal job curating interesting, knowledgeable guests and showcasing their areas of expertise. This is an important show for people wanting to understand China’s growing global influence.

Wow what’s happening to this podcast. I haven’t listened for a year and I come back to this? Wolf warriors?? Really????

It started great, and I wanted to like this podcast. Midway through the show, I was listening to; I knew that this was just some academics spitballing ideas on how to force change on China. It presented itself as a balanced, unbiased podcast on developing cooperation between nations. Still, it quickly degraded into how we can contain China and enact regime change—holding the view that a relationship between the USA and China should mainly exist on the USA's terms.

Have somebody like Steve Bannon or General Spalding. Let Kyle Bass come on and ask all these Bush and Obama soft guy's some real hard questions.

While slow to anger and loathe to spend the time writing a review, this podcast brought me past the tipping point. So many softball questions, so many missed opportunities to pursue with an appropriate follow-up query. Paul may be a old China hand, but it appears he may have gone native.

Well done, great host, great show, top china podcast

This is possibly the worst interview format podcast. The guests are boring and outdated. Please invest in an audio engineer or buy a good mic. I can barely hear the guest speaking. Turning up the volume only to be startled by the loud voice of the host. If I could thumb down this podcast forever, I would.

Is it just me or the music in the beginning weirdly orientalist....

As an individual who lives in Asia, I am glad that Daniel Russel no longer works in the government. I believe that all of the administrations from Truman on have gotten China wrong. Whether the current administration gets it right will see but if you think that the current leadership in China does not want to totally dominate the world as the truly all encompassing superpower who would be wrong. If we do not prevent this from happening our way of life as Americans will be negatively changed forever...

This is a great source for anyone who wants detailed info on China and the effect it is having on the world today. Excellent and knowable interviewers connecting with top notch experts in a variety of subfields of Chinese foreign policy. As a professor in that field myself, I think this is a great resource for students and faculty alike.

One of the most intellectual and nuanced approaches to China in foreign policy.

I really look forward to hearing new interviews. The people Paul has are very knowledgeable. My only complaint is that it has not been frequent enough lately. It was over a month since the last podcast.

Unique in that both international and Chinese scholars are featured. Provides a new perspective on Chinese foreign policy that can't be found with other podcasts and is a top source for understanding China's Growing Role in the world.

I enjoy how the guests of this podcast have extensive experience actually working in the region and that their related background is described in the course of the conversation. I mention this specifically because it is not always the case that podcasts/news segments focusing on China include these aspects. ---Kori Cooper

This podcast is a great way to keep up on China’s foreign policy and to learn about its growing role in world affairs.

Thank you for providing some great insights on China's position in the world.

Great podcast. Paul is a natural host. Really interesting discussions and excellent way to understand China's role in the world better! Thanks!

This new podcast is going to be great if Haenle continues to land great guests.