State of Asia
The STATE OF ASIA podcast brings you exclusive, engaging conversations with leading minds on issues that shape Asia and affect us all. AND: bonus episodes with insights straight from some of the many events organised by Asia Society Switzerland.
Podcasting since 2021 • 76 episodes
State of Asia
Latest Episodes
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Asia Society Switzerland's Manuela Coldesina (live from Tokyo), Serena Jung, Nico Luchsinger, and Remko Tanis try to discuss everything that happened thus far in 2025 and the insights many experts shared with us over...
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Season 8
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Episode 12
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25:27
China's Assertive Insecurity in a Chaotic World, with Selina Ho
Selina Ho, Associate Professor in International Affairs and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, discusses the Southeast Asia trip of Chinese l...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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34:59
Innovation Made in China Will Change the World – Or, Will It?
China's patent applications have surpassed every other country for over a decade and the speed with which technology out of China impresses the world has picked up in the last few years. Its factories churn out cutting-edge electric vehicles pa...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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30:17
What's Bonding Beijing and Bern, with Ariane Knüsel
Switzerland was one of the first western nations to recognize the People's Republic of China, in 1950, and one of the first to reach a free trade agreement with Beijing as well, in 2013. Historian Ariane Knüsel explores the special bond ...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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22:08
Tech and global power, with John Lee
Semiconductors, EVs, AI, TSMC, BYD, DeepSeek...In a time when trade, technology, and global power dynamics are more interconnected and in flux than ever before, we turn to an expert on all those things on this episode: John Lee, a...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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37:18
