📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/4eStsTF UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Kyle Chan. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/is-this-the-chinese-century/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Is China poised to dominate the global economy? UnHerd's Editor-in-Chief, Freddie Sayers, speaks to Kyle Chan, a Princeton University expert on Chinese industrial policy, to unpack the seismic shifts reshaping the U.S.-China economic rivalry, as explored in Chan’s recent New York Times Op-Ed ‘In the Future, China Will Be Dominant. The U.S. Will Be Irrelevant.’ Together, they dive into China’s meteoric rise in high-tech sectors like AI, robotics, and electric vehicles, and dominance in manufacturing output, and aluminium, steel and battery production, and question whether U.S. policies—such as President Trump’s latest tariffs and cuts to research funding—are inadvertently paving the way for a 'Chinese Century'. What are China’s next steps to counter U.S. policies and global trade isolation? Can the U.S. reverse its talent drain and supply chain disruptions to stay competitive? And is the 'Chinese Century' inevitable, or will demographic and economic headwinds derail Beijing’s ambitions? Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv //TIMECODES// 00:00 - 01:46 - Introduction 01:46 - 14:50 - The threat of China’s industrial policy 14:50 - 25:20 - BYD and the threat of Chinese tech 25:20 - 37:16 - Does the US need to be more like China? 37:16 - 44:38 - China’s challenges 44:38 - 49:25 - Is there any hope for the West? 49:25 - 50:12 - Closing thoughts #UnHerd #China #ChineseCentury