Show notes
This week on Ginger River Radio, Jiang Jiang welcomes Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang, who is the Founder and President of the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-governmental think tank in Beijing. Wang shares his insights into China's post-pandemic diplomacy and Chinese think tanks' Track Ⅱ diplomacy, including China's potential role in helping medicate the Russia-Ukraine conflict, CCG's efforts to bridge the "cognitive gap" between China and the West after COVID, the Taiwan issue, the comeback of communications between China and the EU, data security hype and the stance of China, China's think tanks boom and much more.Highlights:05:27 - "Cognitive gap" as a result of COVID and CCG's efforts to bridge it16:31 - How CCG may have contributed to the reverse of zero-COVID22:06 - CCG's engagement in Russia-Ukraine conflict and proposal of a Seven-Party Talk30:12 - CCG advocating for the G3 concept and the comeback of communications between China and the EU37:54 - Bridging China and the U.S. with non-binary political thinking46:25 - Data security hype and the stance of China52:38 - Difference between Chinese and Western think tanks57:44 - CCG's cooperation with famous Chinese entrepreneurs1:03:21 - A typical day for Wang Huiyao1:06:59 - CCG in partnership with Semafor on the “China and Global Business” initiativeRecommendations:Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang: CCG Global Dialogues, and Soft Power and Great-Power CompetitionJiang Jiang: The East is Read, a CCG newsletter offering frequent briefings on China drawing mostly from Chinese mainland sources.A complete transcript of this podcast is available here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.gingerriver.com
