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Understanding China has become more difficult than ever, yet also more important than ever. Hardening geopolitics has made travel to China more difficult, but not impossible. Join host Scott Kennedy, the Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at CSIS, for an on-the-ground look at China, for conversations with people shaping China and scholars exploring the country firsthand. What makes China tick? Where is the country going? How should the U.S. respond to the China challenge? We’ll dive into all of that and more on China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy .
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China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy is hosted by Scott Kennedy. The show has published 25 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "China’s Changing Commercial Landscape on the Eve of the Summit: A Conversation with Eric Zheng" (15 September 2026, 40 minutes), "Complicating China’s Soft Power: Maria Repnikova on China’s Image-Making Efforts in Ethiopia" (1 September 2026, 41 minutes), and "History from Below: Harvard’s Michael Szonyi on Fieldwork, History, and U.S.-China Relations" (11 December 2025, 54 minutes).
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 25 episodes.
Booking probability for China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy's contact route on record: verified email.
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Scott Kennedy hosts China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy, a news podcast with 25 episodes published.
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China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
In this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Eric Zheng, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. After describing his pathway from growing up in Shanghai to working in...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
In this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Communications Professor Maria Repnikova of Georgia State University. She explains how China seeks to build influence in Africa through tangible...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
In this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with historian Michael Szonyi about why fieldwork matters to social historians and trends in U.S.-China relations. Szonyi unpacks the concept of “history from...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy talks with Yao Yang, one of China’s most thoughtful and influential economists. Dr. Yao, who spent most of his career at Peking University and recently moved to...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
In this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Adam Webb, Co-Director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. Drawing on Kennedy’s own experience as an HNC student and Webb’s long tenure on the faculty, they...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy speaks with Han Shen Lin, China Managing Director for the Asia Group and Associate Professor of Practice in Finance at NYU Shanghai. Lin details his journey from...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy talks with Jessica Teets of Middlebury College about the challenges and benefits of doing fieldwork in China, and what she and her research partners have learned about...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this special episode of China Field Notes, guest host Ilaria Mazzocco interviews the program’s usual host, CSIS Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy, about his latest trip to China. Scott shares insights on the split-screen...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, host Scott Kennedy speaks with CNBC's Evelyn Cheng, who has been reporting on China’s economy in Beijing since 2018. She discusses the challenges of being a Western reporter in...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Chen Dongxiao, the President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). He discusses how China's shifting role to the center of global...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Tu Xinquan, a leading Chinese expert on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and global economic governance. They review the initial enthusiasm accompanying...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Kent Kedl on his 40-year journey in China from teaching English to consulting for multinational companies. They explore the past and present challenges...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Yuan Haiying, one of the pioneers of the government affairs profession in China. Yuan explains the origins of the industry, how it has changed and evolved...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Michael Laske, a sage veteran auto industry consultant in China. In this in-depth conversation, he explains how over the last three decades China’s...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Jack Chang, one of the world’s foremost experts on Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. They discuss the industry in-depth, from the original policies that led...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Veronica Li of Primavera Capital Group. They discuss her pathway to a career in finance and how Primavera weighs U.S.-China competition, China’s economy...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy speaks with Yu Tiejun, Professor and President of Peking University’s Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS). This conversation accompanies a new...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this timely episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy is joined by Xie Tao, Dean and Professor of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Xie speaks to Scott after...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
On this special episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy is joined by Trustee Chair Senior Fellow Ilaria Mazzocco for a timely conversation with Li Shuo, Director of the new China Climate Hub at the Asia Society...
China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy
Join Scott Kennedy for a discussion with Joerg Wuttke, one of the most influential foreign business leaders in China in the past fifty years. They discuss Wuttke’s long career in China, the different approaches to China...
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assistant professor of global communications, Georgia State University
Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Hopkins-Nanjing Center
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