{"podcast":{"title":"China Field Notes – with Scott Kennedy","slug":"china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683","podcast_index_feed_id":6463683,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CSIS9824774211","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5e580fc0-19d4-11ee-9ce1-c7afeac34b38/image/b3f5bfb7379f3b9d9ef6c37be35dd1a3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Center for Strategic and International Studies","episode_count":25,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T04:20:19.240558+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683"},"episode":{"title":"Innovation and Involution: A Conversation with CSIS’s Scott Kennedy","slug":"innovation-and-involution-a-conversation-with-csis-s-scott-kennedy","published_at":"2025-09-24T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683/innovation-and-involution-a-conversation-with-csis-s-scott-kennedy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1352780163.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CSIS1352780163.mp3","summary":"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 picture of China’s booming tech sector, including his visit to BYD, and signs of a slowing economy. The conversation concludes with a discussion of the state of U.S.-China relations and shifting dynamics in Hong Kong.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2477,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683/episodes/innovation-and-involution-a-conversation-with-csis-s-scott-kennedy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/china-field-notes-with-scott-kennedy-6463683/innovation-and-involution-a-conversation-with-csis-s-scott-kennedy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}