China Decode: The Global AI Race

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Vox Media Podcast Network

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of China Decode, Alice Han and James Kynge discuss China’s decision to block Nvidia’s newest AI chips—what’s behind the move, and what it could mean for the global AI race. They also break down the long-running TikTok saga, now moving toward a new U.S. ownership structure—who will really control the app and its algorithm? Finally, they explore a social media trend capturing Chinese Gen Z’s nostalgia for the “boom years,” revealing what today’s young people are longing for and why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.7	Certainly I think a lot of US investors are salivating when they look at TikTok
1:06.6	because they see the eyeballs, the potential, the growth,
1:10.2	the different income streams that could arise from a stake in TikTok.
1:19.8	Welcome to China Decode. I'm Alice Han.
1:22.5	And I'm James King.
1:23.7	In today's episode of China Decode, we're discussing China pulling the plug on Navidia's AI
1:28.6	chips, the latest on the US-China TikTok deal, and how China's Gen Z is looking back and
1:35.5	dreaming of the boom years.
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