Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and this week we are talking about China, its domestic priorities,

its global ambitions, and whether the Trump administration's retreat from global commitments

is opening new doors for Beijing.

The year of the snake is off to a reasonable start for the People's Republic.

Tech stock soared after Chinese AI startup Deep Seek announced its R1 model could rival

OpenAI's chat GPT at a fraction of the cost.

President Xi Jinping has been making nice with China's business elite.

And while President Trump's first few weeks in office have upended trade relations and sent

U.S. allies scrambling, Beijing is seizing the moment, positioning itself as a stable global

partner and force for peace.

All that said, China's economy is still struggling. It's dealing with low growth,

a real estate market in crisis, high youth unemployment, and the specter of deflation. But China's

top leaders projected confidence that their GDP would hit targets during the annual two-sessions

legislative meetings earlier this month, despite the threat

of a trade war with the United States.

So what's next for the People's Republic?

Can China shake its economic blues?

Will Beijing benefit from U.S. retrenchment or will its domestic issues hold it back?

I'm breaking it all down with Bill Bishop, the writer of

cynicism, a daily newsletter and top source for China News and Analysis. Bishop previously

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