<p>There’s a trope going around these days: western commentators travel to China, tour its factories and when they return home they say that when it comes to innovation, China has won the global race. But how true is that? Host Soumaya Keynes discusses the successes and shortcomings of China's evolving industrial policy with Kyle Chan, author of the High Capacity newsletter and a fellow in the John L Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution.</p><br><p>Subscribe to Soumaya's show on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-economics-show-with-soumaya-keynes/id1746352576" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/64rPqCkSSBkuSJpkMLRe9i?si=70c1cb4221e54c9a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://pca.st/6ysdzw0j" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pocket Casts</a> or wherever you listen.</p><br><p><strong>Further reading:&nbsp;</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/785103f1-1151-45c7-9867-ee65433c29c4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How China pulled off a great tech reversal</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b9f1b5ed-3bd4-4e03-9f11-a9681127befc?syn-25a6b1a6=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Which chokepoint wins in a game of geoeconomic Top Trumps?</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cb69fba5-b93f-40c4-b783-bd628cb82bc9?syn-25a6b1a6=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China’s growth target is a global problem</a>&nbsp;</p><br><p>Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and Michela Tindera. Manuela Saragosa is the executive producer. Original music by Breen Turner and sound design by Sam Giovinco. The FT head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/fd18976a-c278-4f91-8332-7381e482e343" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>