Perspectives with Wenchi Yu

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Carl Wegner, President of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taiwan, about the implications of Trump 2.0's policies for Taiwan. The conversation highlights that b…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Bryce Whitwam, a seasoned marketing professional with extensive experience in Asia, including 17 years in China, where he led major advertising agencies and founded his own…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Professor Philip Hsu 徐斯勤 of National Taiwan University about the intricate political landscape of Taiwan, focusing on the 7/26 recall elections, public opinion regarding id…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Ethan Tu (杜奕瑾), founder of Taiwan AI Labs, Asia's first open AI research institution. Taiwan AI Labs is dedicated to advancing AI through open algorithms, open-source code,…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Jett Chen, founder of Semi Vision, a Taiwan-based semiconductor industry research institution providing comprehensive insights into the semiconductor ecosystem. With a fami…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Bill Russo, an auto industry expert with a lifelong career in Detroit and China (Chrysler), about China's rapid rise to become the world leader in automobile manufacturing,…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Zak Dychtwald, author of Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World. Dychtwald, a leading expert on China's market and workforce, disc…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Yanzhong Huang of the Council on Foreign Relations about the impact of the second Trump term on American soft power and the possibility of China filling the resulting void.…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Payhuan Shiao, founder & CEO of Immortal Studios. A Hollywood native, Payhuan has been at the center of the Hollywood-China filmmaking industry for the last three decades. …

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Andy Rothman, a veteran Chinese economy observer, about his recent trip to China amidst tariff escalations. Andy shares firsthand accounts from entrepreneurs in Xiamen, Ame…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Yao Zhao, founder of 50 Hertz Tingly Foods and a former World Bank clean energy specialist, about the impact of tariffs on his Sichuan pepper-infused food and beverage impo…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Ken Wilcox, author of The China Business Conundrum: Ensuring Win Win Doesn’t Mean Lose Twice, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB, 2001-2011) and Vice Chairman of SVB’s joint v…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Ker Gibbs, author of Selling to China and former Chairman and President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai about his decades of experience navigating the evolv…

Host Wenchi Yu speakers with Marc Hijink, author of The ASML Way and a Dutch business journalist. Marc compares ASML to the "oven of the bakery" in its pivotal role within the semiconductor industry.…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks to Konrad Young 楊光磊. Trained as an engineer in Taiwan and the US, Konrad’s life journey mirrors Taiwan’s semiconductor history. As one of the six “R&D knights,” Konrad retired f…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with Jeremy Chih-Cheng Chang 張智程, a global semiconductor policy expert from the Taipei-headquartered think tank, DSET (Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Tec…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks with TechNode Founder Lu Gang about China's startup ecosystem, the influence of government policies, and the impact of US-China rivalry on Chinese tech companies, including the …

Host Wenchi Yu speaks to Eric Wong of Stillpoint Investments about China’s equity markets, the current state of the Chinese economy, the three Ds of structural challenges (deflation, demographics, an…

Host Wenchi Yu speaks to Benjamin Qiu, a partner of a New York-based law firm and co-chair of Asian Affairs at the New York City Bar Association, who has been advising technology clients on cross-bor…

Host Wenchi Yu interviews Kevin Xu of Interconnected Capital on the rise of DeepSeek, its founding philosophy, its impact on US's AI development, the future of chip wars, US-China chip export control…