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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Inside the Courtyard</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/inside-the-courtyard</link><description><![CDATA[Inside The Courtyard is a podcast on socio-economic and socio-political events in China. Inside The Courtyard is hosted by Cercius Group, a Canadian political and strategy consulting firm.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/4751641/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Politics</category><copyright>Copyright Cercius Group</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/32c3ed2c4e5494c5028ffc769f5b3a0d.jpg</url><title>Inside the Courtyard</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/inside-the-courtyard</link></image><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:41:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Cercius Group</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Cercius Group</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/32c3ed2c4e5494c5028ffc769f5b3a0d.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Inside The Courtyard is a podcast on socio-economic and socio-political events in China. Inside The Courtyard is hosted by Cercius Group, a Canadian political and strategy consulting firm.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside The Courtyard is a podcast on socio-economic and socio-political events in China. Inside The Courtyard is hosted by Cercius Group, a Canadian political and strategy consulting firm.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="News"><itunes:category text="Politics"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Episode 8: 2021 Mid-March to Mid-April Update</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/insidethecourtyard/episode-8-mid-march-to-mid-april-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44347573</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:07:39 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44347573/episode_8_mid_march_to_mid_april_update.mp3" length="52906526" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Cercius Group</itunes:author><itunes:duration>3307</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alibaba,ccp,china,communist,economics,finance,hongkong,macau,partystate,politics,taiwan</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:image 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Ant Financial's Failed IPO and the Fate of Alibaba</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/insidethecourtyard/jack-ma</link><description><![CDATA[Inside the Courtyard is a podcast focused on analyzing political and economic events in the Greater China Region. This episode we look at the recent "disppearance" of Jack Ma Yun (马云), founder of Alibaba (阿里巴巴); the failed IPO of Ant Financial (蚂蚁金服); and what will become of Alibaba as the Party-State continues its anti-trust pursuits against the company and the wider tech sector.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43003102</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:26:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43003102/jack_ma.mp3" length="57596028" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Cercius Group</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside the Courtyard is a podcast focused on analyzing political and economic events in the Greater China Region. 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This episode we look at the recent "disppearance" of Jack Ma Yun (马云), founder of Alibaba (阿里巴巴); the failed IPO of Ant Financial (蚂蚁金服); and what will become of Alibaba as the Party-State continues its anti-trust pursuits against the company and the wider tech sector.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3600</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alibaba,antfinancial,antitrust,ccp,china,communistparty,economics,failed,finance,hongkong,ipo,jackma,macau,monopoly,taiwan</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/32c3ed2c4e5494c5028ffc769f5b3a0d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 1: Recap of 2020</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/user/insidethecourtyard/cercius-podcast-05012021</link><description><![CDATA[This episode we do a high-level overview of what happened in 2020.<br /><br />8:00 Phase 1 US-China Trade Deal<br />22:50 Phase 1 and wet markets<br />33:50 COVID management<br />54:20 Changes in Chinese diplomacy<br />1:12:45 Hong Kong<br />1:24:20 Taiwan<br />1:31:30 Macao and e-payment anecdotes<br />1:45:58 Beidaihe Summer Retreat, Two Sessions, Plenum<br />1:49:55 Outro]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43003018</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:22:23 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43003018/cercius_podcast_05012021.mp3" length="114223228" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Cercius Group</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This episode we do a high-level overview of what happened in 2020.

8:00 Phase 1 US-China Trade Deal
22:50 Phase 1 and wet markets
33:50 COVID management
54:20 Changes in Chinese diplomacy
1:12:45 Hong Kong
1:24:20 Taiwan
1:31:30 Macao and e-payment...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode we do a high-level overview of what happened in 2020.<br /><br />8:00 Phase 1 US-China Trade Deal<br />22:50 Phase 1 and wet markets<br />33:50 COVID management<br />54:20 Changes in Chinese diplomacy<br />1:12:45 Hong Kong<br />1:24:20 Taiwan<br />1:31:30 Macao and e-payment anecdotes<br />1:45:58 Beidaihe Summer Retreat, Two Sessions, Plenum<br />1:49:55 Outro]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>7139</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>ccp,china,communistparty,economics,finance,hongkong,macau,mainland,plenum,politics,taiwan,trade</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/32c3ed2c4e5494c5028ffc769f5b3a0d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
