Ep. 161 - Weifeng Zhong

This episode of the Federal Newswire Lunch Hour dives deep into the cutting edge of AI, propaganda analysis, and regulatory policy with economist and data-innovation expert Dr. Weifeng Zhong. Host Andrew Langer explores how Zhong built the Policy Change Index—an AI-driven system used to forecast government actions in authoritarian regimes like China, Russia, and North Korea.
Zhong also discusses his personal journey leaving mainland China, explains how propaganda signals reveal state intentions, and breaks down new findings on regulatory burdens inside the U.S. government. A forward-looking conversation about technology, freedom, economics, and how policy shapes the world we live in. 

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