China after COVID: UPenn's Neysun Mahboubi reports on scholarly exchange in a tightening political space

This week on Sinica, UPenn legal scholar Neysun Mahboubi talks about his recently-concluded trip back to China — his first time back since the outbreak of the pandemic. Neysun talks about the importance of in-person, face-to-face scholarly exchange, and despite concerns over the more restrictive political space in China, sounds a hopeful note about what the restoration of in-person exchange might mean for the future of U.S.-China relations.05:02 – Neysun Mahboubi’s YouTube-based initiatives on the U.S.-China relations10:15 – The changes in Beijing in recent years13:49 – The recently observed growing reticence of Chinese people to speak up, and the third-rail topics16:50 – The effect of Chinese administrative handling of the pandemic on people’s trust25:01 – What is the view of Chinese liberal intellectuals on the role of the U.S. in the worsening U.S.-China relations?28:29 – Have the Biden administration’s recent efforts to thaw the U.S.-China relations been well received by the Chinese side?32:48 – The future of scholarly exchanges from China and the U.S. in light of the pandemic and escalating political tensions40:13 – The Ukraine War from the perspective of Chinese intellectualsA complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Neysun: To Live, directed by Zhang YimouKaiser: The Status Kuo, an American politics substack by Jay KuoMentioned: To Live: A Novel by Yu Hua (translated by Michael Berry)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.