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EPISODE · Oct 11, 2025 · 47 MIN

Urban Life in Socialist Cities in China (w/ Mimi Zhu)

from Journal of International Solidarity · host A. Shantha

In this episode, I talk to Mimi Zhu about what China’s cities are like ad what socialism has to do with the development of these cities. We touch on public infrastructure, women’s safety, urban-rural connectivity, public washrooms, public transit, electric vehicles and more.Mimi Zhu is the host of the Roughly Chinese podcast on Wave Media, which can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCEbOA5sniwG9Wwryc1hwUX7s_wAUg5Y&si=XcJSBH9gsyzTKHaDThis is a collabrative episode between the International Solidarity Podcast and the Roughly Chinese Podcast. The full episode, including the first half where I was interviewed by Mimi about Canada-China relations, Hong Kong’s colonial legacy, and combatting western propaganda about China, can be found here: https://youtu.be/B-jFQ9h2Hhw?si=ggJNTdBecsNC1JeIThank you so much to Wave Media for the high quality editing on this episode and for making it available to cross-post on my channel as well!Journal of International Solidarity LinksPatreon: https://patreon.com/internationalsolidaritypodcast/Instagram: https://instagram.com/journalofintlsolidarity/Substack: https://intlsolidarity.substack.com/Youtube: https://youtube.com/@journalofintlsolidarity/

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