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China Stories
by The China Project
China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, The Wire China, Week in China, The World of Chinese, Protocol China, and of course The China Project. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.
Episodes
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[Podcast] The Tiananmen protests officially called a ‘revolutionary movement’
When a million people converged on Tiananmen Square on April 4 to 5 in 1976 to mourn Zhōu Ēnlái 周恩来, authorities used violence to disperse...
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[Podcast] The RESTRICT Act could unite TikTok, Tucker Carlson, and Shein
New proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress could stop foreign tech companies from operating in the U.S. Everyone’s talking about TikTok — but the implications...
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[Podcast] ‘An imperial railway failure’: France’s disastrous colonization project on the China-Vietnam border
As many as 100,000 laborers died in the construction of the Kunming–Haiphong railway, which opened on April 1, 1910. The cost was not worth it...
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[Podcast] ‘Canton Coup’ and what could have been for the KMT
In the spring of 1926, Nationalists and Communists in China were in a tenuous alliance. While this “First United Front” technically endured until a year...
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[Podcast] New House committee on China: Concerns and caution, but not all doom and gloom
The first meeting of a new House committee on China on February 28 signaled that Washington is serious about figuring out the future of the...
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[Podcast] Sanmen Bay Affair: The only European power shut out of Qing China
All the great European powers (plus the U.S.) got a slice of China in the late-19th century. All but Italy, that is. Click here to...
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[Podcast] The sad reign of Manchukuo’s only emperor
Within his country, “the last emperor” of China was one of the most hated figures of his time. But for most of his life, Puyi...
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[Podcast] The ‘Empress of China’ and the beginning of U.S.-China trade
On a wintry day in 1784, a schooner docked in New York set sail for Guangzhou. This journey halfway around the globe would take half...
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[Podcast] The relocated couriers who risked their health in COVID-ravaged Beijing
When a rapid spread of COVID-19 engulfed Beijing and caused severe delays in package delivery, an army of couriers from other cities were relocated to...
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[Podcast] Australia and New Zealand hint at stronger economic ties with China
China is the largest trading partner to Australia and New Zealand, and that’s clearly top of mind for the leaders of both countries, despite pressure...
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[Podcast] The Battle of Red Cliffs and the blurring of fact and fiction
It’s hard to know exactly what happened at the Battle of Red Cliffs some 1,800 years ago. But what is agreed upon is that this...
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[Podcast] The birth of pinyin
On February 11, 1958, the People’s Republic of China introduced a new system for rendering the Chinese language, using not characters but the Latin alphabet...
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[Podcast] Life after Tsai: The state of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party
Two months after President Tsai Ing-wen’s resignation as chairperson, what do we know about the future of Taiwan’s ruling party? Click here to read the...
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[Podcast] How a 14th-century purge consolidated imperial power in the Ming dynasty
Beyond the suffering inflicted on tens of thousands of people, the Hu Weiyong purge fundamentally reshaped Ming government, concentrating power in the person of the...
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[Podcast] The world’s deadliest earthquake? Look to Shaanxi, 1556
China has had its fair share of severe earthquakes over the centuries, most recently in Sichuan in 2008 and Tangshan in 1976. But the largest...
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[Podcast] From state secret to city staple: China opens its first subway
Subways have become a dime a dozen in 21st century Chinese cities, another box the country can tick off on its list of modernizations. But...
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[Podcast] Lu Xun on fire
The translator of a recently published collection of Lu Xun’s work makes observations about the man behind China’s literary titan. Click here to read the...
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[Podcast] The Xi’an Incident: When Chiang Kai-shek was imprisoned by his own men
On December 11, 1936, divisions in the Nationalist camp boiled over. Their brief mutiny against Chiang Kai-shek had momentous consequences for Chinese history, forcing Chiang...
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[Podcast] The Formosa Incident: The protest that sparked Taiwan’s democracy
In the wake of widespread protests across China last month, the successes of Taiwan’s democratic protests in 1979 provide an interesting parallel. Click here to...
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[Podcast] Five lesser-known facts about Jiang Zemin that Chinese internet users are fondly remembering him for
The death on Wednesday of China’s former leader Jiang Zemin has prompted an outpouring of nostalgia on the internet, with many tributes from young Chinese...
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[Podcast] After the KMT’s local elections victory, what’s next for Taiwan?
The Taiwanese party that favors closer ties to Beijing just won 13 of the 21 contested city mayor and county chief seats in Taiwan. The...
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[Podcast] The China Bowl: When Army and Navy played football in Shanghai
The Army-Navy game is one of the most honored traditions in college football. It’s usually played in Philadelphia…but not always. Click here to read the...
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[Podcast] Is China losing GDP religion?
For the last four decades, the Chinese government has measured its performance almost religiously with one metric: GDP growth. But the GDP God is falling...
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[Podcast] The monk vs. the tigers: A story of Chinese environmental change
A compassionate monk arrived at an abandoned temple near Hangzhou with the task of making the area safe from tiger attacks. His tactics weren’t groundbreaking...
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[Podcast] Posing like American farmers is the latest trend among Chinese influencers
After “U.S. high schoolers” and “shopping in Los Angeles,” pretending to be on an autumnal American farm is the latest “Americore” aesthetic to take over...
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[Podcast] A Chinese catholic in Paris
John Hu arrived to France in 1722, accompanied by a Jesuit priest and tasked with cataloging and translating a library. He had a knack for...
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[Podcast] The ‘11-9 incident’: When police fired on Chinese student protesters
In November 1928, students marched through the streets of Harbin. When they began forcing their way through police lines, things turned violent. Click here to...
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[Podcast] Beijing’s favorite Bolshevik
In this excerpt from Destination Peking, abridged and lightly edited for The China Project, author Paul French introduces us to Lev Karakhan, a Bolshevik whose work...
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[Podcast] The rise of Empress Dowager Cixi
The Empress Dowager Cixi was only 26 when she took over as China’s ruler. She remained on top for the next half-century. How did she...
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[Podcast] Beijingers are tired but resigned to COVID zero
Porta potties, blue fences, and angry old men: What does community lockdown in Beijing look like? Click here to read the article by Anthony Tao...
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[Podcast] Fans mourn loss of celebrity wildcat who helped underfunded Chinese zoo out of financial slump
At 3, the endangered feline became an internet sensation and a star attraction at a zoo that was struggling to make ends meet. Click here...
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[Podcast] China’s Alamo: The real story behind ‘the 800 heroes’
With the world watching, 400-some Chinese soldiers defended the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai against hundreds of thousands of Japanese invaders. What’s the real story behind...
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[Podcast] What led to the burning of Beijing’s Old Summer Palace?
Yuanmingyuan had already been looted by foreign armies earlier in the month. But European powers wanted to further punish the Qing emperor, and so decided...
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[Podcast] White Wolf: The great bandit of early Republican China
Considered a Chinese Robin Hood by his followers and a “common pest” by his enemies — to say nothing of bandit, murderer — Bai Lang...
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[Podcast] Chinese billionaire Richard Liu settles U.S. sexual assault lawsuit out of court
Financial terms of the settlement, announced in a joint statement from attorneys for both parties on Saturday, were not revealed. Click here to read the...
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[Podcast] The coal that powered China to prosperity
In October of 1901, General Zeng Qi asked the emperor of China for permission to open a coal mine. So began a century-long rat race...
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[Podcast] The origins of Peking Opera
Ironically for a form that takes a specific location as its name, Peking Opera is best understood as a blend of many different regional styles...
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[Podcast] Temple excursions booming among Chinese youth
According to government data, there are currently more than 33,000 Buddhist temples in China. An increasing number of them find themselves hosting urban youth who...
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[Podcast] Shanghairen
A visual ode to China’s biggest metropolis. Click here to read the article by Neocha. This article was originally published on Neocha and is republished with permission...
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[Podcast] From battlefield glory to gruesome execution: The fall of Yuan Chonghuan
How did Yuan Chonghuan, who achieved one of China’s greatest military victories and ascended to the highest ranks of government, fall so far from favor...
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[Podcast] Tattoos as female power: Wearing female experiences on the skin
Pink elephants, fish, genitalia: For young feminists in China, tattoos have become a way to express their womanhood and take back their bodies. Click here...
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[Podcast] No parties at noon
Photographer Chen Wei’s visions of modern life. Click here to read the article by Neocha. Narrated by Jenny McKenzie. China Stories is published twice weekly...
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[Podcast] Expect the expected: Why China’s upcoming Party Congress promises few surprises
China’s political structure is simultaneously simple and dense. As we approach the Party Congress on October 16 — a monumental meeting in which Xi Jinping...
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[Podcast] Since the start, China’s art spaces have been under threat
The first Beijing 798 Biennale, in 2009, came during a time of hope that the Chinese government would be more permissive of free expression. But...
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[Podcast] Everything everywhere all at once: Chinese philanthropy is leapfrogging right to a tech-forward strategy
Philanthropy in China is in the middle of doing everything everywhere all at once — building a broad-based culture of charitable giving; appealing to a...
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[Podcast] Between planet and Party, China’s decarbonized future is hazier than ever
As Europe burns and China swelters through a merciless summer, the Paris climate goals are a distant mirage. Determined to double China’s GDP by 2035...
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[Podcast] The young woman’s suicide that shocked Shanghai
A century ago today, Xi Shangzhen, the first woman employee of a progressive Shanghai newspaper, committed suicide. The case transcended individual tragedy after details of...
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[Podcast] Gang members charged and police officers detained after violent attack on woman at Tangshan restaurant
After footage of a group of men sexually harassing and assaulting a woman in a restaurant went viral, authorities in the city of Tangshan have...
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[Podcast] Who killed Shen Dingyi?
On August 28, 1928, rising political star Shen Dingyi was gunned down by assassins at a bus stop near his home. No one was ever...
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[Podcast] Will skintight leggings trend outlast China’s body-shaming critics?
It’s been more than five years since Canadian athleisure brand Lululemon, known for its yoga pants, entered the Chinese market. But one specific product —...
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China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, The Wire China, Week in China, The World of Chinese, Protocol China, and of course The China Project. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.
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