All Episodes

Live from New York: China and the Global South, with Maria Repnikova and Eric Olander

Mandarin reboot: How to get back into learning after taking a break

[Podcast] Toddler mauling in China prompts crackdown on dogs, rekindles debate over pet etiquette

[Podcast] How China is attempting to change nature conservation

In Memoriam: Jeffrey A. Bader, from February 2022

Assessing the impact of Chinese media influence in Africa

[Podcast] Los Angeles Chinatown, 1871: The forgotten mass lynching

[Podcast] A young Deng Xiaoping in France

Africa’s strong presence at China’s Belt & Road Forum

Live from Chicago: Decoding China — China’s economic miracle interrupted?

China’s dominance of the EV battery metal supply chain

Reframing the 10 worst Chinese learning tips

[Podcast] Double 10: The Wuchang Uprising and the end of the Qing

Zimbabwe’s elite share their views on China: What a new survey reveals

Robert Daly of the Kissinger Institute on the morality of U.S. China policy

Michael Pettis explains how China’s changing economy will impact the world

China Tobacco: How China’s tobacco monopoly also has ensured that China keeps smoking

The future of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America

[Podcast] Niche brands are on the rise as young Chinese consumers seek their own style

Fluency now: The power of extensive reading

The Philadelphia Orchestra commemorates the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking China tour

Africa at the intersection of three megatrends: China, climate, and debt

[Podcast] ‘One of the most troubling social policies of modern times’

How China’s economic slowdown impacts developing countries

Ian Johnson on “Sparks,” his new book on China’s underground historians

Chinese lending to Africa plunges to 20-year low

[Podcast] The origins of World War II in Asia

The downward spiral of China-India relations

WEEK IN REVIEW: AU in G20 and the new “Chinese Savior” narrative in Africa

U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA) on his new U.S.-China policy white paper

[Podcast] Lin Biao flew too close to the sun. But why did he really fall?

[Podcast] Sushi restaurants in China left scrambling after Fukushima-linked seafood ban

BRI @ 10: Lessons from Cambodia about Chinese investment

[Podcast] China’s other half: Wilderness

[Podcast] Lean Lui’s critical look at bullying culture

[Podcast] A Shanghai bookseller gets kidnapped — and brings out the copyright police

The case for the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement

Why boosting Africa-Southeast Asian trade & investment makes so much sense

[Podcast] How Crocs made a comeback in China this summer

[Podcast] Once banned, Mandarin learning in Indonesia on the rise amid improving ties with China

Knowledge vs. proficiency (Episode 12 replay)

China’s indispensable role in Africa’s railway renaissance

The Rise and Fall of the EAST: MIT’s Yasheng Huang on his new book

[Podcast] The ‘near miracle’ that was China’s first modern treaty with a European state

China and the politics of global climate diplomacy

Africa’s prominent role in the new “BRICS6”

China Stories summer special: The best of This Week in China’s History

[Podcast] China’s ‘southern disaster’: France lays waste to a Qing fleet

China’s new, slimmed-down Belt and Road Initiative

BRICS Summit preview

Wargaming a Taiwan invasion scenario: Lyle Goldstein on the CSIS wargame “The First Battle of the Next War”

[Podcast] Mao’s Cultural Revolution turns deadly

Pivot to Asia: Why the near abroad is now China’s top priority

China’s low-key response to the Niger coup

The state of play of generative AI in China, with Paul Triolo

[Podcast] Reexamining Portugal’s 16th-century diplomatic failure in China

[Podcast] ‘You get to sweat in style’: Pickleball craze hits China

How to find the perfect tutor (ep. 36 replay)

[Podcast] The death of Princess Taiping and the demise of the Tang

Is the Biden administration resetting U.S.-China relations?

Nigerians’ (misplaced) anxiety about Chinese debt

What a railway in Kenya reveals about how China builds things in Africa

Is China setting the agenda for Global South debt restructuring?

The CFR Taiwan task force report: advice and dissent, with Maggie Lewis and Paul Heer

[Podcast] Princess Taiping’s coup during the golden age of the Tang

Unleashing the power of motivation: Swire Chinese language conference

China’s tactics and methods to influence African media

Transnational repression and China’s “overseas police stations,” with Jeremy Daum of Yale’s Paul Tsai China Law Center

[Podcast] The problem with Mao’s ‘continuous’ revolution

[Podcast] Pro wrestling in China is ready for its comeback

Mapping the Chinese cobalt supply chain in the DR Congo

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

[Podcast] When princedoms (almost) ruled China: The Prince of Ning rebellion

[Podcast] Beijing Sprawl

Bases, training, and weapon sales: latest trends in China-Africa military ties

Listener questions answered: learning habits, immersion, and the power of extensive reading

China’s Military-Civil Fusion program: CNAS fellow Elsa Kania on the myths and realities

[Podcast] Not just a metaphor: Dragons of imperial China show us how people lived

[WEEK IN REVIEW]: China and Zambia’s landmark debt deal

[Podcast] Hua Guofeng’s short-lived reign as chairman and leader of China

WEEK IN REVIEW: China’s new green energy diplomacy in Africa

[Podcast] Liu Xiaobo and his ‘monstrous crimes’

China’s fanciful dream to play Israeli-Palestinian peacemaker

A primer on the escalating tensions in the South China Sea

Mr. Blinken goes to Beijing, with former NSC China Director Dennis Wilder

A conversation with Judd Devermont, one of the chief architects of U.S. foreign policy in Africa

Economist Keyu Jin on her new book, ‘The New China Playbook’

[Podcast] Breaching the Yellow River and the horrors of war

David Ownby of ReadingtheChinaDream.com on the intellectual mood in China

If you lead a developing country and want to borrow money from China, then listen to this podcast

[Podcast] Are Hollywood films losing appeal for Chinese audiences?

Curtain-raiser on the Shangri-La Dialogue, with the man who runs the show: James Crabtree of IISS

African Demand for Chinese Surveillance Technology

[Podcast] What really happened at the Battle of Luding Bridge?

[Podcast] Emotional storytelling and modernized folktales power a new era of Chinese animation

[WEEK IN REVIEW] Chinese Hacking in Kenya & DRC President Goes to Beijing

[Podcast] Lonely Planet: Imperial China, by Xu Xiake

Key Lessons From Indonesia’s China-Backed Mining & Infrastructure Ventures

Harvard’s William Kirby on China’s higher education system and his book “Empires of Ideas”

[Podcast] After a half-century, does panda diplomacy still work?