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    Chinese Whispers

    Chinese Whispers

    Chinese Whispers

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    Length:
    95 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    A fortnightly podcast from the Spectator on the latest in Chinese politics, society, and more. From Huawei to Hong Kong, Cindy Yu talks to experts, journalists, and long time China-watchers on what you need to know about China.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 95 episodes

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    How China is quietly cutting out American tech

    Last week, President Joe Biden finally signed into law a bill that would take TikTok of...

    32 minutes
    		Apr 29, 2024

    Was Marco Polo a 'sexpat'?

    When I recently came across a book review asking the question ‘was Marco Polo a "sexpat...

    24 minutes
    		Apr 15, 2024

    What Chinese hackers want

    Over the last week the UK has been rocked by allegations that China was responsible for...

    26 minutes
    		Mar 28, 2024

    Life on the margins pt II: Li Ziqi and the phenomenon of the rural influencer

    In the last episode, I discussed Chinese rural lives with Professor Scott Rozelle. One ...

    22 minutes
    		Mar 18, 2024

    Life on the margins: how China's rural deprivation curbs its success

    Too often our stories about China are dictated by the urban experience, probably becaus...

    41 minutes
    		Mar 04, 2024

    What the Messi row reveals about Chinese football

    The Argentinian football star Lionel Messi has been trending on Weibo – and unfortunate...

    39 minutes
    		Feb 19, 2024

    Why do people join the CCP?

    At last count, the Chinese Communist Party has 98 million members, more people than the...

    46 minutes
    		Feb 05, 2024

    Was China's economic boom 'made in America'?

    Today, the US and China are at loggerheads. There’s renewed talk of a Cold War as Washi...

    53 minutes
    		Jan 22, 2024

    What lies at the root of the India-China rivalry?

    India is the fifth largest economy in the world, and now has a population larger than C...

    45 minutes
    		Jan 08, 2024

    Who will be Taiwan's next President?

    Taiwan goes to the polls in just over a month. This is an election that could have wide...

    42 minutes
    		Dec 11, 2023