Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrade in Ancient China: Foreign Moguls and Maligned Merchants
Season 1 Episode 59
According to the General Administration of Customs of China, the private sector in China posted 28 percent of year-on-year growth of foreign-trade in…
4 years, 9 months ago
Roots of Chinese Identity: Shanxi
Season 1 Episode 58
The torrential rainfall in early October in Shanxi Province put the spotlight on the less-developed region in China’s northwest.People rediscovered S…
4 years, 9 months ago
Business People: From a Lost Kingdom
Season 1 Episode 57
Since the end of 2020, some Chinese companies have been involved in a series of high-profile cases involving breaches of regulations. The public atti…
4 years, 9 months ago
Old Takes on Giving: Charity in Ancient China
Season 1 Episode 56
A world where the widowed, disabled and anyone in need are all cared for was an ideal envisioned by Confucian scholars during the Warring States peri…
4 years, 9 months ago
Hidden Dreams of Hermit Scholars: Behind a Crazy Life
Season 1 Episode 55
Our previous podcast discussed some of the ancient hermits that feature in the Palace Museum’s Figure Paintings Across the Ages exhibition. They gave…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Hidden History of Hermit-Scholars
Season 1 Episode 54
At the Palace Museum exhibition, a total of 76 paintings include portraits of the most famous hermit-scholars in China’s history. It is the second in…
4 years, 10 months ago
Farming and Learning: Food for Heart
Season 1 Episode 53
“Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is wa…
4 years, 10 months ago
Mythical Qilin and Bloody Horses: Ancient Animal Ambassadors
Season 1 Episode 52
On August 21, the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC celebrated the first birthday of panda cub Xiao Qi Ji, which translates to Little Mira…
4 years, 11 months ago
Cultural Lions: Ferocious but Cute
Season 1 Episode 51
Today we discuss how a ferocious, exotic beast, lion, has become an auspicious, cute cultural icon in ancient China.
The lion originally came from Afr…
4 years, 11 months ago
Cockfights, Strange Stones and Pampered Cranes: Obsessive Pursuits in Ancient China
Season 1 Episode 50
On August 30, China announced a policy that restricts the time minors can play online games to three hours a week. The new rules limit those under 18…
4 years, 11 months ago