Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMoney and Lending in Ancient China: Copper Talks
Season 1 Episode 14
The anticipated listing and the unexpected suspension put the microloan business of Alibaba's fintech arm Ant Group in the media spotlight. Chinese p…
5 years, 3 months ago
A Venture with Reasons: Or Without?
Season 1 Episode 13
Do people travel just because they got rich enough to afford a trip? “The world is so big, and I want to look at it,” says a middle school teacher f…
5 years, 3 months ago
To Be Rich is Glorious: A Short History of Showing off Wealth in China
Season 1 Episode 12
A group of young women in Shanghai group-bought luxury bags and booking rooms at five-star hotels just to take photos and pass them off as their own…
5 years, 4 months ago
Food Security in Ancient Times: Power of Dinner Tables
Season 1 Episode 11
To a large extent, food supply shaped the development of the world’s early civilizations, including those in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and India. In…
5 years, 4 months ago
Ancient Chinese Villages: An Illusion of Shangrila
Season 1 Episode 10
There was a lot of imagination in narratives on rural areas in ancient China. For thousands of years, rural villages have existed. Why would they ne…
5 years, 4 months ago
Child Education in Ancient China: Gentlemen and Scholars
Season 1 Episode 9
“Tragic family of origin”, a term taken from family counseling, has become a hashtag in recent years after stories of conflict between parents and ch…
5 years, 4 months ago
Chinese Students in the US: an unaccomplished mission
Season 1 Episode 8
The UK replaced the US as the favorite intended destination of Chinese students in 2019, and the gap was even wider in 2020 due to the tension betwee…
5 years, 5 months ago
Chinese Students in Japan: Revolutionaries
Season 1 Episode 7
Today Japan is the host country of the second largest group of Chinese students abroad, second to the US. Japan hosted the largest number of Chinese …
5 years, 5 months ago
Astronomy in Ancient China: Science & Humanity
Season 1 Episode 6
The Beidou Satellite Navigation System, the spacecraft Crew Dragon --- while grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic on Earth, humans have made several …
5 years, 5 months ago
Gold, Silver, Wealth and War
Season 1 Episode 5
Prices of gold and silver skyrocketed in the first half of the year amid uncertainties of the global economic prospect. China has a long history of u…
5 years, 6 months ago