Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChild 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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, 11 months ago
Wuhan: Rediscovery, Restart
Season 1 Episode 4
In the first decade of the 20th century, today’s Hankou District of Wuhan became the second-largest port in China, only following Shanghai and exceed…
5 years, 11 months ago
Floods Made China’s Early Civilizations
Season 1 Episode 3
Chinese civilization began in the middle and downstream of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. Unlike the Nile flooding which brought prosperity,…
6 years ago
A Pandemic, A European Missionary and Two Chinese Dynasties
Season 1 Episode 2
Covid-19 is not the first pandemic that has impacted human society. In the mid 14th century, the black plague in Europe affected the continent’s evol…
6 years ago
Imperial Exams and Testing Times
Season 1 Episode 1
Every year, millions of students take China’s national college entrance exam for a coveted slot at a top university. Despite the severe competition a…
6 years ago