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What is the Belt and Road?
Episode 271
Belt and Road Initiative expert Zoon Ahmed Khan is with the Center for China and Globalization and a research fellow at the Belt and Road Institute i…
2 years, 8 months ago
Prioritizing happiness in a fast-paced world
Episode 270
Jason argues that in a world that is proud of its badge of productivity, taking time for fun offers a route to our well-being. Beibei outlines her th…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hangzhou and the 19th Asian Games
Episode 269
Tickets to most games were sold out by August. 12,417 athletes from 45 countries and regions are taking part. So, what are the Hangzhou Asian Games a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Golden Week energizes Chinese tourism
Episode 268
China’s Golden Week means more spending. Eight days off means that trains, flights and hotels are all booked across the country. Venues will be slamm…
2 years, 8 months ago
Modernity & China’s Mid-Autumn Festival
Episode 267
For every Mid-Autumn festival, families and friends gather to savor moon cakes and re-tell the story of Lady Chang’e and why she lives on the moon. B…
2 years, 8 months ago
Food trends: East & West
Episode 266
What do you find bizarre or maybe even off-putting about food from another culture? Alex and Jason explore the shocks from tasting foreign food.
Host…
2 years, 8 months ago
Returning to America after two decades abroad
Episode 265
Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization, Mario Cavolo just visited the US after living in China for 24 years. He offers some side-by-…
2 years, 8 months ago
Does the Chinese system work? An interview with French entrepreneur Arnaud Bertrand
Episode 264
Arnaud Bertrand is an entrepreneur and CEO of Me and Qi, and former CEO of HouseTrip. A well-known commentator on economics and geopolitics with more…
2 years, 9 months ago
Malls in the era of online shopping
Episode 263
In the age of Amazon, JD, and Taobao, why do people still go out to mammoth shopping centers? New research suggests that the business is evolving. Th…
2 years, 9 months ago
Growing fears of a microplastics catastrophe
Episode 262
Microplastics are now being found in the remotest parts of our earth. The half-life of microplastics is hundreds of years long, according to the Roya…
2 years, 9 months ago