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How has China changed in the past four decades? A conversation with John Holden
John Holden has one word of advice for people trying to understand China: humility. "Anybody who tries to come to grips with China, a country with a very rich civilization, a long history... You just…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
How will Donald Trump’s victory impact China and U.S.-China relations?
The U.S. election is over, and Donald Trump’s pundit-defying victory over Hillary Clinton has stunned and surprised people all over the world. In China — where activity on Weibo and WeChat indicated …
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Love and journalism in wartime China: An interview with Bill Lascher
When journalist Bill Lascher received an old typewriter from his grandmother and was told it belonged to “my cousin the war correspondent,” he set off on a search to learn more about the life of Melv…
Published on 9 years, 1 month ago
Why China bears are wrong: An interview with Andy Rothman
Andy Rothman has interpreted the Chinese economy for people who have serious and practical decisions to make since his early career heading up macroeconomic research at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. H…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Suing for clean air and studying for the bar exam: Rachel Stern on China's legal system
China’s legal system is much derided and poorly understood, but its development has, in many ways, been one of the defining features of the reform and opening-up era. Rachel Stern, a professor of law…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Lines of fracture in Chinese public opinion: A conversation with Ma Tianjie
On this week’s episode, our guest Ma Tianjie, editor of the bilingual environmental website China Dialogue and the blogger behind Chublic Opinion, untangles the complexities and contradictions of onl…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Mei Fong on the one-child policy, its consequences and what's next for China's demographics
The first day of 2016 marked the official end of China’s one-child policy, one of the most controversial and draconian approaches to population management in human history. The rules have not been ab…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Michael Manning: Behind bars in Beijing
In 2009, Michael Manning was working in Beijing for a state-owned news broadcaster by day, but he spent his nights selling bags of hashish. His position with CCTV was easy and brought him into contac…
Published on 9 years, 2 months ago
Fan Yang on fakes, pirates and shanzhai culture
Fakes, knockoffs, pirate goods, counterfeits: China is notorious as the global manufacturing center of all things ersatz. But in the first decade after the People’s Republic joined the World Trade Or…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago
Frank H. Wu on Chinese-Americans and China
What is the Chinese-American identity? How has the rise of China affected American attitudes toward ethnically Chinese people in the United States and elsewhere? How do the 3.8 million Chinese-Americ…
Published on 9 years, 3 months ago