This week on Sinica, our live recording from the Rizzoli Bookstore in the Flatiron district of Manhattan with the legendary Ian Johnson, who has covered China for a host of publications spanning 35 years. Ian, who is now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, offers his analysis of media coverage, shares some pet peeves in the way China is reported, and offers a sneak peek at some of the themes of his forthcoming book.
4:31 โ Beijingโs shifting diplomatic messaging
12:10 โ U.S. media coverage of Chinaโs COVID-19 policies
14:45 โ Structural biases of reporting on/in China
24:05 โ Reporting on China through social media
29:46 โ Resisting and recasting the blobโs China narrative
39:52 โ How think tanks affect China discourse in the U.S.
43:03 โ The importance of history to the CCP
A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.
Recommendations:
Jeremy:ย Paul French’sย Ultimate China Bookshelf, a new feature at The China Project
Ian:ย Golden Ageย by Waฬng Xiaoฬboฬ ็ๅฐๆณข, translated by Yan Yan;ย Blue Noteย jazz LP re-issues
Kaiser: The audiobook of Stella Marisย by Cormac McCarthy, narrated by Julia Whelan and Edoardo Ballerini
