[Podcast] The birth of pinyin
On February 11, 1958, the People’s Republic of China introduced a new system for rendering the Chinese language, using not characters but the Latin alphabet...
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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief episode 224
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[Podcast] Life after Tsai: The state of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party
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How the U.S. Aims to Compete With China in Critical Resource Mining
U.S. officials are speaking out about the urgency to diversify supply chains for critical resources that are now largely dependent on China, particularly rare earths...
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The vocabulary dilemma
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[Podcast] How a 14th-century purge consolidated imperial power in the Ming dynasty
Beyond the suffering inflicted on tens of thousands of people, the Hu Weiyong purge fundamentally reshaped Ming government, concentrating power in the person of the...