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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...
The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 223
This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Top securities regulator rolls out registration-based IPO system for Shenzhen and Shanghai main boards, IMF upgrades China’s GDP...
Live in New York City with veteran China journalist Ian Johnson
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...
What’s Driving the Steady Decline in Chinese Overseas Development Lending?
There was a time when Chinese lending to developing countries rivaled the World Bank. Those days are now long gone as Chinese overseas development lending...
[Podcast] The world’s deadliest earthquake? Look to Shaanxi, 1556
China has had its fair share of severe earthquakes over the centuries, most recently in Sichuan in 2008 and Tangshan in 1976. But the largest...
Is China’s demography China’s destiny? A chat with former World Bank economist Bert Hofman
When the National Bureau of Statistics recently revealed that China’s population had shrunk in 2022 for the first time in 60 years, conventional wisdom predicted...
What you should know about Chinese literature
So you want to read Chinese literature? John and Jared talk about the unique aspects of Chinese literature that you should know before jumping in...
[Podcast] From state secret to city staple: China opens its first subway
Subways have become a dime a dozen in 21st century Chinese cities, another box the country can tick off on its list of modernizations. But...
A firsthand view of China’s chaotic COVID re-opening, with Deborah Seligsohn
This week on Sinica, we welcome back Deborah Seligsohn, assistant professor of political science at Villanova University. Debbi spent October 2022 through early January 2023...