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[Podcast] The young woman’s suicide that shocked Shanghai
A century ago today, Xi Shangzhen, the first woman employee of a progressive Shanghai newspaper, committed suicide. The case transcended individual tragedy after details of...
Week in Review: Illegal mining in Ghana, US Disillusionment in the DRC & #ChinaAfricaSpaceTalk
Aisha Huang, aka the “Galamsey Queen,” surprised everyone when she was arrested again for illegal mining in Ghana. What does her arrest say about the...
Yuen Yuen Ang on Xi Jinping, the Party bureaucracy, and authoritarian resilience
This week on Sinica, Kaiser welcomes back University of Michigan political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang, who discusses a recent piece in the Journal of Democracy titled “How...
Tanking with Chinese characteristics, and a surprising tennis breakthrough
The China Sports Insider Podcast is back after a busy summer and will continue to evolve as Zero COVID continues to dominate the sports industry...
The future of Chinese agriculture investment in the U.S.: Insights from the Fufeng case
The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would ban Chinese investment in U.S. agribusiness, in response to a proposal by China-based Fufeng Group to build...
[Podcast] Gang members charged and police officers detained after violent attack on woman at Tangshan restaurant
After footage of a group of men sexually harassing and assaulting a woman in a restaurant went viral, authorities in the city of Tangshan have...
Do music skills make you better at Chinese?
Does a musical background make you better at Chinese? Believe it or not, there is research on this very subject that John and I are...
[Podcast] Who killed Shen Dingyi?
On August 28, 1928, rising political star Shen Dingyi was gunned down by assassins at a bus stop near his home. No one was ever...
[Podcast] Will skintight leggings trend outlast China’s body-shaming critics?
It’s been more than five years since Canadian athleisure brand Lululemon, known for its yoga pants, entered the Chinese market. But one specific product —...