How has the written Chinese language helped shape China? Yale's Jing Tsu discusses her wonderful new book Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution that Made China Modern, her role as culture commentator for NBC during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and more.
Shelley Rigger and Simona Grano discuss the U.S.’s longstanding, unofficial policy of "strategic ambiguity," how Taiwan has been impacted by the Ukraine War, and much more.
James Carter, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia and the author of one of the most widely-read columns that The China Project runs, talks about his experience writing This Week in China's History for the past two years.
Dr. George Hu, a clinical psychologist based in Shanghai, discusses the state of mental health in Chinese cities under lockdown.
Demetri Sevastopulo, veteran Asia reporter who covers the U.S.-China relationship for the Financial Times, talks about his breaking stories and the Biden administration's long-awaited China policy.
Mark Leonard, founder and director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, talks about how increasing connectedness has made the world more fractured and fractious.
Deborah Seligsohn, the former science counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing from 2003 to 2007, returns to talk about the rise and fall of scientific collaboration between the United States and China.
Yawei Liu, senior director for China at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and Danielle Goldfarb, head of global research at RIWI Corp, discuss Chinese public opinion on the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Manjari Chatterjee Miller and Manoj Kewalramani share their insight into the complex relationship between China and India in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine.