A weekly discussion of current affairs in China with journalists, writers, academics, policy makers, business people and anyone with something compelling to say about the country that's reshaping the world. A SupChina production, hosted by Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn.
The China Influencer Marketing Podcast is the place to go to hear in-depth conversations with industry experts, influencers, and Chinese consumers about the latest consumer, product, and marketing trends in China. Each week we aim to bring you tactical and thought-provoking content that will help you grow your business in China. The China Influencer Marketing Podcast is curated and hosted by Elijah Whaley, CMO of PARKLU by LaunchMetrics. Show notes can be found at www.chinamktginsights.com.
Your source for insight into China's culture industry: Listen to those creating and producing content in the world's second-biggest cultural market. Hosted by Aladin Farré, and co-produced by SupChina.
The NüVoices podcast is hosted by NüVoices members Chenni Xu, Cindy Gao and Joanna Chiu who explore the work of women in media, academia and the arts in Greater China, the impact of abuses of power, international and domestic politics, and their own personal stories. This podcast is wholly coordinated by the NüVoices board, with production by SupChina.
A weekly round-up of top business and financial news from China's leading financial magazine, Caixin, produced and hosted by the Sinica Podcast's Kaiser Kuo, featuring full stories from Caixin and conversations with Caixin writers and editors.
China Corner Office features conversations with the leaders who have changed the way business is done in China. Hosted by Chris Marquis from Cornell University’s Johnson College of Business the podcast shines light on the unique management models that have developed in China and what it takes to successfully run a business in China. Businesses we cover on this show span many industries, including high tech, financial services, healthcare and biotech, manufacturing and consumer products; and ...
China Stories from the Sinica Network on SupChina brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, The Wire China, Week in China, The World of Chinese, Protocol China, and of course SupChina. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.
Twice-weekly discussion about China's engagement across Africa and the Global South hosted by journalist Eric Olander and Asia-Africa scholar Cobus van Staden in Johannesburg.
Tech Buzz China by Pandaily is a biweekly technology podcast that is all about China's innovations. It is co-hosted by Rui Ma and Ying Lu, who are both seasoned China-watchers with years of experience working in the technology space in China. They share and discuss the most important tech news from China every week, and include commentary from investors, industry experts, and entrepreneurs.
A biweekly podcast that captures the narratives of women from Greater China at the top of their professional game. Hosted by Juliana Batista, and produced by SupChina on the Sinica Podcast Network.
Strangers in China features voices from the edges of an emergent new China. We talk to people with unique perspectives on Chinese society: dissident voices, queer voices, marginalized voices. Some belong to those who push boundaries creatively, while others are just fighting to be seen. All are uniquely Chinese. All too often, stories about China fail to navigate the many nuances of Chinese society, and overlook those who think or live differently. We’re here to listen closely and illuminate ...
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[SupChina] The monk who believed Buddhism could save China
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The Buddhist monk Tanxu thought modern China could be strengthened through the cultivation of its soul. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/03/31/the-monk-who-believed-buddhism-could-save-china/ Narrated by James Carter.
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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 157
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This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: The U.S. Senate directs the U.S. government to adopt a policy of “strategic competition” with China; ecommerce giant JD.com and Visa have agreed to jointly launch an online merchant subsidies program; and Inner Mongolia sets the stage to decrease the region’s production capacity of steel, coking coal, …
Two marital breakdowns hit corporate China. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/04/love-and-losses/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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[LARB China Channel] Serve the people, discipline the Party
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The screen of my phone was zoomed in on a small grey square, labelled ‘Comrade Mao Zedong’s Former Residence’. Read the article by Jonathan Chatwin: https://chinachannel.org/2021/02/19/corruption-museum/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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[Caixin Global] ‘Blood and sweat’ don’t pay off for China’s army of delivery workers
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In January, a food deliveryman for Alibaba-owned takeout dining specialist Ele.me set himself on fire outside a shop in the eastern Chinese city of Taizhou. Read the article By Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Qu Yunxu and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-03-10/in-depth-blood-and-sweat-doesnt-pay-off-for-chinas-army-of-delivery-work…
The United States government is stepping up its effort to mobilize its friends and allies to challenge China's growing influence across large swathes of the Global South. While Southeast Asia is the primary front in this burgeoning rivalry, Africa and the Americas are also emerging as important regional theaters. India is playing a central role in …
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China's new youth, with Alec Ash and Stephanie Studer
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This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Stephanie Studer, China correspondent for The Economist, who recently published a special report in the magazine about China’s “Post-90s” generation; and with Alec Ash, author of the book Wish Lanterns, which looks at a cohort of Chinese youth born between 1985 and 1990. The two explore the apparent contradict…
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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 156
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This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: Semiconductor prices continue to rise; the fintech arm of Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com withdrew its application for an IPO in Shanghai; and China’s central bank begins cross-border tests of the virtual yuan. In addition, we speak with Caixin Global podcast producer Nandini Venkata, who tells us about…
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How China Lends: A Landmark Report on Chinese Loan Contracts
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A groundbreaking new analysis by researchers in the United States and Germany provides an unprecedented look inside the contracts that China uses to lend billions of dollars to developing countries around the world. The new report, "How China Lends," was joint effort by scholars at AidData at William & Mary College, the Kiel Institute for the World…
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[Protocol China] Chinese Big Tech's shadiest practices
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Antitrust regulators are sharpening their knives. Who and what will they target first? Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/chinese-big-techs-shadiest-practices Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua are seen as uniquely capable of getting the U.S. and China to cooperate on climate change. But when it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, a rivalry might be just as useful. Read the article by Katrina Northrop and Eli Binder: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/04/04/the-climate-crusaders/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.…
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[SupChina] Lin Huiyin fought to preserve Old Beijing, and much more
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Regularly voted the most beautiful woman in Chinese history, Lin Huiyin was one of the most scintillating stars of the Republican era. Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2021/04/05/lin-huiyin-fought-to-preserve-old-beijing-and-much-more/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
It was the afternoon of Halloween, and I was walking into a graveyard. I was not on a hunt for ghosts or ghouls, but the burial place of a 19th-century Chinese man—albeit one of almost supernatural height. Read the article by Sam Davies: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2019/11/a-giant-in-his-time/ Narrated by Anthony Tao.…
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Reporting on gender, tech, and power, with Shen Lu
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Shen Lu is a reporter with Protocol China and a cofounder of Chinese Storytellers. In this conversation, she talks to Cindy Gao about the misogyny and barriers Chinese women face in tech and politics, the dominance of social ecommerce, Chinese voices in social and political activism, and how cooking has helped her endure the pandemic and explore an…
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[SupChina] When Christianity was tolerated in early Qing China
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The Qing Emperor Kangxi made an important edict in 1692 that allowed the practice of Catholicism in China. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/03/24/when-christianity-was-tolerated-in-early-qing-china/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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[Protocol China] How Intel got blindsided by China's culture wars
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The company hit a gendered nerve, offending both women and men. Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/intel-blindsided-china-culture-wars Narrated by Alex Urist.
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[Caixin Global] 'Loneliest species' gets second chance at survival
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The recent tale of the critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle, found both in China’s Yangtze River Delta and in northern Vietnam, has taken conservationists for a ride over the rapids the past 15 years, as hope for the species appeared to die — only to see the animal recently get a second chance at life. Read the article by Kang Jia a…
China’s funeral rites are undergoing a sea change. Read the article by Fu Danni: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002033/resting-in-the-deep Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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China Wants to Be a Big Player in the Middle East
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's latest six-nation tour of the Middle East and Turkey revealed that Beijing now aims to play a much larger role in the region. During his trip, Wang signed a high-profile strategic cooperation agreement with Iran, announced a major vaccine production deal with the United Arab Emirates, and brought China's message o…
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China's COVID-19 response and the virus's origins, with Deborah Seligsohn
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This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Deborah Seligsohn, who served as the State Department’s Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing from 2003 to 2007. She is now an assistant professor of political science at Villanova University in Philadelphia, where she currently teaches a course on pandemics and p…
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Introducing baijiu to western consumers, with Derek Sandhaus
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This week on China Corner Office, Chris Marquis talks with Derek Sandhaus, director of baijiu education and communications for Ming River Sichuan Baijiu, a company that is working to introduce the famous Chinese spirit to consumers outside of China. Derek discusses his own journey to appreciate the different styles and regions of baijiu and how he …
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[The World of Chinese] The business of being born
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As families embraces assisted reproduction, China reevaluates who has the right to reproduce. Read the article by Tan Yunfei: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/05/the-business-of-being-born/ Narrated by Anthony Tao.
People have long talked about Shanghai being different from the rest of China. Read the story by Paul French: https://chinachannel.org/2018/06/13/shanghai-mind/ Narrated by Paul French.
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[SupChina] Beijing is going to restrain Ant, not kill it
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Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is taking a hammering from regulators, but the government’s intent is to tame the fintech giant, not ruin its business. Read the story by Paul Triolo and Xiaomeng Lu: https://supchina.com/2021/03/16/beijing-is-going-to-restrain-ant-not-kill-it/ Narrated by Daniel Tam-Claiborne.…
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[Caixin Global] How an ex-migrant worker built a million-dollar crime ring on prostitution, fraud and intimidation
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The corrupt antics of a former Chinese mafia boss sentenced to death last year have been revealed in graphic detail in a Caixin investigation. Read the story by Tang Ailin: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-29/xxx-101657919.html Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
China’s sneaky aircraft carrier deal remembered, as Ukraine blocks jet sale. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/03/sail-of-the-century-3/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
The U.S. has grown increasingly hostile to China’s rise. But we can’t afford to decouple from this engine of global growth. Read the article by Andy Rothman: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/03/28/the-benefits-of-engagement/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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China's Rapidly Evolving Lending Practices in Africa and the Americas
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It wasn't that long ago when China lent tens of billions of dollars to developing countries in Africa and the Americas to build vast amounts of badly-needed infrastructure. Now, it appears, those days are over. Concerns over debt sustainability, corruption, and poor planning have all led to a dramatic fall-off in Chinese lending in those regions. D…
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The Caixin-Sinica Business Brief, episode 155
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This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: China imposes sanctions on nine British individuals for “spreading lies and misinformation” about labor conditions in Xinjiang; Foreign residents aged 18 and above will be able to receive China-made COVID-19 vaccinations in Beijing; and a state-owned offshore oil and gas producer reports a 59% decrease…
China’s ‘Sun King’ plots a stock market comeback with Asia Silicon IPO. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/03/a-new-dawn-2/ Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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[SupChina] Ancient beauty Wang Zhaojun's shifting significance
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Wang Zhaojun is one of the four beauties of ancient China, a woman who prevented bloodshed by being a "peace bride." Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2021/03/22/ancient-beauty-wang-zhaojuns-shifting-significance/ Narrated by Alex Colville.
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[LARB China Channel] Xi Jinping: Philosopher king
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In his first five-year term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping regularly cited classical Chinese philosophy in order to bolster his image as a man of learning and virtue. Read the article by Sam Crane: https://chinachannel.org/2017/11/17/philosopher-king/ Narrated by Kaise…
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[Caixin Global] How workers got left out of China's internet boom
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Internet giants in China have expanded rapidly due to the business opportunities brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the expansion has come at the cost of the health of their employees. Read the article by Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Qu Yunxu, and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/tech-giants-overwork-culture/ Narrated by Heather M…
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[Caixin Global] China's unfinished fight for mine safety
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A Jan. 10 explosion at a gold mine in Qixia in eastern China’s Shandong province set off a desperate search and rescue mission for trapped miners. Read the article by Qin Jianxing, Feng Huamei and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-12/in-depth-chinas-unfinished-fight-for-mine-safety-101663298.html Narrated by Heather Mowbry.…
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Chinese Perspectives on Anti-Black Racism in China
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A series of high-profile recent incidents including the use of blackface on Chinese TV, discrimination against Black residents in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, and widespread racial insensitivity on Chinese social media sites like Weibo have sparked a vibrant discussion about anti-Black racism in China. While these conversations have done…
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Ryan Hass on his new book, ‘Stronger’
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This week on Sinica, Kaiser welcomes back Ryan Hass, the Michael H. Armacost Chair at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institute, a senior adviser at the Scowcroft Group and McLarty Associates, and the China Director at the National Security Council during the second Obama administration. Ryan’s new book, Stronger: Adapting Americ…
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Talking fiction writing and modern China, with Te-Ping Chen
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Throughout the 10 stories in Land of Big Numbers, Te-Ping Chen — a founding member of NüVoices — sketches the interior lives of her protagonists, who live in (or are connected to) China: a man determined to strike it rich in the stock market, a migrant worker employed at a flower shop who is infatuated with a customer, and a government employee bei…
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Methodically Adapting Your Brand to China
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China is increasingly the place where business happens. In particular, business are seeking to expand in China in a post-Covid world. Not only was China the only country to record a positive year-on-year GDP growth in 2020, but also, with the announcement of a 6% growth target at the 2021 National People's Congress, China will continue to lead the …
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The Politics of Chinese Vaccine Distribution in Africa
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The Chinese government insists that politics play no part in its rapidly expanding global vaccine distribution campaign. But when you look at the maps as to where Chinese vaccine sales and donations are heaviest, it just so happens to be in regions that are among the most strategically important to Beijing: Southeast Asia, the Persian Gulf, and Sou…