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How The Soviets, Japanese and Americans Together Lifted Chinese Communists Out of Obscurity — with Frank Dikötter
The key words to the success of the Chinese communist revolution are luck and violence — at least, that’s according to Prof. Frank Dikötter.Continuing from our last episode on Prof. Frank Dikötter’s…
The Rise of Communism and the Forgotten Soviet Invasion of China in 1929 — with Frank Dikötter
In part one of this interview with historian Frank Dikötter about his new book Red Dawn over China, he discusses events from Republican-era China that have long been overlooked.About Peking HotelThe…
Rerun: How A Faulty Map Led US Military To Bomb A Chinese Embassy — with Susan Shirk
Faulty data was likely to blame for the U.S. airstrike of an Iranian school. A similar mistake caused a crisis in U.S.-China relations 27 years ago, recounts research professor Susan Shirk.About…
How Beijing Lost Hong Kong — with Mark Clifford, Jimmy Lai’s Biographer
Mark Clifford, journalist and biographer of the recently convicted pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai, talks about his journey from Hong Kong journalist to accidental activist.About Peking HotelThe…
An Unfinished Business: A World AIDS Day Special with Joan Kaufman
Professor Joan Kaufman, a leading expert on HIV/AIDS and China, talks about her experiences in public health while working in China with the UN, the Ford Foundation, and in academia.This podcast…
Decoding Beijing: How a CIA analyst tracked down Chinese politics in the '80s — with Alice Miller
Hoover Institution research fellow Dr. Alice Miller talks about how, as a CIA analyst, she could figure out political changes in China were afoot based on state media articles.About Peking HotelThe…
The Souls of China — with Ian Johnson
Author Ian Johnson talks about how he returned to China in 2009 to write his books ‘The Souls of China’ and ‘Sparks,’ which both deal with China's search for meaning.About Peking HotelThe Peking…
From Bull to Bear: the China Journey of a Wall Street Economist — with Stephen Roach
Stephen Roach talks about how, as the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, h ehad the hear of many Asian political leaders. But as he became more pessimistic about the Chinese economy, China’s…
Jazzing Through An Era of Mutual Decay in US and China — with David Moser
Associate professor David Moser talks about how he has been a bridge between the U.S. and China. After so many decades, he’s disappointed in both countries. But China remains his “drug of…
When Four Foreigners Walked Onto the Chunwan Stage — with David Moser
What’s it like for a foreigner to perform Xiangsheng—China’s traditional crosstalk comedy—on the biggest stage in the Sinophone world, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala?In 1999, David Moser did just…
Mao vs Xi: politicking China’s environment — with Judith Shapiro
Prof. Judith Shapiro reflects on how the environment used to be a cause for which Chinese civil society was allowed to fight, until that too became sensitive.Host: Liu HeSubscribe to our Substack…
When a Deng Xiaoping-Approved Marriage Spurred the Hunan Democracy Movement — with Judith Shapiro
Before her career switch to researching environmental politics, Prof. Judith Shapiro spent a whirlwind decade teaching, writing, and living in and about China as it awakened from the Mao era. Get…
Hong Kong, China, and Staying Hopeful in an Era of Authoritarian Resurgence — with Larry Diamond
Democracy scholar Larry Diamond discusses why democratisation in China and Hong Kong failed, and how activists can keep the global movement against autocracy going as the U.S. turns…
China’s Spiritual Revival and the Rise (and Fall) of Falun Gong — with Ian Johnson
For quick navigation:China’s qiqong feverChasing the Falun Gong beat in Beijing and around ChinaWinning the PulitzerRecommended Readings:David Ownby, 1996, Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early…
The death of U.S.-China engagement and the political future of China — with Susan Shirk
Click here for Lunar New Year community livestreaming signup. 6pm Pacific Time, Jan 29thI never deliberately timed this piece with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, yet now that we have…
How NATO Accidentally Bombed The Chinese Embassy in Belgrade - with Susan Shirk
Susan Shirk discusses more events that happened during her time in the Clinton Administration, including NATO's accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Falun Gong protests in Beijing,…
WTO Negotiations, life inside State Department, and the peak of American unipolarity — with Susan Shirk
In this episode of Peking Hotel, China scholar Susan Shirk discusses how she joined the Clinton administration, negotiated the WTO deal, and lost faith in the U.S. ability to improve human rights in…
Finding relics among the ruins of the Cultural Revolution — with Ian Johnson
Liu He speaks with Ian Johnson, a longtime China journalist and the author of the recent book "Sparks," about his first experiences in China, his reflections on foreign reporting, and his own career…
My China Journey - with Fox Butterfield
Fox Butterfield is a Pulitzer-winning journalist who has served in Saigon, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Boston, Washington and New York City. He was the first China correspondent of the New York Times…
How I Opened The New York Times’s Beijing Bureau – with Fox Butterfield
When I arrived at Fox’s place, his chocolate lab, Charlie, greeted me with a wagging tail. The rainy weather outside, unfortunately, obscured what otherwise promised to be a stunning view of Mount…
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