China Stories

By The China Project

China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project 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 o... more

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The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.

China Stories episodes:

February 22, 2023 [Podcast] The ‘Empress of China’ and the beginning of U.S.-China trade
On a wintry day in 1784, a schooner docked in New York set sail for Guangzhou. This journey halfway around the globe would take half...
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9min
February 21, 2023 [Podcast] The relocated couriers who risked their health in COVID-ravaged Beijing
When a rapid spread of COVID-19 engulfed Beijing and caused severe delays in package delivery, an army of couriers from other cities were relocated to...
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12min
February 17, 2023 [Podcast] Australia and New Zealand hint at stronger economic ties with China
China is the largest trading partner to Australia and New Zealand, and that’s clearly top of mind for the leaders of both countries, despite pressure...
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9min
February 16, 2023 [Podcast] The Battle of Red Cliffs and the blurring of fact and fiction
It’s hard to know exactly what happened at the Battle of Red Cliffs some 1,800 years ago. But what is agreed upon is that this...
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9min
February 10, 2023 [Podcast] The birth of pinyin
On February 11, 1958, the People’s Republic of China introduced a new system for rendering the Chinese language, using not characters but the Latin alphabet...
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10min
February 07, 2023 [Podcast] Life after Tsai: The state of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party
Two months after President Tsai Ing-wen’s resignation as chairperson, what do we know about the future of Taiwan’s ruling party? Click here to read the...
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11min
February 03, 2023 [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...
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9min
January 31, 2023 [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...
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9min
January 20, 2023 [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...
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January 06, 2023 [Podcast] Lu Xun on fire
The translator of a recently published collection of Lu Xun’s work makes observations about the man behind China’s literary titan. Click here to read the...
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11min

FAQs about China Stories:

How many episodes does China Stories have?

The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.