Ep. 7: Why China's ahead in the green energy 'gold rush'
China has bet big over the past couple of decades on how building up its renewable energy sector -- solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and their batteries, and the metals and minerals that...
2 Huhti 202449min
Ep. 6: Spy novels, a real-life thriller, and the BBC
Acclaimed spy novelist Adam Brookes started out in China as a languge student in the mid-'80s, skipping class to travel in trucks and buses to Tibet and other parts of China that had just opened up af...
5 Maalis 202456min
Ep. 5: China's Economic Challenges, Explained
The sizzle has come off of China's decades of economic growth, as the country contends with deflation, slumping consumer confidence, plummeting foreign investment, a cratered urban property sector, hi...
6 Helmi 20241h 9min
Ep. 4: How "Leftover Women" may reshape China's future
A funny thing happened at the height of China's economic boom, as more and more Chinese women were getting college degrees, good jobs, and promising careers. The government launched a propaganda campa...
2 Tammi 202447min
Ep. 3: How China's Future Looked in the Past
Dreams of a better future have driven many a revolution, but not all have turned out the way the dreamers imagined. China's early revolutionaries, a century ago, aimed to rid the country of what t...
5 Joulu 202347min
Ep. 2: American Correspondents in China
China's rise is one of the great stories of the past century, and China correspondents have told that story in myriad ways -- as a story of transformation, of falling poverty rates and rising power, o...
7 Marras 202345min
Ep. 1: Chinese Fiction in the Reform & Opening Up Era
China's epic transformation over the past four decades has seen cities expand, fortunes rise, and expectations change. It has left Chinese people to either ride the waves of change, or scramble -- per...
10 Loka 202354min
