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[Week in China] A tale of two sisters
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou hasn’t set foot in China since 2018. Instead the daughter of Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei remains holed up in Vancouver, under house arrest as she fights against an extradition req...
19 Helmi 20217min
[Protocol China] I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine
I wasn't proud of it, and neither were my coworkers. But that's life in today's China.Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/i-built-bytedance-censorship-machineNarrated by Kaiser...
19 Helmi 202111min
[SupChina] What a John le Carré novel can teach about China
John Le Carré’s Asia-set magnum opus is his 1977 novel "The Honourable Schoolboy." The book is one of le Carré’s most personal, offering us a number of insights into Asia and China that are key to und...
16 Helmi 20218min
[The World of Chinese] A private practice
With demand surging, China’s private detectives are coming out of the legal shadows.Read the article by Han Rubo: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/11/a-private-practice/Narrated by Anthony Tao. ...
16 Helmi 202117min
[SupChina] The Yongzheng Emperor and Christianity in China
In 1724, the Yongzheng Emperor proscribed Christianity. But what he really wanted is what rulers always want: people who will serve their state but not threaten its order. Jesuit advisers working in C...
16 Helmi 202110min
[Sixth Tone] The human side to another lost Spring Festival
People from across China share how they’re celebrating the Lunar New Year holidays, dampened for the second straight year by COVID-19 outbreaks.Read the article by Cai Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an: http://w...
16 Helmi 202111min
[Protocol China] Chinese microlending is getting weird and dangerous
Every app now wants to lend you money. It's driving some users into debt and foreshadows a broader crackdown.Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/chinese-microlending-out-of-c...
16 Helmi 20219min
[The Wire China] The chip choke point
A single machine from the Netherlands could catapult China to the leading edge of the semiconductor industry. If the U.S. allowed it, that is.Read the article by Tim De Chant: https://www.thewirechina...
12 Helmi 202124min
