How China's richest man flew too close to the sun
Ant Group is the business magnate Jack Ma's fintech subsidiary, the company behind the ubiquitous 'Alipay' app, which has one billion users. Last week, it was due to begin trading on the Shanghai and ...
9 Nov 202032min
Who are the Chinese-Americans voting for Trump?
A recent poll showed that a fifth of Chinese-Americans are thinking about voting for Trump come November. But given Trump's hawkish position on China, what is it about him that appeals to these voters...
26 Okt 202027min
Half the sky: the woman's place in Chinese society
Chairman Mao famously said that 'women hold up half the sky'. It was a revolutionary statement in a feudal society (though it did help him, very much, with a labour shortage). But the recent high-prof...
12 Okt 202031min
How green is China?
China is the world's largest polluter. At the same time, it accounts for a quarter of international investment into renewable energy, and it's the leading exporter of solar panels. So are ideas of Chi...
28 Sep 202033min
The real housewives of Beijing: why the Chinese love luxury goods
It's said that Bicester Village is the second most popular attraction for Chinese tourists in the UK, coming just behind Buckingham Palace. The pandemic recovery figures show much the same - while ret...
14 Sep 202024min
What tickles China's political elite?
You can’t get far doing serious business in China without having friends in powerful places. So when her husband’s company, Jardine Matheson (which once upon a time had sold opium into the country), w...
31 Aug 202029min
Trump's Great Firewall
We don't hear much about his wall with Mexico anymore, but Trump seems to be building a digital wall to shut out Chinese tech. WeChat and TikTok are the two victims to his latest ban. On the episode, ...
17 Aug 202028min
What do the 'wolf warrior' diplomats want?
Earlier this year, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave credence to the conspiracy theory that the US military took coronavirus to China. It's just one example of a new school of diplomacy that has do...
3 Aug 202027min
