Li Bai and the Western Regions
Today is the beginning of a three part series I am going to do on the three big Tang poets, Li Bai, Wang Wei and Du Fu. In this episode, we take a look at Li Bai, often considered China's Greatest poe...
20 Jan 20min
Interview with Susan Wan Dolling - Translator of Chinese Poetry
Today, Lee gets to chat with Susan Wan Dolling, Hong-Kong-American poet, novelist and translator. She recently published her latest book of Song poetry translations, What the Cuckoo Said, but she has ...
1 Des 202544min
Return of the Rob
On this episode, I give a brief update on the book's status, which should be in your hands by mid-November. And also, Rob returns, joining the podcast from France to talk about what he has been up to ...
10 Okt 202534min
Interview with Professor Emily Mokros - Peking Gazette
Today, I get to speak with Professor Emily Mokros about her fascinating book, The Peking Gazette in Late Imperial China - State News and Political Authority. The book is about a media outlet in the Qi...
30 Aug 202537min
Mao Zedong - Soaked Garden in Spring - Snow
This episode, the podcast takes a look at a poem Mao Zedong wrote in February 1936, after he and his party had undergone the near-death experience of the Long March. Yet still, Mao has the gumption to...
5 Aug 202517min
Fox Butterfield Interview - First Post-1949 - New York Times Correspondent in China
This episode is a special one. The podcast has a conversation with Fox Butterfield, the first correspondent for the New York Times after 1949. Mr. Butterfield set up the Beijing Bureau for the New Yor...
4 Jun 202559min
Mo Yan - Explosions
In today's episode, we look at a work that tackles the controversial topics of aborition and the One-Child Policy. Today's story, by Nobel-Prize Laureate Mo Yan, watches a father/government official a...
24 Mai 202520min
Hao Jingfang - Folding Beijing
"Folding Beijing" is one of the most talked-about science fiction stories to come out of China since Liu Cixin, Hao Jingfang's story is about a Beijing divided into three parts. First Space is for the...
26 Apr 202515min
