Why China needs a #MeToo campaign but won’t allow it: A conversation with Leta Hong Fincher
Leta Hong Fincher is the author of the book Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China and the upcoming book Betraying Big Brother: The Rise of China's Feminist Resistance, and a reg...
30 Nov 20171h 2min
When American pilots fell out of the Chinese sky
Everyone knows, or at least recognizes, the image of the Flying Tigers (飞虎队 fēihǔduì). The shark-faced noses of these American airmen’s planes streaked across the skies of China, as they racked up an ...
22 Nov 20171h 6min
Jane Perlez on Trump’s visit to Beijing
Jane Perlez is the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beijing bureau chief of the New York Times, and her own reporting focuses on China's foreign policy, in particular its relations with the United States and Ch...
16 Nov 201749min
Gary Liu, CEO of the South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post has been up to big things recently — and faced big doubts from those who worry about its editorial independence as Hong Kong’s paper of record. In late 2015, it was announ...
9 Nov 201759min
Takeaways from China’s 19th Party Congress, with Bill Bishop and Jude Blanchette
Today we welcome back to the show two regular Sinica guests, Bill Bishop and Jude Blanchette, to discuss the outcomes of the 19th Party Congress, which wrapped up on October 24 in Beijing. Bill Bishop...
2 Nov 20171h 8min
The China-Africa relationship, a decade after its blossoming
Lina Benabdallah is an assistant professor of political science at Wake Forest University in North Carolina who recently completed a Ph.D. focusing on South-South cooperation. Much of her research was...
26 Okt 201757min
Authoritarian schooling in Shanghai vs. the American approach
When American journalist Lenora Chu moved to Shanghai, she faced tough choices about where and how to educate her kindergarten-age son. She chose an elite state-run school down the street, but soon fo...
19 Okt 201759min
A conversation with Chinese adoptees in the U.S.
In April 1992, China implemented a law that, for the first time, allowed families from other countries to adopt Chinese children. Since then, around 120,000 Chinese have been adopted abroad, with 80,0...
12 Okt 201750min
