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
Alarm bells in the ivory tower: Jim Millward on the Cambridge University Press censorship fiasco
On August 17, 2017, the global community of China scholars erupted in outrage over one particular and unusual case of censorship in China — the decision of Cambridge University Press (CUP) to comply w...
5 Okt 201757min
Richard McGregor on the complicated ties between China, Japan, and the U.S. since World War II
Richard McGregor is the former Washington and Beijing bureau chief of the Financial Times, and a notable writer on Chinese politics. His last book was The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist ...
28 Sep 20171h 7min
North Korea behind the scenes, with Evan Osnos
North Korea is a mystery to nearly everyone — even those who have dedicated their lives to studying the country — including Korean experts based in Seoul, national security experts in Washington or Be...
21 Sep 201743min
