Hong Kong's National Security Law, one year on
In the 12 months since the enactment of the National Security Law on Hong Kong, opposition leaders, journalists and activists have been arrested; reforms on education and elections begun; and last wee...
28 Juni 202134min
Has economic engagement with China failed?
Exactly 20 years ago, China acceded to the World Trade Organisation. In the decades since, the globalised world became what we know today, with hundreds of millions of Chinese and people around the wo...
14 Juni 202139min
Journalism in China: what can and can't you say?
What is it like to be a journalist in China? There are obvious restrictions on freedom of speech, but, as I find out on this episode, there are creative ways to navigate the strict system of censorshi...
31 Maj 202138min
The fightback against facial recognition
China has run wild with facial recognition. From using it to ration tissues in public toilets, to identifying highest paying customers in stores and criminals from a crowd, what is a budding technolog...
17 Maj 202140min
Respect your elders: how the Chinese see family life
The archaic-sounding notion of 'filial piety' has little direct translation into English, but is a deep-rooted part of Chinese culture and ethics. On this episode, I find out about what motivates the ...
3 Maj 202130min
Do China's intellectual elite support the government?
You might think that in a country as tightly controlled as China, diversity of opinion is hard to come by in written form. But as I find out in this episode, there is a vibrant conversation going on w...
19 Apr 202134min
Why does China care about Taiwan?
Cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan seem to be hotting up, with headlines frequently touting the possibility of a military takeover by Beijing. But why does China care so much about this s...
5 Apr 202140min
Is anyone still communist in the Chinese Communist Party?
'Scratch a communist, you’ll find a nationalist underneath’, Professor Kerry Brown, the director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London, tells me on this episode. Together with Professor ...
22 Mars 202140min
