Eva Dou on the 'House of Huawei'
** Chinese Whispers is nominated in the Political Podcast Awards 2025. Vote for it to win the People's Choice category here **Among the casualties of Donald Trump’s trade war with China in his first p...
13 Jan 202549min
What’s in a name? Peter Hessler on what English names can reveal about China
Why do so many Chinese people choose such curious English names? You must have come across this phenomenon – whether they are names from a past century, or surnames, nouns or even adjectives used as f...
23 Dec 202434min
Xi Jinping's PLA purges
More than a year after Xi Jinping purged two senior generals in the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force unit, China’s investigation into its military seems to be ongoing, with more scalps taken. In ...
9 Dec 202435min
What's behind the Chinese migrant surge at the Darien Gap?
The Darien Gap is a 60 mile stretch of jungle that hundreds of thousands of migrants from all over South America trek through in order to reach the US-Mexico border. From there, they enter America in ...
25 Nov 202422min
Why Beijing is wary of a Russo-North Korean alliance
There have been reports that some 11,000 North Korean troops are present in Russia and preparing to take part in the Russian invasion. While not acknowledged by either country, if true, this would mar...
11 Nov 202455min
Battle of Ideas – is China in decline?
** This episode of Chinese Whispers was recorded in front of a live audience as a part of the Battle of Ideas Festival 2024. **Is China in decline?I was born in China in the 90s, and growing up it fel...
28 Okt 20241h 35min
Corruption, power and the truth about my wife’s disappearance – with Desmond Shum
** On October 19, Cindy Yu and a panel of special guests will be recording a live Chinese Whispers at London's Battle of Ideas festival, talking the latest on China’s economic slowdown and asking – wh...
14 Okt 202443min
Will AI be the next arms race?
** On October 19, Cindy Yu and a panel of special guests will be recording a live Chinese Whispers at London's Battle of Ideas festival, talking the latest on China’s economic slowdown and asking – wh...
30 Sep 202448min
