Ep. 5: China's Economic Challenges, Explained
The sizzle has come off of China's decades of economic growth, as the country contends with deflation, slumping consumer confidence, plummeting foreign investment, a cratered urban property sector, hi...
6 Feb 20241h 9min
Ep. 4: How "Leftover Women" may reshape China's future
A funny thing happened at the height of China's economic boom, as more and more Chinese women were getting college degrees, good jobs, and promising careers. The government launched a propaganda campa...
2 Jan 202447min
Ep. 3: How China's Future Looked in the Past
Dreams of a better future have driven many a revolution, but not all have turned out the way the dreamers imagined. China's early revolutionaries, a century ago, aimed to rid the country of what t...
5 Dec 202347min
Ep. 2: American Correspondents in China
China's rise is one of the great stories of the past century, and China correspondents have told that story in myriad ways -- as a story of transformation, of falling poverty rates and rising power, o...
7 Nov 202345min
Ep. 1: Chinese Fiction in the Reform & Opening Up Era
China's epic transformation over the past four decades has seen cities expand, fortunes rise, and expectations change. It has left Chinese people to either ride the waves of change, or scramble -- per...
10 Okt 202354min
