Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides Trap? With Graham Allison
Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard Kennedy School, asks how America and China can escape future conflict. Discussed by Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Profess...
24 Apr 20181h 42min
Metaphor, Myth, and “Dividing up the Chinese Melon,” with Rudolf Wagner
China's leaders often invoke the "century of humiliation" at the hands of foreigners as a means to promote national unity and garner public support for China's return to great power status. An histo...
6 Mars 201828min
Revolution and Factionalism in China’s Cultural Revolution, with Guobin Yang
From 1966 to 1968, youth in urban China were embroiled in factional battles in what many of them believed to be a revolution of a lifetime. Guobin Yang explores how this factional violence was the res...
6 Feb 201829min
Law, Labor, and Online Censorship in China, with Mary Gallagher
Mary Gallagher is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, where she is also the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies. Professor Gallagher researches the relationships b...
26 Jan 201833min
My Life as a Chinese Rock Star, with Kaiser Kuo
Kaiser Kuo is a household name among China watchers as host of the Sinica Podcast with Jeremy Goldkorn, a current affairs podcast that invites prominent China journalists and China-watchers to partici...
3 Jan 201829min
U.S. Foreign Policy, Trump, and China, with Nicholas Burns
As President Trump returns from his first visit to China as Commander-in-Chief, how is U.S. foreign policy reacting to a new administration in Washington and a new rising power in Beijing? The Harva...
12 Dec 20171h 23min
How to Survive as an Authoritarian Regime, with Martin Dimitrov
The collapse of communist regimes at the end of the Cold War led to a “third wave” of democratization across the world. Despite this, five nominally communist regimes still survive, including the ruli...
1 Dec 201730min
The Rise of Xi Jinping, with Roderick MacFarquhar
Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science and former Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, explores the rise of Xi Jinping. Hosted by Ezra F Vo...
15 Nov 20171h 13min
