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A fortnightly podcast hosted by Cindy Yu on Chinese politics, society, and more
A fortnightly podcast hosted by Cindy Yu on Chinese politics, society, and more
Chinese Whispers
It’s said that Bicester Village is the second most popular attraction for Chinese tourists in the UK, coming just behind Buckingham Palace. The pandemic recovery figures show much the same – while retail is still struggling to recover, luxury goods sales is leading the bounceback. In this episode, I find out why the Chinese love
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Chinese Whispers
You can’t get far doing serious business in China without having friends in powerful places. So when her husband’s company, Jardine Matheson (which once upon a time had smuggled opium into the country), was invited back into a liberalising China in the 1990s, Tessa Keswick had rare access to the country’s top leadership. On the
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Chinese Whispers
Cash is no longer king in China. Much like Sweden, the country’s young and old opt for digital payments, made possible by an app called ‘WeChat’. While sometimes compared to WhatsApp or Facebook, WeChat is much more. On the latest episode of Chinese Whispers, my fortnightly podcast, China tech expert Duncan Clark describes how it’s
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Chinese Whispers
Earlier this year, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave credence to the conspiracy theory that the US military took coronavirus to China. It’s just one example of a new school of diplomacy that has dominated Chinese foreign policy – the ‘wolf warriors’. But does this approach work, or does it merely antagonise the world? Professor Todd
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Chinese Whispers
The days of tightly controlled state economy are gone in China – but are they returning? In recent months, Chinese companies from Huawei to TikTok have caused concern in the West for fear that they don’t really work for shareholders or themselves – but for Beijing. On this episode, I speak to Duncan Clark, a
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Chinese Whispers
The year-long Hong Kong protests seem to have come to an abrupt end – as China introduces a draconian national security law that punishes criticism of the Chinese government. On the podcast, Cindy Yu talks to academic and former diplomat Kerry Brown and Hong Kong journalist Jennifer Creery about what China wants with the city,
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