Author Alec Ash stops by the Barbarians at the Gate studio on his way through Beijing. David and I talk with Alec about Dali in a time of COVID, Alec's new book about urban refugees in the mountains of Yunnan, and his plans for the future.
20th Party Congress: The view from Beijing
Barbarians at the Gate: CoCo19 and the Quarantines (The Scene from Beijing)
Barbarians at the Gate: Beijing Calling Taipei
Barbarians at the Gate: It's a Matter of Trust
Barbarians at the Gate: Writing about China for the World with Hatty Liu
Barbarians at the Gate: Ideology and Education in China with Jiang Xueqin
Barbarians at the Gate: Understanding China's Nationalism with Peter Gries
Lockdown 2: Shacked up in Shanghai with historian Andrew Field
Barbarians at the Gate: Locked Down in Beijing!
Jeremiah and David discuss the current COVID-19 situation in China along with special guest Zhang Yajun (Wo Men Podcast). Jeremiah and Yajun have been confined to their apartment complex for (as of taping) 13 days after one of their neighbors tested positive for COVID-19. Jeremiah, David, and Yajun share stories of living with the current outbreak, how other folks are handling the situation, the response by local officials, and where China's Zero COVID policy goes from here.
Barbarians at the Gate: Asymmetry, Decoupling, and the Information Deficit affecting China and the World
Barbarians at the Gate: The Sporting Superpower and China's Olympic Dreams
On the cusp of the Chinese New Year and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Jeremiah and David record an Olympian episode of the podcast. The guest is Mark Dreyer, a veteran sports reporter, who has just released his new book, Sporting Superpower: An Insider’s View on China’s Quest to Be the Best.
Mandarin Mayhem III: The Cantonese Conundrum with author and journalist James Griffiths
In this episode, Jeremiah and David talk with James Griffiths, Asia Correspondent for the Globe and Mail, about his new book Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language.
Barbarians at the Gate: Studying China in the 21st Century (What Everybody Needs to Know) with special guest Maura Cunningham
Barbarians at the Gate: Jeremiah and David Have Got No Class
Barbarians at the Gate: China's New Youth
Jeremiah and David catch up with writer, editor, and journalist Alec Ash, to discuss the new US edition of his 2016 book Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China.