Historian Tonio Andrade recalls a mostly forgotten moment of 18th-century Chinese diplomacy and winter sports history
Weekend Walk: Holy Peking!
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.
Weekend Walk: Take a Stroll Through History Around Beijing's Lakes District
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.
Weekend Walk: Exploring the Two Towers of Xicheng
Myth and Mechas: “Iron Widow” Sees Historical Figures Piloting Robots | Book Review
Barbarians at the Gate: Studying China in the 21st Century (What Everybody Needs to Know) with special guest Maura Cunningham
Barbarians at the Gate: "Yellow Jazz, Black Music"
Barbarians at the Gate: China Tripping
Barbarians at the Gate: Elegy for the Eighties
Barbarians at the Gate: Talking the Line between Culture Shock and Racism
In this episode, we host Ruth Poulsen, Director of Curriculum and Assessment at the International School of Beijing and author of a recent article in The American Educator entitled "What's the Line between Culture Shock and Racism?"
