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Chinese Whispers

A fortnightly podcast from the Spectator on the latest in Chinese politics, society, and more. From

Episodes

Total: 122

The archaic-sounding notion of 'filial piety' has little direct translation into English, but is a d

You might think that in a country as tightly controlled as China, diversity of opinion is hard to co

Cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan seem to be hotting up, with headlines frequently tou

'Scratch a communist, you’ll find a nationalist underneath’, Professor Kerry Brown, the director of

Tiger mums and dads are infamous in the West, but in China the pressure is ramped up several times h

After getting off the phone with Xi Jinping, Joe Biden warned his senators that on infrastructure 'a

As the first BNO passport holders begin to make their way to the UK and start the path to a new citi

In November, the IPO of Jack Ma's fintech company Ant Financial was abruptly stopped by Chinese regu

Since 2017 a succession of re-education camps have sprung up across Xinjiang, the home of the Uyghur

2020 is drawing to a close but none of us will forget this year anytime soon. For China, has it also

When thinking about Chinese student protests, you'll inevitably think about Hong Kong or Tiananmen.

As the UK and much of the West continues to struggle against Covid, in China, things largely seem ba

Ant Group is the business magnate Jack Ma's fintech subsidiary, the company behind the ubiquitous 'A

A recent poll showed that a fifth of Chinese-Americans are thinking about voting for Trump come Nove

Chairman Mao famously said that 'women hold up half the sky'. It was a revolutionary statement in a

How green is China?

2020/9/28

China is the world's largest polluter. At the same time, it accounts for a quarter of international

It's said that Bicester Village is the second most popular attraction for Chinese tourists in the UK

You can’t get far doing serious business in China without having friends in powerful places. So when

Trump's Great Firewall

2020/8/17

We don't hear much about his wall with Mexico anymore, but Trump seems to be building a digital wall

Earlier this year, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave credence to the conspiracy theory that the U