Money (That’s What I Want): China’s New Investment Regime
In our fourth episode of the China Rules series, we look at the State Council's brand-new rules on overseas investment. These formalize cent...
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The Little Red Podcast
The Little Red Podcast: interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. Hosted by Graeme Smith, China studies academic at the Australian National University's Department of...
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Out of Battery? China's EV Dreams Flicker
In the latest episode in our China Rules series, we look at the rise and potential fall of China's electric vehicle (EV) industry. Once scof...
Lightning Strikes: China’s Robot Revolution
In the second episode of our series, China Rules, we look at an industry dominated by China: humanoid robots. Beijing's running, dancing and...
China Rules: Autocracy for sale
In our new series—China Rules—we look at how China is a global exporter, not just of goods, but also of standards, ideas, techno...
Little Red Podcast x Face Off
As an Easter treat, we're bringing you a cracking tale of espionage from one of our favourite China podcasts: Face Off. We'll be back shortl...
State Capture or Mind Capture? China's Spy Strategy on 3 Continents
Britain is the latest country to be plunged into yet another espionage scandal after an MP's husband was arrested on suspicion of spying for...
Bad Apple? How the World’s Greatest Company Changed Chinese Tech
In 2013, to mark International Consumers Day, China's state-run TV network labelled Apple a 'bad company'. More than a decade later, despite...
Education Nation: China’s Exam Fetish
China's college exam, the gaokao , is fetishized as the ultimate test, yet a lesser-known story is how it entrenches regional education disc...
The Lead Goose: China’s AI Embrace
In the latest episode in our series on belief, we're looking at the CCP's faith in Artificial Intelligence. China has embraced AI like no ot...
Wolf Spirits and Wild Shamans: The Revival of Spirit Mediums
In the latest episode in our series on belief, we're exploring the surprising revival of shamanism in China, which has made a comeback despi...
Man Up: The Rise and Rise of China’s Manosphere
In the latest in our series on belief, we're examining the emergence of incels in the world's largest manosphere. China's growing incel comm...
Karma Chameleon: The CCP turns to Buddhism
Continuing our series on belief in China, we look at the revival of Buddhism, which is being embraced by citizens and the Chinese state. Whi...
The Garbage Time of History: Is China Still Marxist?
In the latest in our series on belief, we're looking at China's official belief system—Marxism. In recent years, netizens have argued...
China on the Couch: Xi Jinping's Psy-boom
In our third episode on beliefs and ideologies, we explore China's newfound enthusiasm for psychiatry. Counselling was only registered as a...
Let's Get Spiritual: State, Digital Spirituality and Feng Shui in China
To welcome the Year of the Snake, we're launching a new series looking at belief in China. Young Chinese people are increasingly turning to...
Sisters doing it for themselves? Marriage Refusal and Little Milk Puppies
China is in the grip of a gender war. While government officials are texting and even cold calling women to urge them have children, the fer...
Give me Maw: China's Craze for the Cocaine of the Seas
Few outside the Chinese wedding banquet circuit have heard of fish maw, a flavourless, unappetising-looking swim bladder found in bony fish....
The Centre of the Vortex: Survivors' Notes from Hong Kong Writers
Writers from Hong Kong face a Kafkaesque decision in the years since draconian security legislation was imposed on the city: to stay and be...
Special Criminal Zones: China’s Pig Butchers Pivot to the West
In our third episode on pig butchering scams, we explore the origins of the Chinese criminal syndicates that enslave people from at least 66...
Cognitive hazing: The Disinformation War on Taiwan?
Taiwan is ground zero for cognitive warfare, with the island subject to more disinformation than any other democracy. The targets are politi...