Here be Dragons: LRP turns 100

For our hundredth episode, there was only one choice in the Year of the Dragon. We tackle the scaly mythical beast, which now finds itself central to the Party’s image. We look at the political efficacy of the dragon for the CCP, which has recently launched a nationalistic rebranding campaign for the ‘loong’ to distinguish it from evil Western dragons. We explore the history of the dragon, its often-fraught relationship to power, and (once common) “official sightings” of dragons in government gazetteers. To get to grips with the most auspicious creature in China’s pantheon, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Australian sinologist Linda Jaivin, author of The Monkey and the Dragon, historian James Carter from St. Joseph's University, and Annie Ren, a postdoctoral fellow of Chinese literature at the Australian National University. Transcripts are available at: Image: c/- Louisa Lim, Bendigo, 2024

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Here be Dragons: LRP turns 100 is an episode from The Little Red Podcast by The Little Red Podcast.

This episode is 40:19 long.

This episode was published on May 13, 2024.

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