A fortnightly podcast from the Spectator on the latest in Chinese politics, society, and more. From
You probably wouldn’t expect to see the Cultural Revolution in Chinese films, or the Great Leap Forw
China's social credit system is notorious. This Black Mirror-esque network supposedly gives citizens
All eyes are on the Communist leadership this year, as the months count down to autumn’s National Pa
It’s clear now that Vladimir Putin didn’t expect his army to perform quite so badly when invading Uk
China is often accused of breaking international rules and norms. Just last week at Mansion House, F
‘One Shanghai courier uses own 70,000 yuan to buy necessities for people’, one Weibo hashtag trended
After defeat in the Second Opium War, Chinese intellectuals wracked their minds for how the Chinese
Taiwan is not Ukraine. But despite the very important differences in their situations, the Russian i
This episode of Chinese Whispers is slightly different – instead of taking a look at a theme within
China’s population is ageing. It’s estimated that a quarter of Chinese people will be elderly within
In 2008, President George Bush was the star guest at Beijing’s opening ceremony. Fourteen years late
All political parties have weaknesses for jargon and buzzwords, and the Chinese Communist Party more
'If table tennis set the stage for China’s international diplomacy, then volleyball rebuilt the nati
When the tennis star Peng Shuai had a row with her former lover, the retired Party cadre Zhang Gaoli
Sun Yat-sen was the founding father of China's first republic, when the Qing dynasty was overthrown.
Deng Xiaoping used to say, 'let some people get rich first'. Four decades on from the start of his e
It's not easy to talk about the Cultural Revolution inside China - let alone teach it. In recent yea
Last week, the US and Canada each sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan has appealed t
Throughout Chinese history, as seen by poems and novels, drinking has been seen as a source for lite
For China, WWII started in 1937 with the Japanese invasion, two years before Hitler invaded Poland.
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