China In Context
China In Context is a fortnightly podcast by the SOAS China Institute (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) which offers expert analysis on the politics, economy, society, culture and history of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. It features interviews with leading academics, researchers, journalists and other China-specialists from around the world.
Podcasting since 2021 • 200 episodes
China In Context
Latest Episodes
Japan-China Tensions — Taiwan, Tourism, Migration
Relations between China and Japan — never smooth, given the legacy of Japan's invasion of China in the 1930s — are currently at their tensest in years. This follows the new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks in Japan's parliament ...
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Season 5
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Episode 200
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43:25
Involution and Lying Flat — The challenges for China’s young generation
While young people around the world face growing difficulties finding work and coping with the cost-of-living crisis, the situation confronting China’s youth seems particularly acute. Years of pandemic disruption, economic slowdown and mounting...
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Season 5
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Episode 199
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17:03
Trade War Truce — and a Five Year Plan
China and the US reached a truce in their trade war at the recent meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in South Korea. And the two leaders even pledged to visit each other’s countries next year. But US tariffs on Chinese imports remain a...
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Season 5
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Episode 198
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30:42
Translating China — Prizes, pressures and prospects for Chinese literature today
The inaugural US-based Baifang Schell Book Prize for Chinese language fiction in English translation was recently awarded to the Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-zi’s novel 'Taiwan Travelogue'. And with an ever-growing number of Chinese to...
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Season 5
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Episode 197
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45:49
Innovation in China — After the 'DeepSeek moment'
After the sudden emergence of the Chinese company DeepSeek’s generative AI model in January, there has been much excitement about the future of innovation in China. But continuing US efforts to limit the sale of the latest AI chips to China are...
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Season 5
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Episode 196
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39:19
