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 • 205 episodes
China In Context
Latest Episodes
Slower Growth, Hi-tech Self-reliance, and 'Ethnic Unity' — China plans the future
China's legislature this month set the nation's GDP growth target at 4.5 – 5%, the lowest since 1991, and also approved the country's new five year plan, which calls for higher quality growth with an emphasis on self-reliance and technological ...
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Season 5
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Episode 205
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40:26
China's Economic Plans — and Consumer Challenges
China’s legislature is meeting in March to approve the nation’s new Five Year Plan, which aims to promote higher quality growth, and make China increasingly self-sufficient in new technology of all kinds, from AI to semiconductors. Yet it comes...
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Season 5
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Episode 204
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43:05
Xi Jinping and his Father — Power, purges, parenting
The run-up to the lunar year has been a busy one for China’s President Xi Jinping, with world leaders beating a path to Beijing to meet him; he also found time to purge two of the Chinese military’s top generals, while the outspoken Hong Kong n...
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Season 5
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Episode 203
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45:29
China and Britain — Thawing ties, underlying tensions
Sir Keir Starmer described his recent trip to China as a chance to end the ‘ice age’ in the two countries’ ties and build a more ‘sophisticated’ relationship. But despite the announcement of visa free-travel to China for British visitors, and t...
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Season 5
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Episode 202
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41:59
Mistress Dispellers and Shanghai Girls — Two female film-makers on love, marriage and divorce in China
In this episode we look at love, marriage and divorce in contemporary China, from the perspective of two female filmmakers. These are topics with a political as well as personal significance — the Chinese government is keen to boost the birth r...
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Season 5
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Episode 201
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42:34
