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Li Jianxiong was a highflying marketing executive in Beijing until a breakdown sent him to the west on a wellness voyage of discovery – just as his peers were losing faith in the Chinese Dream. By Chang Che. Read by Vincent Lai. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
Recorded by Timothy Yu for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 22, 2024. www.poets.org
We look back on a variety of programmes from last season in De Balie Podcast. This time with: Steve Tsang on The Political Thought of Xi Jinping. Whether your on the road, at the campsite or at the beach, De Balie is always within reach this summer. With two programmes to listen to each week.‘Xi Jinping wants to change China and with it the world. We ignore him at our own peril,' according to historian Steve Tsang. Together with Steve Tsang and China correspondent Laura van Megen, we discuss the origins and shortcomings of Xi Jinpings political beliefs. What does the Chinese leader believe? What is truly meant by the Chinese Dream?Xi Jinping will be shaping China and influencing the world for the coming decades. This evening we will discuss his political ideology and the implication of his leadership. We will address how Xi's thought is transforming China and where China might be headed in the coming years.Check out the privacy notice on https://art19.com/privacy and the privacy statement of California on https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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China's burgeoning relationship with the African continent has been characterized by significant economic investment, trade, and infrastructure development, with China emerging as Africa's largest trading partner and a major player in the continent's evolving economic landscape. In recent years, we have seen an influx of Chinese involvement in African industries ranging from mining and construction to manufacturing and retail. This has been accompanied by an ambitious drive to develop Africa's infrastructure with projects that span roads, railways, ports, airports, and telecommunications networks. But the ties between China and Africa extend far beyond economics. We're witnessing a dynamic cultural exchange, burgeoning diplomatic activities, and even aid and military support. However, these activities have not been without controversy, igniting debates over so-called debt-trap diplomacy and resource exploitation.Joshua Eisenman is an Associate Professor of Politics in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on the political economy of China's development and foreign relations with the United States and the Global South —particularly Africa. Together with David Shinn, Josh has recently co-authored a new book entitled: China's Relations with Africa: A New Era of Strategic Engagement. @Joshua_EisenmanKey highlightsIntroduction – 00:24China and an alternative world order – 03:20The quest for soft power – 10:40Debt burdens and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – 15:10Revamping the BRI – 18:11Why “debt-trap diplomacy” is misleading – 24:10China's growing relational power - 30:14Increasing the voice of the Global South – 39:57New forms of Chinese multilateralism – 45:53 HostProfessor Dan Banik (@danbanik @GlobalDevPod)Apple Google Spotify YouTubeSubscribe: https://globaldevpod.substack.com/
David Gornoski sits down with Will Spencer and the two have a fascinating conversation about Will's traveling experiences in India and Japan and how these opposite cultures relate to America. The conversation starts with how industrialization has robbed men of their significance in society and how Will's experience in traveling the world moved him toward Christ. Why are Japan and India so different despite having similar pagan foundations? How does the Chinese Dream stand in contrast to the American Dream? What ancient problems does Christianity solve? Listen to the full podcast to find out. Follow Will Spencer on X here. Visit aneighborschoice.com for more
A.M. Edition for Aug. 11. The final installment in our four-part series on China: “The State of Xi's Chinese Dream.” Wall Street Journal tech reporter Karen Hao details China's quest to catch up to Western chipmakers and become a global AI leader. Plus, California regulators have given a green light to driverless cars in San Francisco. And WSJ Heard On the Street columnist Jinjoo Lee explains why slipping diamond prices could lead to a bounce in engagement ring demand. Subscribe to the WSJ to access exclusive audio content on Spotify. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A.M. Edition for Aug. 4. The third in our four-part series on China: “The State of Xi's Chinese Dream.” Wall Street Journal chief China correspondent Lingling Wei describes the increasingly challenging operating environment for businesses in China and how a decline in foreign direct investment comes at an inopportune time for Beijing. Plus, the U.S. considers deploying troops to stop Iran from attacking commercial ships. And Amazon and Apple contend with the curse of high market expectations. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A.M. Edition for July 28. The second in our four-part series on China: “The State of Xi's Chinese Dream.” Wall Street Journal deputy China bureau chief Josh Chin and reporter Joyu Wang trace the rapid growth of China's military under Xi Jinping and how officials in Taipei and Washington are preparing for the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Plus, Donald Trump is indicted on more charges in the classified documents probe. And the Bank of Japan jolts markets after hinting it would tolerate higher interest rates. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A.M. Edition for July 21. The first in our four-part series on China: “The State of Xi's Chinese Dream.” The Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief Jonathan Cheng and reporter Stella Yifan Xie discuss what the recent economic downturn in China means for leader Xi Jinping's strategy for the country and its position in the global order. Plus, the White House says Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft have agreed to AI safeguards. And Quentin Webb explains how big tech companies could roil U.S. stock markets in the coming week. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ever dreamt of your teeth falling out? What does this mean? A bad omen or just overthinking? How close are your dreams from reality? At some point in the past, these questions may have crossed your mind and caused you to worry, but fret not because in this dreamy episode, we'll be learning more about Chinese dream theories. Listen as the hosts and guests talk about their experiences, and find out what your dreams might entail! For any comments, feel free to leave one here: https://forms.gle/PV1XifptoJJh8ohu9 Research by Eunice Ang, Ben Barredo, Caitlin Del Rosario, & Erin Hui Edited by Anya Basa & Amber Lim Cover Art by Sofia Lui --- “Scott Buckley - Wanderlust" is under a Creative Commons (CC-BY 3.0) license Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/bkc-wanderlust SOURCES: https://www.australiaunwrapped.com/10-random-funny-jokes-about-dreams-jokes-that-aint-woke/ https://www.picmonic.com/api/v3/picmonics/1794/pdf https://www.thenanjinger.com/magazine/feature-stories/chinese-dream-theory-the-first-sage-of-the-nation-interprets/ https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/dream-meanings.htm --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silk-road-podcast/message
六、发展全过程人民民主，保障人民当家作主VI. Advancing Whole-Process People's Democracy and Ensuring that the People Run the Country我国是工人阶级领导的、以工农联盟为基础的人民民主专政的社会主义国家，国家一切权力属于人民。人民民主是社会主义的生命，是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的应有之义。全过程人民民主是社会主义民主政治的本质属性，是最广泛、最真实、最管用的民主。必须坚定不移走中国特色社会主义政治发展道路，坚持党的领导、人民当家作主、依法治国有机统一，坚持人民主体地位，充分体现人民意志、保障人民权益、激发人民创造活力。China is a socialist country of people's democratic dictatorship under the leadership of the working class based on an alliance of workers and farmers; all power of the state in China belongs to the people. People's democracy is the lifeblood of socialism, and it is integral to our efforts to build a modern socialist country in all respects. Whole-process people's democracy is the defining feature of socialist democracy; it is democracy in its broadest, most genuine, and most effective form.We must firmly stay on the path of socialist political advancement with Chinese characteristics, uphold the unity between Party leadership, the running of the country by the people, and law-based governance, and ensure the principal position of the people, so as to give full expression to their will, protect their rights and interests, and spark their creativity.我们要健全人民当家作主制度体系，扩大人民有序政治参与，保证人民依法实行民主选举、民主协商、民主决策、民主管理、民主监督，发挥人民群众积极性、主动性、创造性，巩固和发展生动活泼、安定团结的政治局面。We will improve the system of institutions through which the people run the country. We will encourage the people's orderly participation in political affairs and guarantee their ability to engage in democratic elections, consultations, decision-making, management, and oversight in accordance with the law. We will inspire the people's motivation, initiative, and creativity, so as to consolidate and develop a lively, stable, and united political atmosphere.（一）加强人民当家作主制度保障。坚持和完善我国根本政治制度、基本政治制度、重要政治制度，拓展民主渠道，丰富民主形式，确保人民依法通过各种途径和形式管理国家事务，管理经济和文化事业，管理社会事务。支持和保证人民通过人民代表大会行使国家权力，保证各级人大都由民主选举产生、对人民负责、受人民监督。支持和保证人大及其常委会依法行使立法权、监督权、决定权、任免权，健全人大对行政机关、监察机关、审判机关、检察机关监督制度，维护国家法治统一、尊严、权威。加强人大代表工作能力建设，密切人大代表同人民群众的联系。健全吸纳民意、汇集民智工作机制，建设好基层立法联系点。深化工会、共青团、妇联等群团组织改革和建设，有效发挥桥梁纽带作用。坚持走中国人权发展道路，积极参与全球人权治理，推动人权事业全面发展。1. Strengthening the institutions through which the people run the countryWe must uphold and improve our country's foundational, basic, and important political systems, expand democratic channels, and diversify the forms of democracy, so as to ensure that people participate in various ways in the management of state, economic, cultural, and social affairs in accordance with the law.We will support and ensure the people's exercise of state power through people's congresses, and we will ensure that people's congresses at all levels are formed through democratic elections, responsible to the people, and subject to their oversight.We will support and ensure that people's congresses and their standing committees lawfully exercise the powers of enacting laws, conducting oversight, making decisions, and appointing and removing officials. We will improve the system under which people's congresses conduct oversight of administrative, supervisory, adjudicatory, and procuratorial organs, and we will uphold the unity, sanctity, and authority of the law.We will see that deputies to people's congresses are better able to carry out their work and that they strengthen ties with the general public. We will improve working mechanisms for drawing on public opinion and pooling the wisdom of the people and ensure that local legislative outreach offices are well-run. We will intensify reform and development of trade unions, Chinese Communist Youth League organizations, women's federations, and other people's organizations and give full play to their role as bridges connecting the Party and the people. We will follow a Chinese path of human rights development, actively participate in global human rights governance, and promote all-around advancement of human rights.（二）全面发展协商民主。协商民主是实践全过程人民民主的重要形式。完善协商民主体系，统筹推进政党协商、人大协商、政府协商、政协协商、人民团体协商、基层协商以及社会组织协商，健全各种制度化协商平台，推进协商民主广泛多层制度化发展。坚持和完善中国共产党领导的多党合作和政治协商制度，坚持党的领导、统一战线、协商民主有机结合，坚持发扬民主和增进团结相互贯通、建言资政和凝聚共识双向发力，发挥人民政协作为专门协商机构作用，加强制度化、规范化、程序化等功能建设，提高深度协商互动、意见充分表达、广泛凝聚共识水平，完善人民政协民主监督和委员联系界别群众制度机制。2. Fully developing consultative democracyConsultative democracy is an important way by which whole-process people's democracy is practiced. We will improve the system of consultative democracy, make coordinated efforts to promote consultations carried out by political parties, people's congresses, government departments, committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), people's organizations, communities, and social organizations, and improve various institutional consultative platforms, so as to promote extensive, multilevel, and institutionalized development of consultative democracy.We will uphold and improve the system of CPC-led multiparty cooperation and political consultation and ensure the integration of Party leadership, the united front, and consultative democracy. We will give play to the CPPCC's role as a specialized consultative body and see that it coordinates efforts to promote democracy and unity while making proposals on state affairs and building consensus. Improvements will be made to institutions, standards, and procedures to help the CPPCC ensure that in-depth consultations and interactions are conducted, opinions are fully expressed, and broad consensus is built. Efforts will be also made to improve the systems and mechanisms through which CPPCC committees conduct democratic oversight and their members stay engaged with people from various sectors.（三）积极发展基层民主。基层民主是全过程人民民主的重要体现。健全基层党组织领导的基层群众自治机制，加强基层组织建设，完善基层直接民主制度体系和工作体系，增强城乡社区群众自我管理、自我服务、自我教育、自我监督的实效。完善办事公开制度，拓宽基层各类群体有序参与基层治理渠道，保障人民依法管理基层公共事务和公益事业。全心全意依靠工人阶级，健全以职工代表大会为基本形式的企事业单位民主管理制度，维护职工合法权益。3. Actively developing democracy at the primary levelPrimary-level democracy is an important manifestation of whole-process people's democracy. We will improve the mechanism for community-level self-governance under the leadership of primary-level Party organizations, build up the strength of primary-level organizations, and improve the institutional and working systems for direct democracy at the primary level to see that urban and rural communities can more effectively manage, serve, educate, and oversee themselves.We will increase transparency in government affairs, establish more channels for people from various sectors to participate in community-level governance in an orderly way, and ensure that the people manage public affairs and run public-interest programs at the primary level in accordance with the law.We will rely wholeheartedly on the working class and improve the system of democratic management in enterprises and public institutions, which takes basic shape in the form of workers' congresses, so as to protect workers' lawful rights and interests.（四）巩固和发展最广泛的爱国统一战线。人心是最大的政治，统一战线是凝聚人心、汇聚力量的强大法宝。完善大统战工作格局，坚持大团结大联合，动员全体中华儿女围绕实现中华民族伟大复兴中国梦一起来想、一起来干。发挥我国社会主义新型政党制度优势，坚持长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共，加强同民主党派和无党派人士的团结合作，支持民主党派加强自身建设、更好履行职能。以铸牢中华民族共同体意识为主线，坚定不移走中国特色解决民族问题的正确道路，坚持和完善民族区域自治制度，加强和改进党的民族工作，全面推进民族团结进步事业。坚持我国宗教中国化方向，积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应。加强党外知识分子思想政治工作，做好新的社会阶层人士工作，强化共同奋斗的政治引领。全面构建亲清政商关系，促进非公有制经济健康发展和非公有制经济人士健康成长。加强和改进侨务工作，形成共同致力民族复兴的强大力量。4. Consolidating and developing the broadest possible patriotic united frontThe people's support is of the utmost political importance, and the united front is an effective instrument for rallying the people's support and pooling their strength. We will build a broad united front to forge great unity and solidarity, and we will encourage all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation to dedicate themselves to realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.We will leverage the strengths of our country's new type of socialist political party system. Following the principles of long-term coexistence, mutual oversight, sincerity, and sharing the rough times and the smooth, we will strengthen our Party's unity and cooperation with other political parties and prominent figures without party affiliation. We will also support other political parties in improving themselves and performing their roles more effectively.We will, with a focus on forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, continue to take the correct and distinctively Chinese approach to handling ethnic affairs, uphold and improve the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and improve the Party's work on ethnic affairs, so as to comprehensively promote ethnic unity and progress.We will remain committed to the principle that religions in China must be Chinese in orientation and provide active guidance to religions so that they can adapt to socialist society. We will strengthen communication with intellectuals who are not Party members on theoretical and political issues and improve our work concerning people from emerging social groups in an effort to provide better political guidance for pursuing common goals.We will cultivate a cordial and clean relationship between government and business across the board and facilitate the healthy development of the non-public sector and those working in it.We will improve and strengthen our work related to Chinese nationals overseas to give shape to a powerful joint force for advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. 全过程人民民主whole-process people's democracy
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In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies
In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies
In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/geography
In The Concrete Plateau: Urban Tibetans and the Chinese Civilizing Machine (Cornell UP, 2022), Grant examines how China's urban development policies of frontier cities like Xining (Tib. zi ling) accompanied civilizational projects that deployed various discursive and non-discursive practices aimed at creating ideologically homogeneous and modern places. Xining or Ziling is the capital of Qinghai (Tib. mtsho sngon) province and it is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau and home to over 200, 000 Tibetans. Dr. Grant shows how specific processes complicate the rural/urban divide and allow for the emergence of a “regional modernity” where Tibetan urbanites develop tools for the “remediation of the Chinese Dream,” and subtly challenge and subvert the social and ethnic hierarchies promoted through urban development policies. Despite the idea of the city or Trungcher (grong 'khyer) as a place of moral decay and social disintegration, instead of rejecting and retreating from it, Tibetans view the city as a site of social and political possibility; where they can assert their social existence and cultural identity through creative forms of cultural expression and entrepreneurial endeavor. Palden Gyal is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Tibetan and Late Imperial Chinese history at Columbia University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Click the link to 70% off System Mechanic with the code - thechinashow https://www.iolo.com/coupon/thechinashow/products/system-mechanic/?&isc=smud_adv_us_p_354Shamate - China's most hated subculture goes viral online. We revisit this absolute gold. Laowhy86 Video - Europe Just Dissed Xi Jinping - https://youtu.be/s4wTS8u26YcSerpentZA video - The Chinese Dream is Over - https://youtu.be/ZNUP4DcslycChina Fact Chasers - Please subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/ChinaFactChasersSupport the show here and see the Monday Exclusive show Xiaban Hou! - https://www.patreon.com/advpodcastsSupport us and the channel on Paypal!http://paypal.me/advchinaOur personal Patreon accountsSerpentZA: http://www.patreon.com/serpentzaC-Milk: http://www.patreon.com/laowhy86ADVChina Subreddit -https://reddit.com/r/ADVChinaLiving in China for so long, we would like to share some of the comparisons that we have found between China and the west, and shed some light on the situation.Every week, we take you to a new place in China on our bikes, cover a topic, and reply to your questions.Tune in, hop on, and stay awesome!http://www.facebook.com/advchinaCartoon feat. Jüri Pootsmann - I Remember Uhttps://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightsoundsTrack : Cartoon feat. Jüri Pootsmann - I Remember U
Hello from our summer hiatus! While we're away, the pod squad is thrilled to share episodes from podcasts we love and admire. This week, we have an episode from Time to Say Goodbye, a podcast about Asia, the Asian diaspora, politics, and international solidarity. Thank you to hosts E. Tammy Kim, Jay Caspian Kang, and (formerly) Andy Liu for letting us cross post this episode. Kudos to our podcast co-host Cindy Gao, for introducing this cross post and briefly emerging from dissertation work. (Description below courtesy of TTSG. Episode was originally aired on February 1, 2022.) "This week Andy talks with the director (Jessica Kingdon) and producer (Kira Simon-Kennedy) of the new film Ascension, a documentary about working life in contemporary China. Ascension has received critical acclaim and garnered major awards and nominations, including being shortlisted for the Academy Awards!The film features scenes of quotidian working life in a period when the government has begun to promote the “Chinese Dream,” spanning textile and sex doll factories to etiquette school and social media influencers all the way to luxurious water parks and tropical vacation resorts. Together, these scenes raise provocative questions about China's blindingly rapid development, the uneven pace of upward mobility, and whether China is an exotic outlier or a recognizably modern society, comparable with life in the US and other societies worldwide (all to music by Dan Deacon)."
President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at a gathering in Beijing on Tuesday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China.Here are the highlights:Xi encourages youth to forge ahead on the new journey toward national rejuvenationCelebrating the centenary of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) is to encourage its members to forge ahead on the new journey to realize the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.A nation that places high hopes on its youth and maintains its youthful vigor can prosper.Xi speaks of the milestone significance of CYLC foundingThe founding of the CYLC is a milestone in the history of the Chinese revolution and the history of youth movement.The founding mission of the CYLC is to unwaveringly follow the Communist Party of China (CPC) and strive for the Party and the people.Xi sums up experience from youth league successesThe Party's leadership, firm beliefs and convictions, devotion to national rejuvenation, and its deep roots in the country's young people are key to the past and future successes of the CYLC.Xi says young Chinese have bright prospects of realizing dreamsYoung Chinese people in the new era have bright prospects of realizing their dreams.Comparing the realization of the Chinese Dream to a relay race, Xi called on young generations to strive for their best to help realize national rejuvenation.Xi said the young people shoulder heavy responsibilities and have a broad space to give full play to their talents.Xi asks youth league to be a political school leading Chinese young peopleXi told the CYLC to always be a political school leading the ideological progress of young people.Xi said the CYLC is a school for young people to understand socialism with Chinese characteristics and communism in practice, adding that the league should help them aim high at an early age and cultivate the trust in the Party, the confidence in socialism with Chinese characteristics and the belief in Marxism from the bottom of their heart.Xi urges youth league to remain the strongest bond between the Party and the youthXi urged the CYLC to remain as the strongest bond between the CPC and the youth.The greatest strength of the CYLC, as the youth's own organization, lies in its broad reach at the grassroots and its deep involvement with young people, Xi said.He asked the CYLC to continue serving young people, fulfill its responsibility in consolidating and expanding young people's support for the Party's governance, and offer solid help to the young people.Xi stresses self-reform of youth league to maintain advanced natureXi urged the CYLC to have the courage to carry out self-reform to maintain its status as an advanced organization that closely follows the CPC and keeps pace with the times.Xi urged the CYLC to implement the overall leadership of the Party in the whole process of its work in all areas, follow the development path of people's organizations of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and further deepen reform.The CYLC should explore new models of its grassroots organizations in light of the new changes in young people's work and life, lead youth and students federations in upholding the banner of patriotism and socialism, and constantly consolidate and expand the youth patriotic united front, Xi said.He also highlighted the need to strengthen self-building of the CYLC.CPC is always worthy of the trust and following of young peopleXi said the CPC is a party that always maintains its youthful quality and is always worthy of the trust and following of young people.Xi said that a hundred years on from its founding, the Party is still in its prime, and remains focused on achieving lasting greatness for the Chinese nation. CPC always opens its door to young peopleXi said the CPC always opens its door to young people and warmly welcomes them to become the fresh blood of the Party.Xi said Party organizations at all levels should attach great importance to the cultivation and development of young Party members, especially from outstanding CYLC members, to ensure that the socialist country will never change its nature.Xi asks youth league to be vanguard force in mobilizing China's youthXi told the CYLC to shoulder its responsibilities and always be a vanguard force in mobilizing China's youth in continuous endeavor.The cause of the Party and the people entails the endeavor and devotion by generations of young people, Xi said, stressing that young people should devote their youth to great undertakings of the Party and the people.Xi asked the league to unite and lead young people to follow the call of the Party and the people and work hard in places where the country needs them the most.来源：中国日报网 新华社
Like most successful documentary makers, Chinese-American producer/director Jessica Kingdon makes bold choices with her projects. These have included sex doll manufacture in It's Coming!, transgender surgery in Born to Be, and a study of China's largest wholesale market in Commodity City. Across her relatively short career, this work has collected a number of awards. She was named as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine and made it into the 40 Under 40 list at the 2020 NYC film festival. Her latest documentary, Ascension, earned her a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at this year's Oscars. Ascension examines the pursuit of “the Chinese Dream” and the realities involved in fulfilling the global supply chain. Thanks to Frame.io for their support of Art of the Cut and their pledge to keep this content coming your way. Click here to read this interview along with extra content at blog.frame.io, where you'll also find expert guides, tutorials, and insights from veteran filmmakers across the film and TV industry.
Jessica Kingdon, director, producer, cinematographer, and editor of the Oscar-nominated feature documentary "登楼叹 Ascension", talks about her film and the story it tells about the "Chinese Dream" and today's consumer capitalism. →Ascension is available for streaming on Paramount Plus. Click here for interviews with other Oscar-nominated documentary filmmakers.
Andy talks with Jessica Kingdon and Kira Simon-Kennedy about the award-winning and nominated documentary 'Ascension,' about economic life in contemporary China. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at goodbye.substack.com/subscribe
Sir Kenneth Branagh talks about his new film Belfast. Mark reviews Scream, set twenty-five years after the original series of murders in Woodsboro; Joel Coen's adaptation of Sir William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth, about a Scottish lord who becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland; Save the Cinema, which tells the story of Liz Evans, who started a campaign in the 90s to save the Lyric Cinema; documentary Ascension, which explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream."; Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Memoria, about a woman from Scotland, who while traveling in Colombia begins to notice strange sounds; Andrea Arnold's Cow, a close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows. Plus Simon and Mark talk through all the films on current release. Send us your sub 20 second instant reaction to any film attached to an email to mayo@bbc.co.uk for our feature ‘Lobby Correspondents'. Download our podcast from the Baby Sea Clowns app. We welcome your contributions: Email: mayo@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @wittertainment 00:00:00 Podcast starts 00:25:10 Box Office Top ten 00:52:10 Chuckles Branagh 01:11:50 WTF 01:15:04 Save the Cinema 01:20:40 TV MOVIE OF THE WEEK 01:24:15 Ascension 01:29:08 Memoria 01:37:10 Scream 01:48:05 Cow 01:52:15 The Tragedy of Macbeth
Kirsty Lang speaks to John Preston who has won the Costa biography award for Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell. As a new vinyl pressing plant opens in Middlesbrough, we hear about the long delays facing bands because of the LP renaissance. And filmmaker Jessica Kingdon discusses her award-winning observational documentary Ascension. Filmed in 51 locations across China, Ascension explores the pursuit of the Chinese Dream through the lives of the people living it, accompanied by a brilliant soundtrack. Presented by Kirsty Lang Produced by Laura Northedge
“ATH! ATH! ATH! ATH!” — Every bitcoiner in the world right nowBitcoin's having a good week — if you consider a several trillion dollars in future losses for the middle class a good thing.All-time highs certainly make the Bitcoin cult high, alright.Right now, Twitter is a-flutter with bitboys in rapturous ecstasy, declaring total economic victory — as if the ballooning price of a Ponzi scheme somehow confers legitimacy — spouting fake words and phrases like “supercycle,” “hypercycle,” “parabolic,” and “the exponential age.”It's all hogwash.While I'm just as happy as the next guy to see the $USD, $CAD, and £GBP crash and burn and die forever, just because $BTC is experiencing a pump doesn't mean it won't end terribly for thousands of young speculators.Bitcoin will almost certainly never be the global reserve currency, and there are some intriguing historic precedents worth considering before an entire generation gambles away their life savings on a bunch of digital files.Let's go visit ancient Greece and Rome.Thucydides trapThe year is 432 BC.The entitled and decadent city-state of Athens is on the rise.The violent and brutal city-state of Sparta is in decline.The Athenian military general Thucydides sizes up the situation and realizes something inevitable is about to occur:War.And a bloody war at that.For more than a generation, the two city-states went at it with all the cruelty and brutality they could muster. Huge amounts of the countryside were destroyed, entire cities leveled, whole cultures made extinct, with tens of thousands killed by sword and spear and starvation and plague and fire.When it was all over thirty years later, Thucydides penned his official history of the bloodbath, entitled The History of the Peloponnesian War, and concluded:“It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in Sparta, that made war inevitable.”Pyrrhic victoryThe year is 279 BC.Pyrrhus, king of Epirus and one of the greatest generals of his era, refuses to accept Roman rule in his part of Greece.At the battles of Heraclea in 280 BC and the battle of Asculum in 279 BC, Pyrrhus and his army defeated the Romans… but suffered irreplaceable casualties in doing so.As Plutarch reports in the Life of Pyrrhus:The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that “If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined.” This was because he lost a great part of the forces he had brought to Italy, and almost all his particular friends and most of his principal commanders. He could not call up more men from home and his allies in Italy were becoming indifferent. On the other hand, as from a fountain continually flowing out of the city, the Roman camp was quickly and plentifully filled up with fresh men, not at all abating in courage for the loss they sustained, but even from their very anger gaining new force and resolution to go on with the war.So, too, was the case with Athens and Sparta 150 years earlier.In the end, Sparta won — nominally — but when their three-decade war was over, both nations lay in ruin; economies shattered, a generation of young boys dead, their cities undefended, leaving all of Greece vulnerable to invasion from the east.Decentralization vs centralizationThis will be the economic battle of our time.Bitcoin and its mob are the rising Athens — decadent and demanding; brilliant, yet entitled.Government fiat is the bitter, savage, violent, and ancient Sparta; the ugly, backward, and corrupted status quo.Perhaps the greatest and most baffling cognitive dissonance amount bitcoiners right now is how, on one hand, they hate “fedcoins” and insist the whole Federal Reserve system is a corrupt institution run by lying criminals (which it is), and yet when it comes to the matter of whether or not the Fed will eventually try to kill Bitcoin and launch its own digital surveillance currency, they're the first group to defend the Fed and say it will never happen because people at the Fed have promised they won't shut Bitcoin down.Do they have a split personality?Just go on Twitter. Bitboys absolutely rail against the Fed, but also insist that the Fed's going to do the “right thing,” stick to their word, and roll over for Bitcoin.Even Tim Denning (who, to be clear, is not an outrageous bitcoiner) has drunk the Kool-aid, saying:Does anyone really believe this policy decision will hold forever?That the nation with the biggest military in human history is simply going to give up its ability to control and manipulate the global economy just because some genius coder created an accountable and unmanipulatable digital currency?Zero chance.There's simply too much wealth to be extracted by controlling money.War between Athens and Sparta is inevitable.Here's what's likely going to happenAmerica will continue to let Bitcoin chug along until it becomes an actual and major threat to the real American economy. Which it most certainly will do. As more nations pull an El Salvador and ditch the US Dollar, as more people start evading taxes because it's so easy to do with Bitcoin, and as tens of millions ditch the USD because it's so inflationary, there will come a mathematical breaking point when it's in the best interests of the American state to launch its counter-attack.America will launch a digital surveillance currency. Just another fiat currency, but this time, it's a fully traceable, trackable, deletable, weaponizable panopticoin.America will make Bitcoin illegal.Would you buy, hold, spend, or accept Bitcoin if getting caught in possession of it came with a ten-year jail sentence or a $250,000 fine? Most people wouldn't. And most vendors certainly wouldn't accept Bitcoin for transactions, which will essentially end the long-term domestic market for Bitcoin.America and Bitcoiners will go to war.The likes of Michael Saylor and Robert Breedlove will move to Bitcoin-friendly nations and invest accordingly, and many location-independent folks will follow, but all will face sanctions and seizures of domestic assets. America will then enlist its allies to join in a federation that bans Bitcoin — after all, each of these nations will also be suffering from cratered tax revenues thanks to Bitcoin — making geoarbitrage increasingly difficult even for highly-mobile Bitcoiners.America will eventually win.But only in the same way that Sparta beat Athens. Bitcoin will still exist, of course, though likely only as a currency in marginal nations like El Salvador. America, too, will still exist, but the battle for monetary supremacy will have taken its Pyrrhic toll on the economy, leaving America and the rest of Western civilization vulnerable to economic subjugation from the east.China sweeps in like the Romans and Persians.When weakened decentralized powers break down, all it takes is one somewhat-strong centralized power to sweep in. In the case of the city-states of Athens and Sparta (and Thebes and Corinth and hundreds of others), it was Alexander who put all of Greece under his rule and reign.The Chinese Dream, as laid out in Xi Jinping's book, is simple: To make China the center of the economic universe. A single, united Han bloodline, rich in resources and mighty in power and strength, essentially ruling the rest of the world via client nations, vassal states, and good old-fashioned colonialism.They already own the biggest pork producer in America.They already own the biggest dairy producer in Canada.They already own most of the toll highways in Africa.They're debt-trapping half the globe with their Belt and Road Initiative.They even own the ancient Athenian port that Sparta attacked 2,400 years ago.Why not also go for control of the global reserve currency?The economic war between $BTC and the $USD is a Thucydidean trap that will end in a Pyrrhic victory for America.But the economic war that follows could be the end of Western civilization as we know it. Get full access to Surviving Tomorrow at www.surviving-tomorrow.com/subscribe
In this episode of Girls On Film, we dive into the film Ascension, which has been shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the 2022 Academy Awards. The film explores the contemporary Chinese Dream and the paradox of progress in China, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker and editor Jessica Kingdon. Jessica joins us and talks about her unique and successful style of filming and editing, and the challenges of gaining access to places usually hidden from the cameras. Her doc is visually driven rather than by character or story and the narrative and teases out its themes, allowing the viewers to draw their own conclusions. Jessica discusses what themes she found interesting to explore from a gender perspective and the challenges she faced in both filming and editing the documentary herself. Next, Anna reviews Ascension with critics Ashanti Omkar and Katie Smith-Wong, who discuss the film's focus on influencers and social media as well as jaw-dropping scenes filmed in a sex doll factory. They talk about the documentary's amazing access and its depiction of class and hierarchies, as well as the importance of raising awareness of the realities of the industry supply chain. Ascension is out in the UK on January 14th 2022. Become a patron of Girls on Film on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/girlsonfilmpodcast Follow us on socials: www.instagram.com/girlsonfilm_podcast/ www.facebook.com/girlsonfilmpodcast www.twitter.com/GirlsOnFilm_Pod www.twitter.com/annasmithjourno Watch Girls On Film on the BFI's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX…L89QKZsN5Tgr3vn7z Girls On Film is an HLA production. Host: Anna Smith. Executive producer: Hedda Archbold. Audio producer: Benjamin Cook. Intern: Shanaiya Pithiya. House band: MX Tyrants. This episode was produced in partnership with MTV Documentary Films.
In China, there have been generations that “stood up” (站起来 zhànqǐlai) and generations that “jumped into the sea” (下海 xiàhǎi), but many young people in China today are choosing instead to just “lie down and chill.” The term “Lying Flat” (躺平 tǎngpíng) became popular following a blog post entitled “Lying Flat is Justice” (躺平即是正义 tǎngpíng jíshì zhèngyì) went viral earlier this year. This call to inaction inspired many to choose a lifestyle that rejected the social pressure to work hard and conform. Why bother striving if the “Chinese Dream” of a high-paying job, buying a house, and checking all the boxes for success seem impossible? Many young people are also turning their backs on the corporate grind and risky start-up jobs to find a stable gig with China's biggest employer: the government. Why are young people lining up for “less competitive” jobs in the civil service? After 30 years of standing up and another 30 years of jumping in the sea of entrepreneurship, why are so many young people choosing a life of less struggle? To answer these questions, we talked with Kailai, a student at one of China's top universities, who explains to us why the growing gap between expectations and reality is causing young people to question assumptions about what is the meaning of a successful life and why when the going gets tough, sometimes the best thing you can do is take a step back, lie down, and chill.
This week on Sinica, we present a deep-dive into the worldview of China's leading Party theorist, Wáng Hùníng 王沪宁. Wang — the only member of the Politburo Standing Committee who has not run a province or provincial-level municipality — is believed to have been the thinker behind ideas as central (and as ideologically distinct) as Jiāng Zémín's 江泽民 signature “Three Represents,” which brought capitalists into the Chinese Communist Party; Hú Jǐntāo's 胡锦涛 “Scientific Outlook on Development” that focused on social harmony; and Xí Jìnpíng's “Chinese Dream” that aimed at the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” While much of Wang's life since he entered government has been hidden from view, his earlier writings contain many ideas that appear to have shaped Party policy across the tenure of three Party general secretaries over a period of nearly three decades, and offer clues about what still might be in store. Kaiser is joined by Joseph Fewsmith III, an eminent professor of political science at Boston University; the intellectual historian Timothy Cheek, professor of history at the University of British Columbia, whose work has focused on establishment intellectuals in the PRC; and Matthew Johnson, principal and founder of the China-focused consultancy AltaSilva LLC, who has studied and written about Wang extensively.4:31 – An outline of Wang Huning's career8:36 – Wang Huning's personality and temperament12:28 – Wang speaks16:45 – Wang as an example of post-charismatic leadership loyalty24:02 – Wang's America Against America31:04 – Wang Huning's concepts of cultural security and cultural sovereignty46:36 – Wang and Document Number Nine55:39 – Chinese conceptions of democracyA transcript of this podcast is available on SupChina.com.Recommendations:Matt: The Nerves of Government: Models of Political Communication and Control by Karl Deutsch; and The Logic of Images in International Relations by Robert Jervis.Joe: Now that more Americans recognize that China is not becoming "more like us," they need a deeper understanding of China, and not one just rooted in hostility and militarism.Tim: In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova.Kaiser: River of Stars by Guy Gavriel KaySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mesmerizing in its imagery and shot in 51 locations across the country, ASCENSION is a cinematic exploration of China's industrial supply chain that reveals the country's growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. The film ascends through the levels of the capitalist structure: workers running factory production, the middle class selling to aspirational consumers, and the elites reveling in a new level of hedonistic enjoyment. In traveling up the rungs of China's social ladder, we see how each level supports and makes possible the next while recognizing the contemporary ‘Chinese Dream' remains an elusive fantasy for most. Producer Kira Simon-Kennedy and director / cinematographer / editor Jessica Kingdon joins us for a conversation on their collaboration and how a century old poem written by her Great Grandfather, Zheng Ze inspired her to make her illuminating and horrifying film about the massive industrialization of the world's largest industrial power. For news and updates go to: ascensiondocumentary.com MTV Documentary Films and XTR present the theatrical release of ASCENSION opening on LA October 8th at the Laemmle Monica and Laemmle Playhouse in Pasadena.
Today we go over the book "The interpretation of dreams in ancient China" by Roberto K. Ong. This is a good opportunity to delve into the way a different culture looked at dreams and the meanings that they derived from them. We go over stories from the book and discuss how some of those ideas might be interpreted in the modern world. If you'd like to view visuals that we often make for people's dreams you can do so on our Instagram - LetsDreamPodcast, or our YouTube channel - LetsDreamPodcast, and as always on our website - letsdreampodcast.com. We also started our own subreddit where people can post dreams and ream art requests. Here it is: r/LetsDreamPodcast. We would love to hear any dream stories that you might have that you'd like to share. Please feel free to do so at letsdreampodcast.com
How seriously should we take the Chinese government's discourse about ‘ecological civilization'? Mette Halskov Hansen argues that whatever the shortcomings of this rather grandiose notion, it offers an invaluable means of engaging China in important global debates about the future of the planet – and should not simply be glibly dismissed as an exercise in green-washing. She finds particular hope in pop-up local environmental initiatives that deploy the official discourse creatively to advance a green agenda. Mette Halskov Hansen is professor of China studies at the University of Oslo Her latest book is the The Great Smog of China (Association for Asian Studies, 2020, co-authored with Anna L. Ahlers and Rune Svarverud). This podcast is one of a series recorded with the keynote speakers from the Fourteenth Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference ‘China's Rise/Asia's Responses' held on 10–11 June 2021, in collaboration with the Nordic Association for China Studies and the University of Helsinki. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk
How seriously should take the Chinese government's discourse about ‘ecological civilization'? Mette Hansen argues that whatever the shortcomings of this rather grandiose notion, it offers an invaluable means of engaging China in important global debates about the future of the planet – and should not simply be glibly dismissed as an exercise in green-washing. She finds particular hope in pop-up local environmental initiatives that deploy the official discourse creatively to advance a green agenda. Mette Halskov Hansen is professor of China studies at the University of Oslo Her latest book is the The Great Smog of China (Association for Asian Studies, 2020, co-authored with Anna L. Ahlers and Rune Svarverud). This podcast is one of a series recorded with the keynote speakers from the Fourteenth Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference ‘China's Rise/Asia's Responses' held on 10–11 June 2021, in collaboration with the Nordic Association for China Studies and the University of Helsinki. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How seriously should take the Chinese government's discourse about ‘ecological civilization'? Mette Hansen argues that whatever the shortcomings of this rather grandiose notion, it offers an invaluable means of engaging China in important global debates about the future of the planet – and should not simply be glibly dismissed as an exercise in green-washing. She finds particular hope in pop-up local environmental initiatives that deploy the official discourse creatively to advance a green agenda. Mette Halskov Hansen is professor of China studies at the University of Oslo Her latest book is the The Great Smog of China (Association for Asian Studies, 2020, co-authored with Anna L. Ahlers and Rune Svarverud). This podcast is one of a series recorded with the keynote speakers from the Fourteenth Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference ‘China's Rise/Asia's Responses' held on 10–11 June 2021, in collaboration with the Nordic Association for China Studies and the University of Helsinki. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
How seriously should take the Chinese government's discourse about ‘ecological civilization'? Mette Hansen argues that whatever the shortcomings of this rather grandiose notion, it offers an invaluable means of engaging China in important global debates about the future of the planet – and should not simply be glibly dismissed as an exercise in green-washing. She finds particular hope in pop-up local environmental initiatives that deploy the official discourse creatively to advance a green agenda. Mette Halskov Hansen is professor of China studies at the University of Oslo Her latest book is the The Great Smog of China (Association for Asian Studies, 2020, co-authored with Anna L. Ahlers and Rune Svarverud). This podcast is one of a series recorded with the keynote speakers from the Fourteenth Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference ‘China's Rise/Asia's Responses' held on 10–11 June 2021, in collaboration with the Nordic Association for China Studies and the University of Helsinki. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
How seriously should take the Chinese government's discourse about ‘ecological civilization'? Mette Hansen argues that whatever the shortcomings of this rather grandiose notion, it offers an invaluable means of engaging China in important global debates about the future of the planet – and should not simply be glibly dismissed as an exercise in green-washing. She finds particular hope in pop-up local environmental initiatives that deploy the official discourse creatively to advance a green agenda. Mette Halskov Hansen is professor of China studies at the University of Oslo Her latest book is the The Great Smog of China (Association for Asian Studies, 2020, co-authored with Anna L. Ahlers and Rune Svarverud). This podcast is one of a series recorded with the keynote speakers from the Fourteenth Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference ‘China's Rise/Asia's Responses' held on 10–11 June 2021, in collaboration with the Nordic Association for China Studies and the University of Helsinki. The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia. Transcripts of the Nordic Asia Podcasts: http://www.nias.ku.dk/nordic-asia-podcast About NIAS: www.nias.ku.dk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs
Season 2 - Lords and WanderersThe first two episodes are excerpts from an invited talk of YiXi, which was first published on April 12, 2014. The full video (in Mandarin Chinese) is at https://youtu.be/edB7ly0_KSc ."One thing is different though, the Chinese dream does not really exist. The so-called American Dream is a stable consensus that runs through history and permeates across society, such as individualism, personal striving, a sense of protagonism by ordinary people, that sort of thing. There is no such consensus in China, and the Chinese Dream is merely a cosmetic phrase, used for perfunctory purposes. "Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/auntology_pod
Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream has a dark side exemplified by the emergence of villages specialising in a single type of crime from 'hand-cutting' pickpockets to 'cake-uncles' specialising in accounting fraud. Officially China boasts one of the lowest murder rates in the world, claiming a 43% drop in severe violent crime over the past five years. But Børge Bakken, a specialist in Chinese criminology, argues that all Chinese crime statistics are falsified for political, propaganda and administrative reasons. With the authorities focussing on clamping down on civil society and seemingly turning a blind eye to criminality, is China becoming an ‘uncivil society'?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
President Xi Jinping is said to be China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao Zedong - so what does he want to do with this power?The Chinese Communist Party started its congress this week, held every five years, unveiling a new generation of political leaders. It is also expected that President Xi Jinping will be accorded the rare honour of seeing his own doctrine - Xi Jinping Thought - being enshrined in China's constitution. Where will that Thought take him and his huge, strategically essential country - and how might this affect the rest of the world? Joining David Aaronovitch in The Briefing Room are:Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and president of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)Yanmei Xie, a writer on Chinese politicsLord Jim O'Neill, former UK Treasury Minister and chairman of Goldman Sachs
No matter how one views Xiaomi -- and there are many ways to view it, for better or worse -- one thing is clear: It, and other such companies (like WeChat and Alibaba), indicate a broader trend around innovation coming from China. Companies and countries that were once positioned as copycats or followers are becoming leaders, and in unexpected, non-obvious ways. For example, through scale, distribution, logistics, infrastructure, O2O, a different kind of ecommerce, mobile marketing, even design... But of a very different kind than iconic examples like, say, SpaceX. Or Apple, which arguably could damage the U.S. if single-mindedly regarded as "our official most innovative company". Or so argue the guests on this podcast, which include a16z partner Connie Chan and author/long-time observer of internet and social media culture Clay Shirky, who is currently based at NYU Shanghai, wrote the popular book Here Comes Everybody, and most recently authored Little Rice on "smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream".
Philip Dodd talks to Gerard Lemos, the author of The End of the Chinese Dream: why Chinese People Fear the Future. Also in the programme, a first night review of Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera Billy Budd in a new production at the ENO. As the Olympics draw nearer and we head further into a time of austerity Philip and guests discuss the notion of endurance. And tonight marks the start for this year's New Generation Thinkers. This evening Adriana Sinclair on whether the law is the only path to justice.
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