Podcast appearances and mentions of david moser

Should you read Chinese with or without Pinyin? What are the pros and cons of reading on your phone? And how do you learn to read Chinese people's handwriting?#learnchinese #reading #yinyin #handwriting #flashcardsLink to article on Hacking Chinese: Student Q&A: April, 2025: Reading with Pinyin, Chinese texts on your phone, and deciphering handwriting: https://www.hackingchinese.com/student-qa-april-2025-reading-with-pinyin-chinese-texts-on-your-phone-and-deciphering-handwriting/Chinese reading challenge, April 2025: https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-reading-challenge/This month's challenge is sponsored by mylingua: https://www.mylingua.world/landing/hackingchinese/Links for question 1: Reading with PinyinFocusing on Chinese tones without being distracted by Pinyin: https://www.hackingchinese.com/focusing-on-mandarin-tones-without-being-distracted-by-pinyin/Links for question 2:  Reading Chinese on your phoneThe new paperless revolution in Chinese reading (by David Moser): https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-new-paperless-revolution-in-chinese-reading/Why you should read Chinese on your phone: https://www.hackingchinese.com/why-you-should-read-chinese-on-your-phone/Links for question 3: Reading handwritten ChineseDo you have to learn to write Chinese characters by hand? https://www.hackingchinese.com/is-it-necessary-to-learn-to-write-chinese-characters-by-hand/Learning to read handwritten Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-read-handwritten-chinese/Learning to understand regionally accented Mandarin: https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-to-understand-regionally-accented-mandarin/---More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found at: https://www.hackingchinese.com/Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

In this episode, Jeremiah and David welcome Jane Perlez, former Beijing bureau chief for the New York Times (2012-2019), to discuss the evolving challenges of reporting from China. Drawing from her firsthand experience, Jane details the gradual erosion of press freedom under Xi Jinping's leadership, including the 2018 expulsion of journalists and the ongoing obstacles faced by news assistants working for foreign media. The conversation explores both the creative strategies reporters now use to conduct investigative journalism from outside China's borders and Jane's latest podcast project, 'Face Off: The US vs. China,' which examines the deterioration of U.S.-China relations in the 21st century.

​A translator, university teacher, linguist, jazz musician, crosstalk performer—David Moser has taken on various roles in his exploration of his life, professions and cultures. But these various roles originate from his passion and dedication to bridge Chinese and U.S. cultures. In this edition of Footprints, we talk to this multi-talented man to delve into his experience in China and his journey as an expert in the Chinese language and culture.

Last week's election of Donald Trump to a second term as U.S. President disappointed half of the American electorate and much of the world (outside the Kremlin). To help Jeremiah and David process what's next, they're joined by Brendan O'Kane— writer, translator, expert in the literature of the late Ming Dynasty, and a Pennsylvania voter. Brendan explores the works of Zhang Dai (張岱 1597-1634), the Jin Ping Mei 金瓶梅, and other literary examples from the twilight of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). What was it like to witness the end of an era and the collapse of an entire state? Was the Obama era an American "restoration" (中興)? What do people do when the political order is overturned and the dynasty falls? We delve into Chinese history and literature, searching for insights to ease the pain and make sense of what lies ahead. David also shares reactions from his students in Beijing on the election results—as well as rumors of a surprising (and unsettling) prank their peers in the U.S. may have pulled at campus polling stations.Brendan O'Kane on substackThe Southern Ming by Lynn Struve, 1984The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China by Frederic Wakeman, 1986Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm: China in the Tiger's Jaws. Edited and translated by Lynn A. Struve, 1993

"We can overestimate and underestimate how much things changed when Xi Jinping took power, but the intensity of concern over historical narratives has definitely grown under his leadership." - Jeffrey WasserstromIn this episode, Jeremiah and David are joined by Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, and a leading expert in modern Chinese history. We discuss the legacies of the Hong Kong protests, the rise of Xi Jinping's historical narrative control, and how academic engagement with China is evolving amidst growing geopolitical tensions.Professor Wasserstrom delves into the shifts in how history is managed in China, particularly the tightening control under Xi Jinping's regime. He elaborates on Xi's new patriotic education law, which codifies the regime's control over historical narratives to align with national security. We also examine the challenges academics face when giving talks on sensitive topics and the growing restrictions on public discourse in Hong Kong since the imposition of the national security law.Further Reading/Links:Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink Maura Cunnigham and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know Follow Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Twitter @jwassers

This week on the Sinica Podcast, I chat with my dear friend David Moser, a longtime resident of Beijing, formerly an occasional co-host of Sinica and associate professor at Beijing Capital Normal University. We have a long history of exploring the underlying issues in our approach to China, and this week, we unpack some of those, focusing on the role of outsiders in Chinese society and their role in "changing China," drawing on David's response to an essay I recently published.3:46 —David's thoughts on Kaiser's essay (“Priority Pluralism: Rethinking Universal Values in U.S.-China Relations”)5:18 —How David thinks about going on state media and the reasons he does so10:37 —How David's engagement with state media has changed over time 15:04 —Conscience, moral intuition, drawing lines, and whataboutism 26:35 —The outsider urge to change China: the differences between the U.S. and Chinese governments and COVID as a test of the two systems; the role of American policy in working toward positive change and the importance of continuing engagement; and so-called Enlightenment values and priority pluralism 50:46 —The debate over cultural differences57:09 —China's notion of whole-process democracy versus American democracy 1:05:55 — “Give them time:” Anticipating when we will see big changes in China's political culture Recommendations:David: Richard Nisbett's The Geography of Thought; and his own article, “A Fearful Asymmetry: COVID-19 and America's Information Deficit with China”Kaiser: The “Open Database for China Studies Resource Guide” published by ACLS See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of Barbarian at the Gate, hosts Jeremiah Jenne and David Moser are joined by special guest Karlis Rokpelnis, China country representative for the European Union's Euraxess Research Mobility Initiative. Together, they delve into the evolving landscape of international education in China, discussing the factors influencing the decline in student exchanges and the varying approaches of American and European institutions. Karlis offers his unique perspective on the changes he's observed over the past decade, from a gradual decline in short-term exchanges to a rise in long-term study programs at top universities.The conversation also explores the differing cultural and political dynamics between the U.S. and Europe when it comes to studying in China, including the impact of xenophobia, political rhetoric, and international relations on academic exchanges. The trio reflects on what motivates students to come to China, how they engage with their studies, and the future of China-related scholarship. With a blend of humor and insight, this episode captures the complexities of navigating education and politics across borders, offering listeners a thoughtful and engaging look into the current state of studying China from abroad.

Arriving in China more than thirty years ago with nothing more than an interest in Chinese culture and philosophy, David Moser ended up witnessing China's monumental evolution from a country just discovering Coca Cola to a wealthy, worldly, and confident nation. His experiences in China inspired his enthusiasm for cultural exchange, the importance of curiosity, and the necessity of dialogue to grow greater understanding of the country he calls home. In an interview recorded on July 5, 2024, David Moser joins the National Committee to discuss his insights into Chinese culture and the importance of engaging with each other through shared humanity.

The Beijing Central Axis, a building ensemble that runs through the core area of the Chinese capital, has been officially added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.The Central Axis originated in the 13th century during the Yuan Dynasty when the capital, Dadu, was established. It was during that time that the Venetian merchant Marco Polo visited China. He was amazed by the orderly, chessboard-like city planning of Dadu, and later wrote down his experience in The Travels of Marco Polo.But how has the Central Axis evolved over the past centuries? How does it embody the philosophical and aesthetic values of ancient China? What role does it play in modern days?Host Zhao Ying is joined by David Moser, Sinologist, Associate Professor at Capital Normal University, China; Qu Qiang, Fellow of the Belt and Road Research Center at Minzu University of China; Mario Cavolo, Founder and CEO of M Communications Group.

My free Mandarin learning eBook: https://www.peakmandarin.com/free-ebook David's blogpost, Why Chinese is So Damn Hard: https://pinyin.info/readings/texts/moser.html My blog: imlearningmandarin.com -- My guest today is David Moser, an Associate Professor at Beijing Capital Normal University. He's had a fascinating and varied career in academia teaching courses in Chinese history and politics and authoring books on Mandarin grammar and the unification of the Chinese language.  There's so much we could have spoken to David about. But for this interview, we decided to focus two main areas: The first is his story of self-studying Chinese to fluency. It began in the US in the 1980s and ultimately led to a series of amazing life experiences in Beijing, where he became a national star, performing in front of up to a billion people in live televised comedy sketches.  The second point of focus is a piece David wrote called Why Chinese is So Damn Hard. It's possibly the most widely read blog post on Chinese learning ever written and also one of the inspirations for me starting my own blog and this podcast. The blog is a tongue-in-cheek lament on the difficulties and frustrations we all face when we take on the Chinese language. I've included a link above. I hope to have the opportunity to get David back on the podcast to discuss his academic career in future. But for now, I give you, round 1 of my interview with David Moser. 

It's time to find the way back home. A group of German museums are trying to unravel where their Chinese collections originated, as many may have been looted from China's Imperial Palace over a century ago. Will it pave the way for the repatriation of thousands of looted objects? What obstacles must be overcome before we can see the stolen treasures permanently back on their home soil? Host Tu Yun joins Dr. Huo Zhengxin, a Professor of Law at China University of Political Science and Law, David Moser, an Associate Professor at Beijing Capital Normal University, and Mike Bastin, a China observer and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton for a close look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.

China's movie market has scored new highs both in box office earnings and cinema admissions. The records achieved during the Spring Festival holiday are seen as a continuation of the robust recovery clinched last year when over 80 percent of the total revenue came from domestically produced films. Have Chinese moviegoers lost interest in Hollywood films? Would the recovery momentum continue or even pick up in the coming months?Host Tu Yun joins David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, Dr. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Dr. Zhou Mi, Deputy Director, Institute of American and Oceania Study, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation for a close look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.

In the latest episode of STtalks we visit with David Moser of Oakridge Dairy and their STgenetics Strategic Account Manager, Cassie Chittenden, to discuss the farm's genetic growth, goals and future. Oakridge Dairy is the largest dairy farm in New England who is committed to providing a healthy, safe and wholesome environment for their herd and connecting with their local community by delivering high quality milk from their farm to the doorsteps of their community through a home delivery service. From their sustainability efforts and more, we learn a lot about Oakridge Dairy and the partnership STgenetics has fostered with their farm.

Reaching an advanced level in Chinese is the goal of many learners, but what do you do when you get there? And is there such a thing as being done with Chinese? Link to article: ⁠How I learnt Chinese, part 7: Teaching, writing, learning: https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-i-learnt-chinese-part-7-teaching-writing-learning/ #learnchinese #mystory #sweden #teaching #professionaldevelopment Chinese reading challenge, July 2023: https://www.hackingchinese.com/chinese-reading-challenge/ My LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ollelinge/ Text adventure games and how to use them in the Chinese language classroom: https://www.hackingchinese.com/how-to-play-adventure-text-games-with-a-chinese-teacher/  Learning science in Chinese with 李永乐老师: https://www.hackingchinese.com/learning-science-in-chinese-with-liyonglelaoshi/ Celebrating 10 years of Hacking Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/celebrating-10-years-of-hacking-chinese/ Skritter review: Boosting your Chinese character learning: https://www.hackingchinese.com/skritter-chinese-review-boosting-your-character-learning/ Link to WordSwing: https://wordswing.com/ Link to our first game that you can play entirely for free: https://www.hackingchinese.com/escape-text-adventure-game-chinese-learners/ The three roads to mastering Chinese: https://www.hackingchinese.com/the-three-roads-to-mastering-chinese/ Learn Chinese faster by leaving your comfort zone: https://www.hackingchinese.com/learn-chinese-faster-leaving-comfort-zone/ 25 books I've read in Chinese, with reviews and difficulty ratings: https://www.hackingchinese.com/25-books-i-read-in-chinese-last-year/ Language learning with a Chinese girlfriend or boyfriend: https://www.hackingchinese.com/language-learning-with-a-chinese-girlfriend-or-boyfriend/ Use the benefits of teaching to boost your own Chinese learning: https://www.hackingchinese.com/use-the-benefits-of-teaching-to-boost-your-own-learning/ Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard by David Moser: http://pinyin.info/readings/texts/1991Moser.pdf Listen to this and other episodes on your favourite podcasting platform, including Apple Podcasts, Breaker, Google Podcast, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify and YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hackingchinese.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ More information and inspiration about learning and teaching Chinese can be found over at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.hackingchinese.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music: "Traxis 1 ~ F. Benjamin" by Traxis, 2020 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)

Patriotism, simply put, is the feeling of love for or devotion to one's country. Isn't it an innate human sentiment? Why does it have to be promoted? As China mulls its first patriotic education law, who's most likely to violate the law once it's in place? Host Tu Yun joins Edward Lehman, founder and Managing Director of China-based law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu, David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, and Mike Bastin, China observer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton in the UK on this episode of Chat Lounge to find out the answer and more.

China's gearing up for a fight against online abuse in the wake of a series of high-profile deaths caused by cyberbullying. Why is bullying becoming more rampant in the virtual world? Who's more likely to fall victim to online violence? What needs to be done to create a bullying free world? Host Tu Yun joins Edward Lehman, founder and managing director of China-based law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu, David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, and Mike Bastin, China observer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton in the UK on this episode of Chat Lounge to find out the answer and more.

The interview discusses challenges faced by at-home diagnostic companies, including differentiation from competitors, market education, and lack of direct billing code. Opportunities for growth in the at-home healthcare market are highlighted, while concerns include the blurring of personal and work life and potential for overcommitment. Exciting developments in technology, particularly in digital health and medtech, are noted as improving quality of life for individuals. Challenges faced include differentiating from competitors, educating the market, and lack of direct billing code for at-home diagnostics Opportunities include growth as at-home healthcare becomes more mainstream Concerns include the blurring of the line between personal and work life and the potential for overcommitment Exciting developments in technology, particularly in the digital health and medtech fields, improving quality of life for individuals

China's launching pilot projects in about 20 cities to build a new-era marriage and childbearing culture in its fresh bid to boost falling birth rates. Is the younger generation's low fertility desire solely related to economic burdens? What's the key to building a pro-marriage and pro-fertility culture? How can technology play a role in this regard? And what's the outlook of such projects? Host Tu Yun joins Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at University of International Business and Economics, David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, and colleague Gao Yingshi on this episode of Chat Lounge to find out the answer and more.

It's time to enroll in wizard school and blast away spiders (so many spiders) as James, D, and guest THE David Moser, cover Hogwarts Legacy. What sort of spells do the hosts use? How have they gone about playing? And is the true villain the Floo Powder lady that randomly talks to you? Plus, we discuss comics, in particular IDW and the recently announced TMNT game based on The Last Ronin.

Sponsored by TrackableMed Can we bring a door-to-door approach to the modern age? Building a relationship with office staff and learning how to navigate their space is still important, but we need to take our approach to the digital world. And instead of talking to a few people in the office, you can reach an infinite audience depending on what you do for yourself online. In this week's episode, sponsored by TrackableMed, David Moser, VP of Growth at imaware, returns to break down why social media is a valuable tool for your set. We also examine the difference between candidates that resist change and those that are on board with it, key actions to amplify sales, and the commitment required for building an audience. Listen for more on: Sales tactics beyond door-to-door The long game of digital sales Skillsets required for sales today How AI can be used to help you build confidence and create content The benefits that can come from sharing your knowledge Resources from this episode:  Get the free MedTech Talk Tracks for Action How to Use LinkedIn and Twitter to Crush Your MedTech Sales Social Media: Connect with David on LinkedIn Connect with Zed on LinkedIn Connect with Clark on LinkedIn

In this episode, we welcome to the podcast journalist Philip Cunningham, freelance writer for newspapers such as South China Morning Post and Japan Times, and was a former Knight Fellow and Harvard Nieman Fellowship recipient. Philip is currently posting a daily Substack entitled CCTV Follies, which provides a visual chronicle of the daily CCTV evening news report Xinwen Lianbo《新闻联播》, accompanied with running commentary that is illuminating and humorous. Phil talks about the program's quasi-ritual role in defining the boundaries of political discourse and its overt and subliminal influence on the framing of news stories in the Chinese information environment. Philip is also the author of the book Tiananmen Moon, a first-hand account of the 1989 protests in Beijing.

U.S. police has once again come under the spotlight as their notorious violent culture claimed the life of yet another unarmed African American. Why are there so many cases of fatal police violence in the United States? What's needed to stop police violence? Host Tu Yun is joined by Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University, Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization & former vice president of ABC TV network in New York, and David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University on this episode of Chat Lounge.

We've got a special bonus episode this week on the protests over the weekend of November 26th-27th in multiple cities around China. Joining Kaiser and Jeremy are old friends David Moser and Jeremiah Jenne, co-hosts of the Barbarians at the Gate podcast, who have 50 years in Beijing between them. David Moser is a linguist, academic administrator, and accomplished jazz pianist and composer. Jeremiah Jenne is a writer and historian. Both David and Jeremiah are still in Beijing, and they offer an on-the-ground account of what happened and what it all means.We'll have a transcript of the show available on November 30 or December 1, but until then, give it a listen!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden met on the sidelines of the G20 this week, the first face-to-face meeting between the two since Biden took office as U.S. president. Both said it was a candid conversation. After the meeting, how much optimism should we put on the prospects for an improving China-U.S. relationship? What issues can the two sides start to work on to manage their differences and competitions? Host Liu Kun is joined by David Moser, Associate Professor from Beijing Capital Normal University; Rick Dunham, Co-director, Global Business Journalism Program, Tsinghua University; and Dr. Zhao Hai, Director of International Political Studies, at the National Institute for Global Strategy.

The United States has slipped on a U.N. global development ranking based on sustainable development goals and now lags behind some countries widely viewed as developing nations. Is it a deviation from normality, or is the U.S. becoming a developing country? What has happened? Will the U.S. continue down this path? Host Tu Yun joins Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations of East China Normal University, David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, and Wang Xianghong, Professor and Director of Economic Behavior Laboratory, Renmin University of China, on this episode of Chat Lounge.

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The US Supreme Court has taken away the constitutional right to abortion, leaving it to states to decide whether to outlaw the procedure. What consequences is such a ruling causing or will cause for the nation? What other bombshell decisions could the Supreme Court come up with next? And what does an increasingly conservative US mean for the rest of the world? Host Tu Yun is joined by Han Hua, Board Member of the China Forum, Tsinghua University, Josef Mahoney, Professor of Politics of the Shanghai-based East China Normal University, and David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University for an in-depth discussion.

China sees a record number of students sitting the annual college entrance exams, also known as the gaokao, this year. The once life-changing event for millions of Chinese and even the nation has its significance both domestically and internationally. To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by two gaokao “survivors,” Han Hua, Board Member of the China Forum at Tsinghua University and Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at University of International Business and Economics, as well as David Moser, associate professor at Beijing Capital Normal University on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Mass shootings in public places have become an almost daily occurrence in the United States. Despite the fact that the majority of the population support stricter gun control, it seems unlikely for such measures to be adopted. A powerful force stands in the way. Is the nation held hostage by gun lobbyist groups such as the NRA? The huge retail gun trade bolstered by America's culture of violence is said to be one side of the armament coin, while on the other side lies the military-industrial complex. Former US President Dwight Eisenhower once warned against the unwarranted influence of the military-industrial complex, saying it would become a threat to a democratic gov't. Has this prophecy unfortunately come true? To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by Harvey Dzodin, former vice president of ABC TV network, Dr. Zhao Hai, research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and David Moser, associate professor at Beijing Capital Normal University on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Beijing's Chaoyang District, the capital city's most populous district, has drawn wide attention recently as it recruited over 200 university graduates, 95 percent of whom have either a Phd or a master's degree, mainly for lowly government jobs. Why would a college graduate with a doctorate or a master's degree want to become a chengguan, or urban management officer? Is it a waste of talent for them to do so? To find out, host Tu Yun is joined by Chen Xi, PhD candidate at East China Normal University in Shanghai, Dr. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at University of International Business and Economics, and David Moser, associate professor at Beijing Capital Normal University.

This episode we talk with David Moser, current IMAC Nats Champion and World Class Aerobatics pilot.We discuss how he got started in RC and IMAC.  His experiences at Clover Creek.  His practice and preparation routines and some stories from competition.  You can find more information about him or contact him on Facebook @David MoserFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RC-Aerobatic-Podcast-104231962170672Contact us at: rcaeropodcast@gmail.com Special thanks to John Gros, the Funkiest man I know, for the great bumper music!  John "Papa" Gros Website: www.johnpapagros.com

An increasing number of states in the United States are banning the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. The move has sparked nationwide debates, with critics arguing this could result in whitewashing US history ignoring more than 400 years of African slavery and redacting the Chinese Exclusion Act and widening the existing divisions in U.S. society. Host Tu Yun is joined by Dr. Zhao Hai, research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, associate professor David Moser from Beijing Capital Normal University, and author and commentator Thomas Pauken II for a discussion of the issue.

Cirrus Aircraft fleet sales specialist David Moser talks about pilot training, the aviation market, supply chain challenges, how to grow the pilot community, and much more. Plus, get caught up on the latest aviation news.

David Moser from Cirrus is here to tell us all about their recent deal with United Aviate Academy.  I think you're really going to like what David has to say and I know you're going learn a few things about the Cirrus, I know I certainly did.  And the best part is the rest of the show is all about you all, and the plethora of wonderful feedback that I've had since the show came back on the air. Music by: Damma Beatz

China has launched a 10-month long national campaign against the trafficking of women and children. Host Tu Yun is joined by Han Hua, Board Member of the China Forum at Tsinghua University, David Moser, Sinologist and professor at Beijing Capital Normal University, and CGTN Radio reporter Xu Yawen to discuss the causes behind this brutal criminal activity and some of the measures that could be implemented to root it out of society.

U.S. federal prosecutors recently dropped the case against MIT nanotechnology professor Chen Gang. This once again brought into spotlight the China Initiative, established by the U.S. Department of Justice for the alleged purpose of "identifying and prosecuting those engaged in trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage." Is the China Initiative an effort of racial profiling against Asian American scholars as widely criticized? Is the end of the Initiative looming amid growing public pressure? Host Liu Kun talks to Dr. Sara Hsu, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Dr. Liu Yawei, director of the China Program at the Carter Center; and David Moser, Associate Professor, Beijing Capital Normal University.

As most countries willingly or unwillingly accept Covid as part of everyday life, China is living in a different scenario. China's zero-tolerance strategy deserves credit for saving lives, but how long can this policy continue? Is there a cost-versus-benefit issue here? Host Ding Heng is joined by Dr. John Cai, Chairman of Academy of China Healthcare Innovation Platform; David Moser at Capital Normal University; Dr. Timothy Kerswell at Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Sculptor David Moser has creativity woven into his DNA. A member of the Maine family known for the Thos Moser furniture company, David learned much from its entrepreneurial founder–his father, Tom. The wisdom that he gained, alongside his three brothers, would influence an early interest in business and economics. His comfort in working with his hands would eventually lend itself to the craft of sculpting, an artistic endeavor that he now pursues full-time. In this first Radio Maine episode of the New Year, David willingly explores the emotional depths, and vulnerabilities, inherent in this choice. Thank you for joining our conversation.

John and Jared are going to revisit and unpack this classic question posed by Dr. David Moser three decades ago and identify what really is hard about Chinese, what is easier now, and whether Chinese really is harder than other languages.Guest interview is with Sarah Kutulakos, lifetime Chinese learner and executive director at the Canada China Business Council.Links from the episode:Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard, by David MoserWhy Learning Chinese Is Hard (Sinosplice)The Princess Bride: "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something." (YouTube)YCLC Episode #8: Tones, Music, and Confidence, with Dr. David MoserYCLC Episode #39: The Future of Learning Chinese, with Terry Waltz The Monkey's Paw (Mandarin Companion Level 1 Graded Reader)The Simpsons: The Monkey's Paw (YouTube)Thanks for listening to the podcast! Please write John and Jared a review on Apple Podcasts and they'll give you a shout-out! They are also taking questions from listeners. If you have a question, reach them at feedback@mandarincompanion.com. Follow them on Facebook and catch their latest Chinese-learning memes on Instagram. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Regisseur David Moser spricht mit uns über sein ganz wunderbares Spielfilmdebüt Schwarz Weiss Bunt. Dazu besprechen wir noch drei Kurzfilme aus dem Winterprogramm von Shorts at Moonlight.

What did Augustine and Aquinas teach about the Triune action of God? What is meant by the 'indivisible operations axiom'? How do Augustine and Aquinas employ the idea of 'appropriation'? What implications does this have for how we interpret various events in Scripture? David Moser joins us to answer these questions and more. The Classical Theism Podcast aims to defend Catholic Christian ideas in conversation. With the help of various guests, I defend three pillars of the Catholic Christian worldview: (1) the God of classical theism exists, (2) Jesus is our Messiah and Lord, and (3) He founded the Catholic Church. We place a strong emphasis on the first pillar, defending classical theism, drawing upon the work of Thomistic philosopher Dr. Edward Feser and many others. John DeRosa www.classicaltheism.com/support

David Moser is a Transplant Specialist at Natera, and he knows better than most how to adapt when you can no longer access customers in the traditional manner. When the pandemic tightened its grip in Spring 2020, we all had to adjust our approach. But David went next-level with his “pivot.” Find out how an accomplished sales professional with more than a decade of experience in the medical space truly embraced the concept of social selling and found tremendous success in what’s sure to become an increasingly virtual world. In this episode, you’ll learn: Proven techniques for virtual selling in the MedTech industry How to find new customers and build meaningful relationships…digitally Pitfalls to avoid when selling through email, LinkedIn, and Twitter Why social media is a goldmine for MedTech conversations with key decision-makers Plus, if you’re interested in upping your social selling game but not sure how or where to begin, we compiled an actionable and sequential to-do list to get you started. Resources and links from the show: Connect with David Moser on LinkedIn Connect with Clark Wiederhold on LinkedIn Connect with Zed Williamson on LinkedIn The Behavior Change Blueprint

In this episode, we look at Putonghua, the spoken language most people refer to as Mandarin. David wrote a book in 2016 on the evolution of Putonghua in China and we discuss his research and the recent controversy over the app Douyin penalizing users who post videos in other Chinese languages, especially Cantonese. What's the point of Putonghua? What is a dialect and what is a language in China? And what's the difference between Mandarin in the Qing Dynasty, Guoyu in the Republican Period, and Putonghua in the PRC? We also get an assist from Zhang Yajun, host of the Wo Men Podcast on Radii China, who talks with David about the differences between the spoken language of Northern China, especially around Beijing, and "Standard" Putonghua. It's not just for Chinese speakers or students as we also tackle some tricky questions of competing national and regional identities in Chinese history. Recommendations: Gina Anne Tam, Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960 (Cambridge University Press, 2020) David Moser, A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language (Penguin, 2016) 6.9.0

The outbreak of Covid-19 has drawn attention to public health in China and around the world. In the early stages, there was considerable criticism of China's initial handling of the outbreak. This criticism drew an emotional response in China. In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, Jeremiah Jenne and David Moser look at the intimate link in Chinese history between public health, hygiene, and modernity. Note: In the podcast, we mention China's expulsion of Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin, Chao Deng, and Philip Wen. Since we taped the podcast, the situation has escalated and last week the government pulled the press cards of all US citizens working as reporters in China for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post. Local employees at those bureaus have also been pressured to leave their jobs. We don’t mention those events here, but we will be discussing the situation on an upcoming podcast. Here are links to some of the articles, books, and websites mentioned during the podcast: Walter Russell Mead, China is the Sick Man of Asia, Wall Street Journal (February 3, 2020) Jeremiah Jenne, Empires of Disease: Why the Coronavirus is an emotional issue for China and the World, Radii China (February 10, 2020) Ruth Rogaski, Hygienic Modernity: Meanings of Health and Disease in Treaty-Port China (2004) Mao Zedong, “A Study of Physical Education” (New Youth xin qingnian, 1917) Karl Taro Greenfeld, China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic (2009) Chinese Propaganda Posters website Poster: "Everybody must take precautions against epidemics" (1952) Poster: "Less births, better births, to develop China vigorously" (1987) 6.8.0

How much overlap is there between music and language? Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Podcast Guesthttps://geopats.podbean.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser ( David Moser), joins us again for a dive into this question.  More info:https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/28 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/28) Support this podcast

How much overlap is there between music and language? Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Podcast Guesthttps://geopats.podbean.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser ( David Moser), joins us again for a dive into this question. More info:https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/28 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/28) Support this podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geopats/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyCheck it out: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/stephfuccio

Can the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, andhttps://geopats.podbean.com/e/mandarin-chinese-yes-no-language-tanya-crossman-tck/ ( 对啊). According to Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Guesthttps://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser ( David Moser), for modern day Mandarin Chinese there are power struggles, harsh words, a jazz music studio and a bit of https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abbott-and-Costello (Abbot and Costello) behavior that contributed to the language story. In this conversation, David and I chat about his story and people packed book about the manufacturing of modern day Mandarin Chinese via his book "https://www.economist.com/node/21708731/all-comments (A Billion Voices".) ​ More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/29 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/24) Support this podcast

Can the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, andhttps://geopats.podbean.com/e/mandarin-chinese-yes-no-language-tanya-crossman-tck/ ( 对啊). According to Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Guesthttps://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser ( David Moser), for modern day Mandarin Chinese there are power struggles, harsh words, a jazz music studio and a bit of https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abbott-and-Costello (Abbot and Costello) behavior that contributed to the language story. In this conversation, David and I chat about his story and people packed book about the manufacturing of modern day Mandarin Chinese via his book "https://www.economist.com/node/21708731/all-comments (A Billion Voices".) ​More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/29 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/24) Support this podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geopats/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyCheck it out: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/stephfuccio

“Language is the center of everything I do.” -https://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser (David Moser). David's Twitter bio says that he is a Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist and Author of "A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language" but what it does not say (most likely due to understandable platform space constraints) is the thread of curiosity that permeates everything he does. That curiosity is infectious and one of the reasons why we are pleased to say that he has agreed to become a repeat guest on the Changing Scripts part of the Geopats Podcast. We need time and space to dig into the linguistic, psychological and motivational topics that we started to cover in this conversation and we are super pleased that he is willing and able to do so.More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/22) Support this podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geopats/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyCheck it out: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/stephfuccio

“Language is the center of everything I do.” -https://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser (David Moser). David's Twitter bio says that he is a Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist and Author of "A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language" but what it does not say (most likely due to understandable platform space constraints) is the thread of curiosity that permeates everything he does.  That curiosity is infectious and one of the reasons why we are pleased to say that he has agreed to become a repeat guest on the Changing Scripts part of the Geopats Podcast. We need time and space to dig into the linguistic, psychological and motivational topics that we started to cover in this conversation and we are super pleased that he is willing and able to do so. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/22) Support this podcast

This week, while Kaiser is vacationing on the Carolina coast, we are running a March 2014 interview with Orville Schell and David Moser. Orville is the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society in New York and formerly served as dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. The discussion in this episode centers on the book co-authored by Schell and John Delury, Wealth and Power: China’s Long March to the Twenty-First Century, and the role of select members of the Chinese intelligentsia in the formation of modern China. What to listen for on this week’s Sinica Podcast: 7:56: Orville opens the discussion describing how he and John Delury arrived at Wealth and Power as the title for their book: “For us, to try to sense what was the main current flowing through Chinese history — it was in fact, we concluded, this desire to see China great again. To become a country of consequence, and ‘wealth’ and ‘power’ really described it. And it was something that almost everybody in some form or [another] — whether nationalist, communist, dynastic, anarchist, Christian — they all understood that aspect, and I think that was a tremendously important, animating impulse that got us to the present.” 25:21: Orville recalls sitting in the front row at a summit held between Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton, the dialogue of which is included in Wealth and Power: “I was sitting right there during [the summit], in the front row, watching Jiang Zemin with ‘Bubba,’ the master of repartee, and trying to imitate him. It was quite touching, he did quite well. And looking back on it, there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Hu Jintao or Xi Jinping would risk such a wager.” 41:56: Jeremy asks Orville about his placement of Liu Xiaobo at the end of his book, and what Liu’s question is for China and China’s future. He responds candidly: “I think the question that he poses for China, and indeed all of us, is: What’s the real goal? For him, the real goal is not to simply be wealthy and powerful…and I think also what’s lurking in the back of his critique is something that the leaders now sort of see but are quite surprised by. Namely that getting wealthy and getting powerful doesn’t, as everybody thought for these 170 years, create ipso facto respect. And that is what is really wanted. That’s why there’s such an incredible fixation on soft power.” Recommendations: Orville: Now I Know Who My Comrades Are: Voices From the Internet Underground, by Emily Parker, and Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, by Evan Osnos. David: Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China, by Anne-Marie Brady. Jeremy: The blog East by Southeast.    Kaiser: The Chinese Enlightenment: Intellectuals and the Legacy of the May Fourth Movement of 1919, by Vera Schwarcz.

David Moser serves as the Associate Dean of the Yenching Academy at Peking University. The master's program in China Studies aims to bring together elite students from China and the rest of the world. David can speak fluent Chinese. He's a frequent speaker on radio and TV shows, often commenting on China and international affairs. But perhaps members of the younger generation don't know that this American scholar used to enjoy celebrity status in China as a cross-talk comedian and jazz musician.

David Moser serves as the Associate Dean of the Yenching Academy at Peking University. The master's program in China Studies aims to bring together elite students from China and the rest of the world. David can speak fluent Chinese. He's a frequent speaker on radio and TV shows, often commenting on China and international affairs. But perhaps members of the younger generation don't know that this American scholar used to enjoy celebrity status in China as a cross-talk comedian and jazz musician.

David Moser serves as the Associate Dean of the Yenching Academy at Peking University. The master's program in China Studies aims to bring together elite students from China and the rest of the world. David can speak fluent Chinese. He's a frequent speaker on radio and TV shows, often commenting on China and international affairs. But perhaps members of the younger generation don't know that this American scholar used to enjoy celebrity status in China as a cross-talk comedian and jazz musician.

#12 Dealing with cultural differences in the workplace The stark cultural differences between China and the West are frequently identified as key barriers in productive professional exchanges. However, the mechanisms by which people can actually improve their cultural understanding — or “cultural literacy” — are less clear. How can professionals in China and the West bridge gaps in understanding to ensure that business can sail smoothly?   Featuring: Vincent Vierron – director Vincent’s LinkedIn  | Vincent’s company website    Beatrix Frisch – general manager, Mackevision Mackevision’s website Joey Wang – script writer Joey’s Instagram  And, as usual, your host, Aladin Farré. Aladin’s LinkedIn | Aladin’s Twitter   Three main takeaways from this week’s episode:       1) In Chinese workplaces, flexibility is key.   Partially as a result of China’s incredibly competitive labor market, workplaces in China tend to be much more flexible than their counterparts in the West. Media professionals should be ready at any moment for a change in a script or the editing of a commercial, with little notice or supporting budget. At the same time, Chinese workers will almost always respond to their emails on a Saturday evening or late at night (a habit that is far from widespread in Europe, for example). All of this results in sky-high rates of employee turnover as burnout and ambition take their toll.   2) Top-down approaches are standard in China. In the office, the boss is king. He (or she!) will always get the last word, no matter how much work went into a project beforehand. However, if an employee is flexible and patient, they can hopefully avoid the worst surprises. 3) Chinese work culture is constantly evolving. Whether the workplace is a state-owned enterprise or a private, international firm, internal procedures will inevitably vary wildly. What remains constant is that China has come a long way since the beginning of the reform and opening up period, so “middlemen” who take commissions only to put people in contact tend to be less important.  Recommended watching and listening:  The Flower of War (2011): Wikipedia   Sinica Podcast: “Dashan and David Moser on the Chinese language”: Link   Answers to the episode quiz: Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest who became the first European to enter the Forbidden City of Beijing in 1601, when the Wanli Emperor 万历帝 sought his services in court astronomy and calendrical science. He converted several prominent Chinese officials to Catholicism and translated Euclid's Elements into Chinese as well as the Confucian classics into Latin. Da Shan 大山, or Mark Henry Rowswell, is a Canadian comedian and television personality who is one of the most famous Western personalities in China. He has appeared several times on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala since 1988. The Flower of War (2011) is the second-biggest flop at the Chinese box office after The Great Wall (2016). Zhang Yimou directed both films. 

Jared & John discuss everything you wanted to know about tones but were afraid to ask. They highlight why they are important, what makes them difficult, where learners usually go wrong, and how to polish your tones to sound better than you thought possible. You’ll get a rant about Chinese teachers using English names and mixing simplified and traditional characters together. Guest interview is with Dr. David Moser, Chinese professor, author, Chinese language performer, translator, media commentator, and author of the famous paper “Why Chinese is So Damn Hard”. David shares his experiences of learning Chinese, performing xiangsheng 相声 (comic “cross talk”) on Chinese national TV, and strategies that helped him achieve mastery in the language. If you like the show, write us a review on Apple Podcasts! We are also taking questions from our listeners. If you have a question, reach us at feedback@mandarincompanion.com or leave us a note on our Facebook page. Links referenced in this Episode. Confidence and Tones The Process of Learning Tones Masters Thesis on Learning Tones Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard Crazy English Method – Learning English by Shouting

China's most famous Canadian, Mark Rowswell, became famous — or at least "feimerse" — after appearing in the Spring Festival Gala on CCTV in 1990. In recent years, he's pioneered a hybrid between the xiangsheng (相声 xiàngsheng; crosstalk) for which he's known and Western-style stand-up comedy. Mark joined Anthony Tao and David Moser at the storied Bookworm on the final night of the Bookworm Literary Festival on March 30 to talk about the Chinese language, comedy, and the difficulties of Chinese soft power. What to listen for on this week’s Sinica Podcast: 11:51: Learning Chinese is difficult — however, the specific types of difficulties that individuals are presented with often vary widely. Ethnically Chinese people are often held to a higher linguistic standard than their Caucasian counterparts, whereas foreigners who speak Chinese have become less of a rarity — and consequently less professionally valuable — in recent years. Mark explains: “I’ve had friends say, ‘You know the Chinese respect the ugly American. They don’t respect the sensitive, understanding Chinese-speaking foreigner. They like foreigners to be foreign.’” 29:22: Dīng Guǎngquán 丁广泉, a late titan of the Chinese comedy world, was one of Mark and David’s mentors. Non-judgmental and highly attentive to his disciples’ strong and weak points (he once wrote a scene describing David as muddle-headed and forgetful), he created a platform for many foreigners to enter the world of performance in Chinese. Mark states: “For us, it was very much a partnership, because he wasn’t all that well known in China, either. I had the name, the image, the fame that brought these opportunities to perform, but he was the guy who knew how to do it. I wouldn’t know how to do this by myself. That had a huge impact on me.” 32:43: “Your Chinese is so good!” A woman had overheard Mark telling Anthony the name of a restaurant in Chinese and promptly complimented him. According to Mark, the reactions he gets when speaking Chinese with shopkeepers or taxi drivers hasn’t changed much in 20 years, pushing back on the idea that the novelty of foreigners speaking Chinese has faded. David quips, “What does that tell you? That Chinese is very hard to learn.” “Well,” Mark contests, “we still do a bad job of it.” 44:04: Is the difficulty of the Chinese language a hindrance on China’s ability to export soft power? Mark explains: “First of all, the Chinese state sort of organizes everything so it has to be an official program. And secondly, Chinese people, I think, just tend to tense up when they sense that they’re dealing with foreigners — they have to be careful about what they say, and they’re a ‘representative of China,’ you know, they have this huge emotional burden that they bring to it. I think that’s the main problem China has with soft power: They don’t let their people express that power.” Recommendations: David: Recommends investigating books by Earnshaw Books, a Hong Kong–based publishing house, founded by Graham Earnshaw. Graham’s music can also be found online on his Bandcamp page. Mark: Thirteen Invitations (十三邀 shísān yāo), by Xǔ Zhīyuǎn 许知远, a video series that can be found on Tencent Video here. Anthony: The website What’s on Weibo, the Beijing Invitational Craft Beer Festival, hosted by Great Leap, and The Last Tribe on Earth, by Liane Halton and Anthony Tao.

What challenges do women face in the workplace in China? What fears, motivations, and priorities do women in China have, and how are they different from men’s? How can we help women to overcome barriers and achieve success in all areas of their life? Answering and addressing these questions is the full-time work of the highly talented Virginia Tan, who has helped found three organizations that are dedicated to empowering women. These are: Lean In China, a Sheryl Sandberg–inspired women’s network that now has about 120 chapters across China, and tens of thousands of members. She Loves Tech, a global initiative focusing on technology by women and technology for women, which houses the world’s largest competition for women tech entrepreneurs, held across more than 10 international locations. Teja Ventures, a venture capital fund targeting women-impact early-stage ventures in Asia. Lean In China recently published a white paper titled “Women, Work and Happiness: Impact of Women in the Workplace in a Digital Age,” which used survey data to understand many key issues for women working in China. Virginia sat down with Kaiser Kuo and David Moser on April 13 at the Yenching Global Symposium in Beijing for a live Sinica podcast, and discussed the organizations she leads and the work she is doing for women’s empowerment in China and beyond. Recommendations: David: The ChinaEconTalk podcast, hosted by Jordan Schneider. Also, the Peking University campus, as it is a popular tourist attraction and has made many renovations in the lead up to the 120th anniversary of the university. Virginia: David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, which takes some conventional wisdom about “strength” and “weakness” and turns it on its head. Also, Yiqi, a social dating app that recently became #7 in China, which analyzes a recording of your voice to help you find a partner. Two-thirds of its users are women! Kaiser: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast, by John Zhu. John was interviewed about his project to tell the classic Three Kingdoms tale in vernacular English in this Sinica podcast last year. Kaiser just did a guest recording for Episode 150.

This week's podcast was recorded live on March 13 at The Bookworm in Beijing as part of the Bookworm Literary Festival, which is why you'll notice the prolonged and decidedly rambunctious audience pop at the start of the show. No matter where Sinica goes, it'll always be most enthusiastically received in the city where it began. The entire episode is a hoot, as SupChina Asia managing editor Anthony Tao sat in for Kaiser and Jeremy to talk music with longtime jazz musicians David Moser (no stranger to Sinica listeners) and Jess Meider. Moser is associate dean of Yenching Academy at Peking University, but his true passion is jazz. He studied music as an undergrad in the U.S. before moving to China, where he happened upon a band at a place called Maxim’s in 1993. You’ll need to listen to get the story. Other highlights include his explaining of swing (11:25), retelling of particular adventures translating for Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (22:30 mark), and what makes for good jazz (31:45 — including a Charles Mingus anecdote, featuring one of the three times we had to press the bleep button on him). Jess Meider has spent more than two decades singing in China, and can still be seen (and heard) around Beijing. She was previously the resident jazz artist at East Shore Jazz Club and booker/resident artist at Chao Hotel. She’s worked with Cui Jian, the father of Chinese rock ‘n’ roll, and voiced a part in his movie Blue Sky Bones. She talks about that experience just before the 19-minute mark. Also listen to what she has to say about playing with Chinese musicians (30-minute mark) and her thoughts on the future of jazz in China (39:45). Be sure to stick around for the musical performance at the end. Recommendations: David: The young Chinese jazz pianist A Bu 阿布 (real name Dai Liang 戴梁), who is a prodigy. “Very modest and unassuming, but the future of Chinese jazz right there,” Moser says. “He grew up listening to it.” Check out videos of him playing here and here. Jess: Contemporary jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, who is relatively new on the scene but is amazing. (She won a Grammy last year for her album Dreams and Daggers; here she is singing You’re My Thrill from that album.) Anthony: Three recommendations: 1. The American Jazz Museum coupled with the Negro Leagues Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. (Tao grew up in Kansas City — though on the Kansas side of State Line.) 2. Contemporary poetry: Poetry 180 (a project of former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, highlighting contemporary poems) and the Poetry Foundation podcast. 3. The Bookworm Literary Festival: May we all spread the lore of The Bookworm and the Bookworm Literary Festival ever far and forever. It is truly special.

Everyone knows, or at least recognizes, the image of the Flying Tigers (飞虎队 fēihǔduì). The shark-faced noses of these American airmen’s planes streaked across the skies of China, as they racked up an impressive string of successes in defending China from Japanese forces from 1941 to 1942. They are so recognizable, in fact, that their story has obscured the equally fascinating stories of other American pilots who landed in China — or, in the case of the two stories on this podcast, crash-landed. Melinda Liu, the Beijing bureau chief for Newsweek, joins Kaiser Kuo and David Moser to tell the story of the Doolittle Raiders, whose unprecedented — and successful — mission to bomb Tokyo from an aircraft carrier ended with scattered landings throughout Japan-occupied eastern China. Melinda’s father, it just so happens, met some of these pilots and was able to translate for them as they continued to sneak through occupied territory. Jonathan Kaiman, the Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, relates an incredible tale of how a blond, blue-eyed American pilot flying the “Hump” from India to Chongqing allegedly found himself enslaved by the Yi minority in southwest China. Melinda has a 10-minute video documentary of the Doolittle Raiders’ story in China, and John’s piece in the LA Times on the legend of the American slave can be found here. Recommendations: David: A Chinese state-media-run YouTube channel called zuǒyòu shìpín 左右视频, which has amazing and rare videos of people speaking early modern Chinese language, historical stories (from a state media perspective, but with unique source material), and much more. Melinda: Dick Cole’s War: Doolittle Raider, Hump Pilot, Air Commando, by Dennis R. Okerstrom, about the last surviving Doolittle Raider — 102 years old now! And Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor, by James M. Scott, which includes fascinating details from Western missionaries who were paired up with some of the fallen pilots. Jon: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, a historical mystery by David Grann about a Native American tribe in southwest Oklahoma that struck oil beneath its land and was among the richest people in the world — until the murders started. Kaiser: “The risk of nuclear war with North Korea,” by Evan Osnos at the New Yorker. The Retreat of Western Liberalism, by the Financial Times’ Edward Luce. And as a counterpoint to Luce’s view of liberal identity politics, “The first white president,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Atlantic.

Alec Ash is a young British writer who lives in Beijing, who has covered “left behind” children in Chinese villages, the “toughest high school exam in the world” and internet live streaming among many other subjects. He is the author of Wish Lanterns, which the Financial Times called a “closely observed study of China’s millennials.” The book tells the stories of six Chinese people born between 1985 and 1990. The characters have very different backgrounds and aspirations, including a rock musician named Lucifer, an internet addict named Snail, and a patriotic Party official’s daughter.   In this episode of the Sinica Podcast, Alec discusses his book with Kaiser, Jeremy, and David Moser. He talks about contemporary youth culture in China, the concerns of Chinese millennials, how he met the six characters in the book and what we can understand about China’s changing culture from their stories. Recommendations: Jeremy: Unreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century Was Reported, by John Simpson. David: The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China, edited by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom. Alec: The Barbarians at the Gate podcast. Kaiser: Battle Cry of Freedom, by James M. McPherson — ”the best single-volume history of the American Civil War that I know of” — and Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping, by Stephen R. Platt.  

Ian Johnson is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist who has lived in Beijing and Taiwan for more than half of the past 30 years, writing for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books and other publications. Ian has written two books: one on civil society and grassroots protest in China (Wild Grass) and another on Islamism and the Cold War in Europe (A Mosque in Munich). His next book, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao will be published in April 2017. Ian has covered the gamut of religious topics in China from the recent tightening of controls on the faithful to shariah with Chinese characteristics to Taoism, and is uniquely qualified to discuss the subject of this episode of the Sinica Podcast: the complicated relationship between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party. Kaiser, Jeremy, and frequent guest host David Moser talk to Ian about the Catholic Church in China: the arrival of Jesuit missionaries in the 16th century, the current state of Catholicism and what the recent apparent warming of relations between the Church and the Party means. Recommendations: Jeremy: Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's Changing Fortunes, by Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak. Ian: The Missionary's Curse and Other Tales from a Chinese Catholic Village, by Henrietta Harrison. David: The Mandarin learning website Hacking Chinese. Kaiser: The Westworld TV series.

Renowned as a trading town during the Qing dynasty, the eastern city of Yiwu again became famous for its markets after China's economic reforms kicked in during the 1980s. Since then, the metropolis of 1.2 million people has transformed into a hub of the nation's supply chains, attracting merchants from around the globe searching for cheap Christmas decorations, lighters, pens and millions of other trinkets. Check out the SupChina backgrounder for more info. In this episode of Sinica, Kaiser and David Moser speak with Dan Whelan, director and producer of Bulkland, a film about Yiwu and the people who live and trade in it: British-Australian and German product sourcers, Yemeni traders, some of whom have been in the city for 30 years, Russian bar dancers and the citizens of Yiwu who work tirelessly to sell the rich harvest of China-made tchotchkes to the rest of the world. The discussion ranges from China's economic slowdown to the spectacle of Middle Eastern businessmen slaughtering rams in Yiwu's streets for the Islamic feast of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan's month of daily fasting. Recommendations: David: Global Times editor Hu Xijin on US-China relations, press freedom in China, and the June 4 protests. Dan: Interviews on Death Row, a documentary about Ding Yu’s long-running documentary TV series, Interviews Before Execution. Kaiser: Beijinglish, a comic video on Beijing-accented English; Trump Time Capsules by James Fallows. More about the film and the issues it examines: Bulkland's website, and options to purchase or rent the film on iTunes and Google Play. Country Driving by Peter Hessler, mentioned by Dan in the podcast for the book's description of towns in Zhejiang Province that specialize in manufacturing a single product, such as buttons or bra straps, many of which are traded in Yiwu.

In this episode of Sinica, Clay Shirky, the author of Here Comes Everybody who has written about the internet and its effects on society since the 1990s, joins Kaiser and Jeremy to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of China's tech industry and the extraordinary advances the nation has made in the online world. The hour-long conversation delves into the details and big-picture phenomena driving the globe's largest internet market, and includes an analysis of Xiaomi's innovation, the struggles that successful Chinese companies face when taking their brands abroad and the nation's robust ecommerce offerings. Clay has written numerous books, including Little Rice: Smartphones, Xiaomi, and the Chinese Dream in addition to the aforementioned Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. He is also a Shanghai-based associate professor with New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and the school's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Please take a listen and send feedback to sinica@supchina.com, or leave a review on iTunes. Recommendations: Jeremy: Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont, and Modern China is So Crazy It Needs a New Literary Genre by Ning Ken Clay: Internet Literature in China by Michel Hockx Kaiser: A Billion Voices: China’s Search for a Common Language by David Moser  

This week, Kaiser sits in the guest chair and tells us about his 20-plus years of living in China. He recounts being the front man for the heavy metal band Tang Dynasty and the group's tour stops in China's backwater towns, shares his feelings on moving back to the United States with his family, and discusses the future of the Sinica Podcast. The conversation with Jeremy, Ada Shen and David Moser is one of many 'exit interview' episodes with journalists who are departing China after a long stay. It took place in June 2016, shortly after Kaiser's reentry to the U.S. Recommendations: Kaiser: The films of Sam Dunn about heavy metal. Ada: The End of a Golden Age in China-Taiwan Relations? by Shelley Rigger. When We Were Kings, a documentary about Muhammad Ali. Ralph Stanley, bluegrass musician. David: Wish Lanterns by Alec Ash. Jeremy: Overcast app for podcast listening on iPhones.

Fifty years ago, Mao Zedong launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, inaugurating a decade of political turmoil with his calls for young people to "bombard the headquarters." In this special live edition of our podcast recorded at The Bookworm Literary Festival in March, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser welcome Melinda Liu, the longtime China bureau chief of Newsweek for a discussion of the 50th anniversary of this definitive event. Melinda shares stories about her brother, who remained in China after the civil war and experienced it firsthand.

Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are joined this week by Howie Southworth and Greg Matza, creators of the independent video series Sauced in Translation, a reality show that journeys into the wilder parts of China in search of local Chinese specialities that can be repurposed into classic American dishes. The show is a great concept, brilliantly executed, and we're delighted to have Howie and Greg here to share some behind-the-scenes stories and talk about how they got started mixing Chinese and American cuisine. Recommendations: http://www.saucedintranslation.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SaucedInTranslation https://twitter.com/HowieSouthworth http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-Revised/dp/0140178244/ David Moser http://www.chinafile.com/multimedia/video/drinking-northwest-wind Howie Southworth http://www.vogue.com/13376846/baijiu-cocktail-recipes-chinese-liquor/ Greg Matza Oliver Sacks Seeing Voices http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Voices-Oliver-Sacks/dp/0375704078/ Oliver Sacks The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife/dp/0684853949/ Kaiser Kuo Medieval Two Total War http://store.steampowered.com/app/4700/

With equity markets in free fall, housing prices skipping downwards, foreign reserves plummeting and industrial production on a road trip back to the last decade, it's no surprise that permabears like Gordon Chang are stocking up on popcorn to bask in what they see as the long-due collapse of the Chinese economy. It all raises the question of how bad things are going to get, which leads to the question of how bad they are right now. Joining Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Goldkorn and David Moser in the studio today to talk about the Chinese economy and its recent tailspin is none other than Tom Orlik, an economist at Bloomberg and author of the book Understanding China's Economic Indicators. Tom has years of experience writing about China and joins to share his thoughts on what parts of the economy are doing decently and where the real problems lie. Recommendations: Jeremy Goldkorn A People’s Friendship, by James Palmer http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/postcard/peoples-friendship David Moser Billionaires, by Darrel M West http://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Reflections-Darrell-M-West/dp/0815725965 New Koch, by Jane Mayer http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/25/new-koch Tom Orlik Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak http://www.amazon.com/Outside-Over-There-Caldecott-Collection/dp/0064431851 The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Augie-March-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039571 Kaiser Kuo Mass Flourishing, by Edmund Phelps http://www.amazon.com/Mass-Flourishing-Grassroots-Innovation-Challenge/dp/0691165793/

This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are joined by Deborah Seligsohn, former science counselor for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and currently a doctoral candidate at the University of California, San Diego, where she studies environmental governance in China. With more than 20 years of China experience, Deborah is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on the question of China's policy response to issues of air pollution and climate change. Recommendations: "How China, the ‘world’s largest polluter,’ is taking on climate change," by Deborah Seligsohn (Non-pay walled version is on SCMP attached below) http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1891794/how-china-worlds-largest-polluter-taking-climate-change https://www.chinafile.com/contributors/deborah-seligsohn http://www.chinafaqs.org/expert/deborah-seligsohn David Moser The Last Dalai Lama http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/the-last-dalai-lama.html?_r=0 The Age of Irreverence http://www.amazon.com/The-Age-Irreverence-History-Laughter/dp/0520283848 Deborah Seligsohn Hey, China, this is why democracies beat autocracies in a fight. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/12/15/hey-china-this-is-why-democracies-beat-autocracies-in-a-fight-so-back-off-the-south-china-sea/ Kaiser Kuo ISIS is a revolution https://aeon.co/essays/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution  

When Ernest Hemingway somewhat presciently referred to Paris as a "moveable feast" ("wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you"), he captured the feelings of many long-term China expats rather concisely. So why exactly does everyone like to compare life here to Paris in the 1920s? And if life is so romantic here, where are the writers in our midst and what are they producing? This week on Sinica, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are delighted to host the editors of While We're Here: China Stories from a Writers' Colony, a compilation of short stories, poems and more, lovingly assembled by Alec Ash and Tom Pellman of The Anthill. Join us to listen to some selections as well as unapologetic gossip about the writers in question. If you want to pick up the book, you can find it for your Kindle here on Amazon or drop by The Bookworm in Beijing for a physical copy. Recommendations: The Anthill http://theanthill.org/ While We Were Here: China Stories from a Writers’ Colony, Edited by Alec Ash and Tom Pellman http://www.amazon.com/While-Were-Here-Stories-Writers-ebook/dp/B019136EXI/ Unsavory Elements http://www.amazon.com/Unsavory-Elements-Stories-Foreigners-Loose/dp/9881616409 How to Dress to Buy Dragonfruit http://www.amazon.com/How-Does-One-Dress-Dragonfruit-ebook/dp/B00K21ZXF4 Alec Ash on "Shanghai Cocktales" http://beijingcream.com/2015/05/shanghai-cocktales-and-the-curse-of-the-expat-memoir/ Incarnations http://www.amazon.com/The-Incarnations-Novel-Susan-Barker/dp/1501106783 Rock Paper Tiger http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Tiger-Ellie-McEnroe-Novel/dp/161695258X/ Up to The Mountains and Down to the Countryside, by Quincy Carol http://www.amazon.com/Mountains-Down-Countryside-Quincy-Carroll/dp/1941758452 Radio Lab Episode on CRISPER http://www.radiolab.org/story/antibodies-part-1-crispr/ Alec Ash The Search for a Vanishing Beijing, by M. A. Aldrich http://www.amazon.com/The-Search-Vanishing-Beijing-Capital/dp/9622099394 Voice Map – Walking Guided Tours – Check out the tours of Beijing, by David French and Alex Ash https://voicemap.me/ Tom Pellman Dispatches from Pluto, by Richard Grant http://www.amazon.com/Dispatches-Pluto-Found-Mississippi-Delta-ebook/dp/B00UDCNM82 David Moser 逻辑思维 Logical Thinking – Video Series on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/logictalkshow Kaiser Kuo China’s Bold Push into Genetically Customized Animals, by Christina Larson http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-bold-push-into-genetically-customized-animals-1.18826

This is the second part of our episode of Sinica recorded during a special live event at the Bookworm Literary Festival. In this show David Moser and Kaiser Kuo were joined by China-newcomer Jeremy Goldkorn, fresh off the plane from Nashville to field questions from our live Beijing audience. During this show, we talk about what Beijing means to us and what we see happening in China going forward. If you're a long-time listener, be sure to check out this unusual episode recorded in front of a live audience.

Our episode of Sinica this week was captured during a special live event at the Bookworm Literary Festival, where David Moser and Kaiser Kuo were joined by China-newcomer Jeremy Goldkorn, fresh off the plane from Nashville. During the show we talked about Beijing-lifers and how the city has changed during our time here. If you're a long-time listener, be sure to check out this unusual episode recorded in front of a live audience. Recommendations: Chublic Opinion https://chublicopinion.com/  Jeremy Goldkorn Holiday Inn Express on 春秀路 David Moser The World According to Xi Jinping, by Benjamin Carlson http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/xi-jinping-china-book-chinese-dream/406387/ Kaiser Kuo Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie http://www.amazon.com/Americanah-Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie/dp/0307455920 Here’s What All The Chinese Students at Your School are Reading, by Matt Sheehan http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/heres-what-the-300000-chinese-students-in-the-us-are-reading_55f9b409e4b0e333e54c3e22

The West has spent decades pleading with China to become a responsible stakeholder in the global community, but what happens now that China is starting to take a more proactive role internationally? In today's show, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are delighted to be joined by a Dutch journalist, Fokke Obbema (the de Volkskrant correspondent with a perfectly normal Dutch name), who is the author of the recent book China and the West: Hope and Fear in the Age of Asia. Recommendations: Fokke Obbema’s China and the West https://www.amazon.com/China-West-Hope-Fear-Asia/dp/178453384X  Susan L. Shirk’s China: Fragile Superpower https://www.amazon.com/China-Superpower-Susan-L-Shirk/dp/0195373197  David Moser Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind https://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-Humankind-Yuval-Noah-Harari/dp/0062316095  Fokke Obbema David Eggers’ The Circle https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Dave-Eggers/dp/0345807294  The Social Credit System https://chinacopyrightandmedia.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/planning-outline-for-the-construction-of-a-social-credit-system-2014-2020/ Kaiser Kuo Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization Volume Ten: Rousseau and Revolution https://www.amazon.com/Rousseau-Revolution-Story-Civilization-Durant/dp/1567310214 

Kaiser Kuo and David Moser are delighted to be joined in Popup Towers by Rogier Creemers, post-doctoral fellow at Oxford, author of the fantastic China Copyright and Media blog and one of the most informed academics working on Chinese internet governance. We've always enjoyed our previous chances to grill Rogier on his thoughts, and our discussion this week didn't disappoint either.

"Under the Dome," Chai Jing's breakout documentary on China's catastrophic air pollution problem, finally hit insurmountable political opposition last Friday after seven days in which the video racked up over 200 million views. The eventual clampdown raised many questions about the extent of internal support for the documentary. In this episode of Sinica, Kaiser Kuo and David Moser interview Calvin Quek of Greenpeace, who works on pollution problems and has significant experience lobbying the private sector to curtail investments into the worst-offending, environmentally unsustainable technologies. We are also joined by Peggy Liu, chairperson of JUCCCE (Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy), a non-profit organization focused on Chinese government training and other green initiatives. Recommendations: Kaiser: “Travels with My Censor,” by Peter Hessler for The New Yorker. “The 'Deaf' Composer Who Fooled a Nation,” by Christopher Beam for The New Republic. Peggy: The China Coal Consumption Cap Plan and Policy Research Project and A New Way to Eat. Calvin: “The Most Brilliant Politician You Never Knew,” by Beverly Murray at Back That Sass Up. David: “China's carbon emissions could save the world—or doom it,” by Hudson Lockett for China Economic Review  

Jeremy Goldkorn and David Moser are joined by Fan Popo for a discussion of the way life works for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) community in China. For those who have not heard of him, Fan is an accomplished film-maker and social activist, best known as author of the book Happy Together, a complete record of 100 queer films, as well as the director of the China Queer Film Festival. Recommendations: Passions of the Cut Sleeve (free pdf!) http://homosexualfamilies.viublogs.org/files/2010/09/hinsch_passions-of-the-cut-sleeve.pdf Sex and Sexuality in China: Regulating Male Same-Sex Relationships in PRC http://books.google.gr/books?id=tDe5PVjfsUMC&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=Regulating+male+same-sex+relationships+in+the+PRC&source=bl&ots=jAYO-sBGZj&sig=Nf-0lCgC-4-qPebrjQTuIcsRdGY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z_EcVJyCBYKpyATbo4DADQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Regulating%20male%20same-sex%20relationships%20in%20the%20PRC&f=false Breakfast on Pluto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tjsrr8I5D0 Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East, by Benjamin Law http://www.amazon.com/Gaysia-Adventures-Queer-Benjamin-Law/dp/162778036X  

We mix things up a bit this week with a different format.  Four atheist listeners of the show get their chance to air their objections to Christian faith.  Taking their questions and criticisms is Church pastor David Robertson, author of "The Dawkins Letters". Martyn Frame asks "Would the Universe look different without God?".  Trevor asks "What about Old Testament Laws that we find offensive?".  Alex Bryce probes David on the Moral argument for God.  David Moser questions whether the problem of suffering has been properly thought through by Christians. The debate will continue online at the 'Unbelievable?' group of the Premier Community as each atheist posts up their questions and David responds.  Join in at http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable For David Robertson see http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this programme then you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 20 Feb 2010 - "Is Christianity Good for us?" US atheist Michael Shermer debates Scottish apologist David Robertson Unbelievable? 13 Jun 2009 - The Moral Argument For God - Atheist Paul Orton & Christian David Robertson

David Robertson is a Scottish church pastor and author of "The Dawkins Letters".  He recently hosted the first Conference of the newly established Solas Centre for Public Christianity. As a key respondent to Dawkins he has earned himself the nickname "The Wee Flea". He takes questions from three skeptics on today's prgramme. Stephen Lees has come to doubt his once-held faith.  He asks whether Christians are obliged to believe the miracles of the Bible.  Agnostic Stephen Pilcher asks how it can be fair for God to send people to hell who simply don't find enough evidence for his existence.  And atheist David Moser asks how prayer to an all knowing God makes sense. For David's Book "The Dawkins Letters"  http://www.stpeters-dundee.org.uk/node/13 For Solas http://www.solas-cpc.co.uk/blog For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 24 Apr 2010 - "Grill a Christian" show - four atheists challenge David Robertson with their objections to faith Unbelievable? 20 Feb 2010 - "Is Christianity Good for us?" US atheist Michael Shermer debates Scottish apologist David Robertson Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

With a growing number of foreign universities now accepting the results of China's college entrance exam, or Gaokao, more Chinese students are expected to be able to access more of the world's top higher-education institutions. CRI's Su Yi has more. Reporter: Nowadays, increasingly more mainland high school graduates choose to go overseas for university education. At the same time, more and more foreign universities have begun accepting the results of College Entrance Examination, or Gaokao, of mainland students. David Moser, Academic Director of CET Beijing Chinese studies, explains why. "One of the most important factors here is that there are an increasing number of Chinese students with the economic means to go abroad. And it's becoming such a market force in the university system of overseas universities that many universities are willing to accommodate them. In order to get them to go there, and of course, if they need to have some ways of evaluating them, and if there's already a metric, which is the gaokao, then this is a pretty good indication of the quality of students." Among all overseas studying destinations, Australia has become the first developed country directly accepting mainland students' Gaokao results. According to statistics, over 60 percent of Australian universities are now accepting the Gaokao result of Chinese students. Xiong Bingqi, Vice President of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, explains why Australia plays this pioneer role, "Australia takes education as a very important industry, that's the reason why it wants to enroll more Chinese students. By accepting the Gaokao results, Chinese students will have an easier access to Australian universities, which will result in a fast increase of the number of Chinese students. Then such an industry will grow stronger." Mr. Bobby, China development manager of the Chinese student admissions center, University of Wollongong in Australia, gives his point of view. "They have done their research—many universities in Australia, they have done their research and they believe that students who attain satisfactory Gaokao results can directly start from the first year of the university. In the past, it used to be a 'foundation course' in the first year of the university, but now it's different. Chinese students who have achieved satisfactory results in Gaokao have proved that (they) have more knowledge in certain subjects when compared with the local students." With Australia and Canada being pioneers in the course, we have every reason to believe the Gaokao results will become popular all around the world some day in the future.

It seems to be the consensus among long-time China watchers that the Chinese media has become more radicalized over the last five years, with both online and traditional channels now feeding the public conflicting stories of both reflexive scorn for the status quo or patriotic jingoism. But how radical are things getting? And what are the limits to how much further they can go, or will be allowed to go on either side? This week on Sinica we look at two of the extremes. First up is a discussion between Jeremy Goldkorn and Brook Larmer, whose recent essay on Chinese internet humor for The New York Times looked not only at what is being said online but who is saying it and why. Then we look the other way, talking with journalist Christina Larson and Sinica-stalwart David Moser about the Global Times, a commercial newspaper under the auspices of the People's Daily so untempered in its nationalism that many consider the paper a government mouthpiece, with Christina Larson even comparing the publication to Fox News. Recommendations: Brook's NYT article http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/magazine/the-dangerous-politics-of-internet-humor-in-china.html Stifled Laughter: How the Communist Party Killed Chinese Humor http://www.danwei.org/tv/stifled_laughter_how_the_commu.php Pi San's cartoons on NYT http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/30/magazine/26mag-chinese-animations.html?scp=2&sq=pi%20san%20china&st=cse ABC interview with Pi San and Jeremy http://www.danwei.org/featured_video/director_pi_san_on_his_his_yea.php Pi San's cartoons with English subtitles http://www.danwei.com/blowing-up-the-school/ http://www.danwei.com/kuang-kuang-and-the-38th-parallel/ Liu Xiaobo humor - The Lius I admire http://www.danwei.org/humor/the_lius_i_admire.php Lei Feng microblog http://www.danwei.org/humor/lei_feng_microblog.php Hoax dictionary entries (origin of the "Cao Ni Ma" slang) http://www.danwei.org/humor/baidu_baike_fake_entries.php Hu Ge spoof on group housing http://www.danwei.org/humor/ccav_on_group_housing.php China Digital Times Grass Mud Horse Lexicon https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/decoding-the-chinese-internet-ebook-2015-edition/ Christina's FP article http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/31/global_times_china_fox_news FP: Top 10 screeds in Global Times http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/31/the_top_10_screeds_in_chinas_global_times John Garnaut: Global Times - A cocktail of conspiracies delivered daily http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-cocktail-of-conspiracies-delivered-daily-20101217-190pb.html Hu Xijin's Weibo http://weibo.com/huxijin Peking Duck blogger on Global Times https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Apekingduck.org+%22global+times%22

Videos of lectures by Tengfei Yuan, a history teacher in a middle school in Beijing, recently went viral on the internet. While his charismatic and humorous teaching style attracts public attention and fans, his bold criticisms on Mao make him highly controversial among Chinese netizens. The surprising rise of this outspoken teacher sets off by contrast the self-censoring phenomenon that has taken root among the foreign community in China. How has one of the fiercest critics of Mao's legacy emerged within the confines of China's own educational system? Why is one Chinese teacher going where most foreigners fear to tread, and what does this mean for foreigners working and living in China? This episode is a conversation with Sinica regular Gady Epstein, Beijing bureau chief for Forbes magazine, and a first time guest David Moser, translator, essayist, and Sinologist, who is currently working as the Academic Director for CET Beijing. Along with Sinica hosts Jeremy and Kaiser, these guests share their opinions on the level of “civility” as foreigners and their experience of self-censoring while working in Beijing. Gady also discusses the main concepts of the upcoming book the Party: the Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor and a piece about the book Gady is working up for Forbes. References: After Four Decades, Apologies are Coming Forth, Xujun Eberlein Changing the Subject: How the Chinese Government Controls Television, by Ann Condi Censors Without Border, by Emily Parker China's Private Party, by Richard McGregor

“Language is the center of everything I do.” -https://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser (David Moser). David's Twitter bio says that he is a Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist and Author of "A Billion Voices: China's Search for a Common Language" but what it does not say (most likely due to understandable platform space constraints) is the thread of curiosity that permeates everything he does.  That curiosity is infectious and one of the reasons why we are pleased to say that he has agreed to become a repeat guest on the Changing Scripts part of the Geopats Podcast. We need time and space to dig into the linguistic, psychological and motivational topics that we started to cover in this conversation and we are super pleased that he is willing and able to do so. More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/22) Support this podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geopats/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Can the making of a language be a riveting story? Yes, yes, andhttps://geopats.podbean.com/e/mandarin-chinese-yes-no-language-tanya-crossman-tck/ ( 对啊). According to Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Guesthttps://120226949-447684682532113263.preview.editmysite.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser ( David Moser), for modern day Mandarin Chinese there are power struggles, harsh words, a jazz music studio and a bit of https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abbott-and-Costello (Abbot and Costello) behavior that contributed to the language story. In this conversation, David and I chat about his story and people packed book about the manufacturing of modern day Mandarin Chinese via his book "https://www.economist.com/node/21708731/all-comments (A Billion Voices".) ​ More info: https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/29 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/24) Support this podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geopats/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

How much overlap is there between music and language? Sinologist, Linguist, Jazz Pianist & returning Geopats Podcast Guesthttps://geopats.podbean.com/geopats/episode/update/id/%20https:/twitter.com/david__moser ( David Moser), joins us again for a dive into this question.  More info:https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/28 (https://www.stephfuccio.com/geopatslanguage/28) Support this podcastSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geopats/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy