Podcasts about Xinran

In this engaging episode of "Tangents by Out of Architecture," our guest Xinran Ma shares his inspiring journey from a traditional architecture career to the innovative field of product design at Redfin. Our conversation delves deeply into the mindset shift required for career transition, and the strategies Xinran employed to gain experience and build credibility in a new industry. From studying architecture in China and New York to fostering a passion for user experience design, Xinran's story illustrates the diverse applications of architectural skills beyond conventional practice.Xinran elaborates on the differences between architectural education and practice, highlighting how his idealistic aspirations met practical realities that motivated his transition. He offers rich insights into the importance of design thinking and user interaction, emphasizing his path to becoming an accomplished UX designer. Highlights:Transitioning from architecture to UX design involves a significant mindset shift, focusing on design thinking and practical constraints.Real-world project experience is crucial for breaking into new fields, as it adds credibility and context to interviews and portfolios.Changing careers can be daunting but provides an opportunity to explore personal passions and gain fulfillment through meaningful work.Networking and community engagement can unexpectedly lead to job opportunities and career insights.Perseverance and a strategic approach can help overcome initial setbacks when venturing into a new profession.Links:Design with AI Substack Link: https://designwithai.substack.com/Buy Xinran's Book: https://amzn.to/3C726dfXinran's website: https://www.xinranma.com/Guest Bio:Xinran is an architect turned product designer on a mission to empower designers to elevate their careers and live better lives. He went from designing buildings to crafting digital experiences, and now he is exploring the power of AI in design. He is the founder of Design with AI, a digital publication to help designers design better, faster, and smarter with AI through practical tips. He is also the author of three Amazon #1 New Release books in UX and have been recognized as an ADPList's Top 1% Mentor in Design five times. He regularly gives AI talks and runs workshops at institutions like Microsoft, UXPA, Pratt Institute, the University of Connecticut, and Maven. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Recorded on location at the Boswell Book Festival, this week Kirsty Logan tells us about 'The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir', journalist and author Xinran Xue uncovers 'The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China', Nigel Toon tells us 'How AI thinks' and we end with Vivian French with 'Bibi and the Box of Fairy Tales!' All that plus some brand new audiobooks that are also in the Talking Books library.

Bem-vindo à Rádio Minghui. As transmissões incluem assuntos relativos à perseguição ao Falun Gong na China, entendimentos e experiências dos praticantes adquiridas no curso de seus cultivos, interesses e música composta e executada pelos praticantes do Dafa. Programa 997: Experiência de cultivo da categoria Entendimentos obtidos pelo cultivo, intitulada: "Despertando de repente após encontrar meu apego", escrita por Xinran, uma praticante do Falun Dafa na China.

Deputy DA John McKinney received his law degree from UCLA in 1997 and worked at superior courts in South Gate, Whittier, West Covina, and Compton. Mr. McKinney also worked in the V.I.P. unit which was a small, specially trained group of prosecutors who handle cases involving special victims, like the Special Victims Unit portrayed on the NBC show “Law and Order SVU.” John McKinney also prosecuted high-profile murder cases while assigned to the Major Crimes Division. His most recent trial involved the death of Grammy award-winning rapper, businessman, and voice of South Los Angeles, Ermias Asghedom, aka “Nipsey Hussle.” I secured a first-degree murder conviction against Eric Holder Jr. in the vicious shooting of Hussle. Nipsey's death was a great loss to his family, fans, and the entire community in South Los Angeles. John Mckinney is currently running for head DA for the city of Los Angeles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forfatteren Xinran har brugt sit liv på at lytte til de kinesiske kvinders hemmeligheder, selvbebrejdelser og skamfulde fortællinger om vold og underkastelse. Hun udgav i 2002 bogen The Good Women of China, hvor hun fortæller de kvindehistorier, hun havde fået via sit radioprogram Ord i nattebrisen, hvor hun fortalte om almindelige kinesiske kvinders liv og vilkår. Bogen blev en overraskende succes, som i dag er solgt over hele verden og oversat til mere end 50 sprog. I denne uges udgave af Langsomme Samtaler med Rune Lykkeberg fortæller Xinran om at være forældreløs kvinde under kulturrevolutionen, hvorfor hun blev forhadt af kinesiske kvinder på landet, og hvorfor hun stadig i dag kæmper for kinesiske kvinders rettigheder og image i omverdenen.

Com a trupe toda reunida, Arthur Marchetto, Cecília Garcia Marcon, Vilto Reis e AJ Oliveira falam sobre a leitura de "Viúva de Ferro", de Xinran Jay Zhao - uma obra escolhida pelos rapazes especialmente para torturar a Ceci! Dá o play pra ouvir o aplauso ao trisal, a aflição dos pés flor de lótus e a passada de pano para um personagem complexo e adorado. CONFIRA OS TÍTULOS DO CLUBE DE LEITURA DO 30:MIN PARA 2023 CANAL DO 30:MIN NO YOUTUBE Telegram do 30:MIN Apoie o 30:MIN no PicPay Apoie o 30:MIN no Padrim --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/30min/message

No episódio de hoje, Luan Moreno e Mateus Oliveira entrevistaram Xiran Waibel, atualmente engenheira de dados Sênior na Netflix.A Engenharia de Dados é um das profissões que estão em alta no mercado de trabalho, mas entender como funciona é algo que até hoje as empresas tem dificuldades.Engenharia de Dados engloba:Entendimento de novas tecnologias orientadas a Big DataTrabalhar com soluções de dados que resolvem problemas de negócioConstruções de pipelines de dados resilientes e escaláveisFalamos também nesse bate-papo sobre os seguintes temas:Engenharia de Dados na Netflix;Dicas de Engenharia de Dados;Soft Skills;Comunidade.Aprenda um pouco como a Netflix trabalha utilizando dados como um dos produtos mais valiosos da empresa, além de uma cultura interna forte e funcional.Xiran Waibel Medium  Luan Moreno = https://www.linkedin.com/in/luanmoreno/

Note: Xinran has heavily accented English, so listeners will probably find it easier to listen while reading the transcript, which you can find at Publishedauthor.com, linking from Episode 48's page  Xinran is an internationally acclaimed author, journalist, and activist.   Born in Beijing in 1958 to educated parents, Xinran was separated from her mother and father during Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution because her parents were imprisoned.  In this episode, Xinran tells host Josh Steimle the moving recollection of her early memories, when she came home from school to find her parent's house on fire after being set alight by the Red Guards. She recalls losing all her books during that traumatic event.  Raised by her grandparents, Xinran hosted a radio show, Words on the Night Breeze, in the 1980s. It aired between 10 p.m. until midnight because, she was told, no one listened to her show.   However, she received hundreds of letters from listeners every day, revealing the true and enormous size of her radio audience. These letters as well as phone calls became the basis of some of her books later on, and hugely influenced her writing.  Xinran's most recent book is The Promise. Other books include Message From An Unknown Chinese Mother, Buy Me The Sky, and her first novel, Miss Chopsticks, released in 2007.  Xinran says: “If you read all of my books, 99 percent are not my life story. It's all the people's story.”  She explains that when she started writing she realized she didn't know the real China.   “I found this history . . . that I didn't know. It wasn't in my textbooks, wasn't in books. People never talk about this,” she says. “People in the countryside are very poor, but people never talked about it. It was three generations in silence.”  I Didn't Have A Right To Talk To Anyone  Xinran dreamed of writing because she knew people were scared to speak out, and she wanted to help them. But she never dreamed this would become a reality until she moved to the UK in 1997.  Xinran moved to London in 1997, she worked as a cleaner, eventually getting a job as a  part-time teacher. Her students encouraged her to write a book because they loved the stories she told about China and her friends there.   That seminal first book, The Good Women Of China, is a memoir relating the stories Xinran heard while hosting her radio show. The book reveals many Chinese women's thoughts and experiences that took place both during and after the Cultural Revolution.  Published in 2002, The Good Women Of China has been and has been translated into more than 49 languages.  After its success, Xinran went on to write Sky Burial, published in 2004. This book focuses on Tibet and follows Shu Wen, whose husband joined the Chinese army and was sent to Tibet to help unify the two cultures.   Between 2003 and 2005 Xinran wrote a regular column in The Guardian, and these were published in 2006 as What the Chinese Don't Eat. The book delves into a vast range of subjects, from food to sex education, as well as the experiences of British mothers who've adopted Chinese daughters.  A Bridge Of Love  In August 2004 Xinran set up ‘The Mothers' Bridge of Love' (MBL). MBL reaches out to Chinese children in all corners of the world. By creating a bridge of understanding between China and the West and between adoptive culture and birth culture, MBL aims to help bridge the huge poverty gap which still exists in many parts of China. The MBL book for adoptive families is Motherbridge Of Love, translated into more than 20 languages.  LINKS MothersBridge.org About Xinran SUBSCRIBE TO THE PUBLISHED AUTHOR PODCAST  If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or anywhere else you listen to podcasts. You can also watch episodes of the podcast on YouTube.  And if you want to spread the word, please give us a five-star review (we read every single one!) and share this page with your friends.   We also share valuable snippets from podcast episodes on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.  ABOUT THE HOST  The Published Author Podcast is hosted by Josh Steimle, founder of Published Author. Josh is a book author himself and his article writing has been featured in over two dozen publications including Time, Forbes, Fortune, Mashable, and TechCrunch. He's a TEDx speaker, the founder of the global marketing agency MWI, a skater, father, and husband, and lives on a horse farm in Boston. Learn more at JoshSteimle.com.

This week Seth and Rebecca discuss their favorite books for talking to kids about adoption. Show Notes: 1:18- A Mother for Choco, by Keiko Kasza 7:06- All About Adoption: How Families Are Made and How Kids Feel About It,  by Marc A. Nemiroff and Jane Annunziata 23:37- Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang 32:37- Pablo’s Tree, by Pat Mora 43:44- Motherbridge of Love, by Xinran 53:10- "Babies" 2010 documentary 54:30-  Home at Last, by Vera B. Williams 1:01:05 The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale, by Grace Lin Find us on the web! Rad Child Podcast: www.radchildpodcast.com Facebook Twitter Instagram Contact us: radchildpodcast@gmail.com Be a guest Donate Buy Rad Merch Shift Book Box: https://www.shiftbookbox.com/ Facebook Instagram Twitter    

Nesse episódio, Bruna e Mayra conversaram sobre o livro "As Boas Mulheres da China" escrito por Xinran. SINOPSE: Xinran é uma jornalista nascida em Pequim em 1958. Ela trabalhou durante vários anos em Nanquim onde tocou um programa de rádio chamado “Palavras na brisa noturna” em que contava a história de diversas mulheres chinesas e oferecia ajuda e conselhos. Entre 1989 e 1997 ela entrevistou várias mulheres de diferentes regiões, províncias, idades e histórias de vida para entender qual era a situação e realidade da mulher chinesa na época moderna pós Revolução Cultural. Vinhos do episódio Mayra: Santa Rita 120 Reserva Especial - Pinot Noir (Tinto) - Chile Bruna: Santa Rita 120 Reserva Especial - Carmenere (Tinto) - Chile Beba com moderação. - Apoie o Wine About It no Catarse e receba conteúdo exclusivo: http://bit.ly/CatarseWAI - Siga o Wine About It no Twitter http://twitter.com/wineaboutitcast - Siga o Wine About It no Instagram http://instagram.com/wineaboutitcast

The ultimate fate of all intelligent beings has always been to become as grand as their thoughts. Episode 40 is no ordinary episode! This time TrChFic is crossing over with Couch Command and its esteemed host Keith Hayward to jump right down the Chinese sci-fi wormhole of Liu Cixin's haymaker-punch ending to his Three Body Problem trilogy, Death's End (死神永生 / Sǐshén Yǒngshēng). Hell yes. - // NEWS ITEMS // Feng Jicai event: Tales of Old Tianjin w/ XINRAN, Guanghwa Bookshop & Sinoist Books What's Going Wrong With Translated Chinese Literature? by Dylan Levi King On UFOlogy with Chinese Characteristics and the Fate of Chinese Socialism - // WORD OF THE DAY // (警告 / Jǐnggào / warning) - // MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE // What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese? by Xia Jia The Roman and Chinese Empires The London Chinese Scifi Group and their discussion of The Lighthouse Girl by Baoshu The Cultural Revolution, Fanaticism and Rationality in The Three-Body Problem - a Master's thesis that gets into some of what Keith and I discuss - // Handy TrChFic Links // Buy Me a Coffee Bonus Shows on Patreon  The TrChFic Map INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // DISCORD // MY SITE

Xinran Wang joins Adam and Polly to talk about agile software development practices. Grooming, estimating using story points, and working cross-functionally. Also, whether it's safe to change size like Ant Man. Transcript Lyft Mobile Podcast - 19 - Agile Development with Xinran Wang Show Notes Notion app (which Xinran stopped using in favor of a Google Doc) Xinran Wang on Twitter Polly on Twitter Adam on Twitter

In the summer 2019 podcast, Judged, we focus on how governments use power to undermine justice and freedom. Lewis Jennings and Rachael Jolley discuss the latest issue of the magazine, revealing their top picks and debating what rating they would be under China's social credit rating system. Guests include best-selling Chinese author Xinran, who delves into surveillance in China; Italian journalist Stefano Pozzebon, who reveals the dangers of being a foreign journalist in Venezuela; and Steve Levitsky, the co-author of The New York Times best-seller How Democracies Die, discusses political polarisation in the US. 

The Chinese journalist and activist Xinran tells the story of China since the start of the 20th century through four generations of one family. She tells Andrew Marr how the family lived through enormous social upheaval, and reveals how traditional values started to unravel with the tide of modernity. The academic Roel Sterckx looks back beyond the last century to ancient Chinese philosophers and thinkers. He argues that in order to understand modern China we need to understand its past. The practice of power, government and social harmony has a long tradition. It is seventy years since Mao founded the People’s Republic of China and Julia Lovell re-evaluates Mao's philosophy both at home and abroad. For decades Maoism has been dismissed in the West as an outdated historical and political phenomenon, and yet his ideas remain central to China’s Communist government - and continue to influence people around the world. Not only Chinese ideas have spread throughout the globe: the latest play from director David K S Tse is based on the lives of Chinese people who moved to the UK. From Shore to Shore is staged in Chinese takeaways around the country and blends English, Mandarin and Cantonese, to tell the story of three journeys to find a home. Producer: Katy Hickman

Amanda and Jenn discuss good “relationship reads,” Asian authors, classic retellings, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, But That’s Another Story podcast and Life, Death, and Cellos by Isabel Rogers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Questions 1. Hi! So I’m a part of this book club and we are in need of a new book. All the members of our book club are recent college grads and have just entered adulthood. Most of us have just moved to a new city and are in the process of finding our place, launching our careers and figuring out what we want to do with our lives. Collectively we often feel a sense of ‘being lost’. There are so many options in this world and decisions we need to make and those choices can be overwhelming. We would love to read a book that resonates with the struggles, excitement and growing pains of the season we are currently experiencing. We also would love to read something that can serve as a source of hope for us-hope that we will figure out how to approach this season and who we want to be in this world. Also, we prefer to read novels. Thank you so much! –Emily   2. Hi! In the last month, I have been reading If We Had Known by Elise Juska, Vox by Christina Dalcher, The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, and Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. I didn’t set out to read books surrounding heavy and/or politically-charged issues, and I generally wouldn’t characterize my reading life as trigger warning heavy. However, I really enjoyed reading these books that aren’t strictly reality but are still very real and can help me think through real and pressing issues. Can you recommend more novels like these? Please no white male authors because its 2019 and I’m tired of hearing men talk—thanks! –Tally   3. I’m looking for a book I can listen to on audio with my husband. We have listened to A Walk in the Woods, Ender’s Game, the King Killer Chronicles, The Expanse series etc. He is a history buff who loves fantasy, classic adventure literature (like the Count of Monte Christo) and long history books like The history of Salt, Heart of the Sea, McCullogh presidential biographies etc. I am an ex-English major. Recently on audiobook I have enjoyed Spinning Silver, A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, My Lady Jane, Becoming by Michelle Obama and The Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. I love your weekly recs! Thanks in advance. –Sarah   4. Hello, book friends! And help! I just finished a reread of Kristin Cashore’s trilogy (Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue) and now I’m flailing around at just how great they are, and how I’ve never read anything that feels quite like them. I love how the characters take care of each other. I love the characters! They’re very likeable people, and I also love how practical they are. I like how these books are books with romance in them rather than books about romance. Same for the magic–it’s mostly very low key, but is still unique and interesting. I am so desperate to find other books that feel the same way these do! They don’t have to be YA, though I would prefer sticking to secondary fantasy worlds. Extra super special brownie points if the main character is queer! THANK YOU! –A   5. Hi Jenn and Amanda, Thank you for this amazing podcast and all the recommendations that you make. One of my main reading goals this year is to continue reading more diversely and as part of that I want to read fewer American authors. American authors always end up making a big chunk of my reading and I am trying to change that to broaden my perspective. So, could you please recommend any books by Asian female authors? No Asian-American ones as I feel that would still be cheating. I have read the more popular authors like Arundhati Roy, Han Kang, Celeste Ng, Mira Jacob, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kamila Shamsie etc. I read all kinds of genres, fiction or non-fiction, and would love to hear your recommendations. Thanks a lot! –Nikhila   6. Hi, looking for some books I could give my sister. She reads mostly fiction, mixing classics and modern picks. Some favourites of hers include Pride & Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, His Dark Materials, The Book Thief, The Last Runaways. This year she loved Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Spinning Silver and Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries. I gave her Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites and she really liked it but found it hard because of how sad it is. I keep thinking of and giving her books I think she will love but they are often pretty bleak, and she would love some less depressing books to throw in the mix (I gave her Ferrante, her best friend gave her A Little Life, she will need something in between) They don’t have to be all light and fluffy but at least a happy ending would be great. Thank you! I love the show, you have made my tbr almost impossible, which is the best problem to have.   7. I’m looking for a fun book to listen to on audio with my husband on a roadtrip. The problem is that we have quite different interests–I love literary fiction and popular fiction: Crazy Rich Asians, Outlander, The Goldfinch, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman. He mostly reads nonfiction–Stephen Pinker, books on objectivism, and comparative religions. Some books we’ve listened to together and liked are The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James, and The Martian by Andy Weir. I know this is kind of a tough one, so thanks in advance! You guys are awesome. –Aaryn   Books Discussed Upstream by Mary Oliver Becoming by Michelle Obama Startup by Doree Shafrir (rec’d by Rebecca) Chemistry by Weike Wang (tw: family emotional abuse) Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez How Long Til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (tw: rape, gendered violence) On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee (narrated by BD Wong) The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner Witchmark by CL Polk The Good Women of China by Xinran, trans. By Esther Tyldesley The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda (tw: body horror) Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Pride by Ibi Zoboi Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies

In this session of the Super Data Science Podcast, I chat with Expert Financial Modeler Xinran Liu. You will learn about Financial Modeling, how Data Scientists can get into this space, the difference between inputs and assumptions and more. If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes, resources, and more at https://www.superdatascience.com/6

Rana Mitter is joined by the historians Frank Dikötter, Patricia Thornton and Kerry Brown, and by the writers Xinran and Xiaolu Guo, to revisit the Cultural Revolution 50 years on. On 16th May 1966, Mao Zedong initiated a mass movement aimed at purging all "capitalist" and "traditional elements" from the Chinese Communist Party, and from Chinese society as a whole. This initiated the 10 years of social and political turmoil known as the Cultural Revolution. There are no plans to publicly mark the anniversary of these events in China, but elsewhere this troubled period of Chinese history is being re-examined. Frank Dikötter is the author of The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976, the final instalment in the People's Trilogy Producer: Luke Mulhall

Agony aunt Criselda Kananda found out she was HIV positive 16 years ago and was given two years to live. Determined to change her fate, the South African discovered that most of the information available about the illness was full of stereotypes and judgements. So she made it her mission to help others and became a well-known radio and TV presenter, offering advice on health and well-being. But this is not an easy job. She reveals that in order to cope with other people's pain and emotions she gives herself a 'cry day', followed by 'laughter therapy'. For almost a decade, the acclaimed Chinese author Xinran Xue hosted a call-in radio show that made her famous in her country. She offered advice to thousands of women on how to cope with traumatic experiences like domestic violence. As an agony aunt Xinran says that her callers inspired her and she learnt from their experiences. However, she became so affected by their stories that she left China in 1997 and settled in London. Since then, Xinran has published seven books, which include some of the issues she heard on her radio programme. In her latest title, Buy Me the Sky, she turns her attention to Chinese children born under the one-child policy, implemented in 1978. (Photo: Criselda Kananda. Credit: Metrofm; Xinran Xue. Credit: Juliana Johnston)

Famed Chinese writer Xinran, author of The Good Women of China, introduces her latest book Buy Me The Sky, an investigation of the impact of China’s one-child policy on those born after 1970. With journalistic nous and novelistic flair, she scrutinises how generations of “one and onlies”, burdened with expectation but reared with scant sense of responsibility, embody... Read full post ›

Enacted in 1980, the one child policy was designed to allow China's development to forge ahead. Demographers estimate that at between 100 and 400 million births were averted as a direct result of this policy, and some Chinese argue that this has helped China achieve the momentous task of lifting over 550 million people out of poverty. However, the policy has been controversial, with accusations of human rights abuses in implementation, unusually high sex ratios at birth, as well as concerns about the social implications of a generation of single children. On Monday 25 May, acclaimed journalist and novelist Ms Xue Xinran joined Lowy Institute East Asia program Director Merriden Varrall in a conversation about how the one child policy, introduced in 1978, is affecting the Chinese social, economic, and political landscape.

One in five of the world's population is Chinese, 300 million Chinese are under 30, and of these, most are only children as a result of the One Child Policy. What do these only children think and do? A generation burdened with high expectation and unprepared for responsibility. With journalistic acumen and a novelist's flair, Xinran tells the remarkable stories of men and women born and raised under China's single-child policy. Xinran shows how these generations embody the hopes and fears of a great nation at a time of unprecedented change. Buy Me the Sky provides an illuminating glimpse of the face of modern China.

Xue Xinran shares from her 2015 book, Buy Me the Sky, recounting stories of men and women born under China's single-child policy instituted in 1979. From the businessman's son unable to pack his own suitcase - to the PhD student who pulled herself out of extreme rural poverty, these revered 'little emperors and suns' form the emerging face of China. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 21 May 2015, in association with the 2015 Sydney Writers' Festival.

Xue Xinran shares from her 2015 book, Buy Me the Sky, recounting stories of men and women born under China's single-child policy instituted in 1979. From the businessman's son unable to pack his own suitcase - to the PhD student who pulled herself out of extreme rural poverty, these revered 'little emperors and suns' form the emerging face of China. Recorded at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), 21 May 2015, in association with the 2015 Sydney Writers' Festival.

A week on from the election, Anne McElvoy turns to three historians - Tim Bale, Krista Cowman and Jon Lawrence - to offer their views on the dramatic changes to the UK's political landscape; writer Xinran talks about the consequences of China's one-child policy, and Anne has a first night review of High Society at the Old Vic directed by Maria Freedman.

Xinran has often been referred to as China's answer to Oprah Winfrey. She became China's first radio agony aunt and the heartbreaking stories she heard from Chinese women have been collected in a new book, "The Good Women of China". (Originally aired March 2003)

Xinran has often been referred to as China's answer to Oprah Winfrey. She became China's first radio agony aunt and the heartbreaking stories she heard from Chinese women have been collected in a new book, "The Good Women of China". (Originally aired March 2003)

British-Chinese journalist Xinran is the author of "China Witness: Voices From A Silent Generation". Her research is based on years of interviews with Chinese people of the last two generations. Older people were not used to being asked their opinions on anything and tended to be quite suspicious at first. Despite having lived through extreme hardship, many still share a nostalgia for the days of Mao.The younger generation knew nothing of the Cultural Revolution or of the sacrifices and efforts made by their parents.. (Originally aired Deceber 2009)

British-Chinese journalist Xinran is the author of "China Witness: Voices From A Silent Generation". Her research is based on years of interviews with Chinese people of the last two generations. Older people were not used to being asked their opinions on anything and tended to be quite suspicious at first. Despite having lived through extreme hardship, many still share a nostalgia for the days of Mao.The younger generation knew nothing of the Cultural Revolution or of the sacrifices and efforts made by their parents.. (Originally aired Deceber 2009)

Chris speaks with Chinese author and journalist Xinran Xue about her riveting new read "Message from an unknown Chinese Mother" and gains an insight into the societal predisposition for sons in a country that's recently legislated against having more than one child.

Michael Katakis and Xinran

Hearing Voices

Looking for a new God

While the West has commonly viewed the last one hundred years in China through the single narrative lens of Mao’s rise and rule, the experience of this same period for the Chinese themselves has been infinitely more complex, and little understood. And perhaps no one is more capable of tapping into the true narrative of this time than Xinran, a national celebrity and beloved figure in China by virtue of her hugely popular radio show, which aired in the 1990s.