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The British government has condemned the detention and expulsion of two of its MPs who had gone to Israel on an official visit. Israel says they were intending to spread hate speech: we hear from the UK government.Also in the programme: the Israeli army admits its soldiers made what it calls "mistakes" when they killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza; and one Ukrainian man tells us he was conscripted into the army against his will.(IMAGE: Abtisam Mohamed (left), Labour MP for Sheffield Central, and Yuan Yang (right) Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, have now left Israel after being detained and expelled while on an official visit; CREDIT: House of Commons)

In the documentary Growing up Gypsy, Stacey Dooley gets to know three young English Romany Gypsy women. Invited into the traditionally private community, Stacey discovers the complex balancing act the young women face growing up in one of Britain's most maligned ethnic minorities. She meets 23 year old Chantelle who prides herself in keeping with the ‘old' Gypsy values her granny Rita taught her and shares her ‘Gypsy Cleaning' videos on social media where she has nearly 400,000 followers on TikTok and 15 million likes on her page. Chantelle joined Kylie Pentelow to talk about her life, alongside Stacey Dooley.In this week's Women's Prize discussion, Clare McDonnell heard from two authors about the debut books they've had long-listed for this year's prestigious literary prize. Sanam Mahloudji's novel, The Persians, tells the story of the Valiat family from the perspective of five women from 1940s Iran into a splintered 2000s. And Labour MP Yuan Yang's non-fiction book, Private Revolutions, explores the lives of four women born in China in the 1980s and 90s during a time of rapid change in society.Since its release, the Netflix TV series Adolescence has caused widespread discussion about what's shaping our teenagers' lives. The four-part series follows the fallout from 13-year-old Jamie's arrest on suspicion of murdering his female classmate, Katie. The show is a critique of social media-boosted toxic masculinity and its role in the teenage experience. Clare discussed the issues with clinical psychologist, Dr Amani Milligan and Consultant Forensic Psychologist, Dr Ruth Tully.Do you enjoy a bit of gossip? The thrill of being the first to hear something and sharing it, or the irresistible urge to be let into the lives of others? What's the difference between idle gossip and hurtful criticism behind someone's back, do women gossip as much as men and can gossip be used to keep women safe? American journalist Kelsey McKinney joined Clare to discuss her new book, You Didn't Hear This From Me: Notes on the Art of Gossip.Technology journalist and author Lara Lewington asks how artificial intelligence can improve women's health, and what we are ready for it to do for us? From prevention and diagnostics to testing and tracking, we speak to female experts, scientists and practitioners. Her experts include Madhumita Murgia, AI Editor of the Financial Times, Nell Thornton, Improvement Fellow, The Health Foundation and Dr Ellie Cannon, a GP and author.This week we heard how victims and survivors of domestic abuse want the police to better protect them from perpetrators, but there's also a very practical and positive way some women have been trying to process their trauma to build a future for themselves. British boxer Lesley Sackey - who previously won gold at the EU Championships - is a survivor of an abusive relationship and now helps other women to gain confidence and move forward by getting into the boxing ring. She joined Claire, along with Olivia Culverhouse, who took part in Lesley's 10-week Fight Forward course.Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Sarah Crawley

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is due to make further cuts to welfare benefits and government departments when she speaks in Parliament later. The government already announced big welfare spending reductions last week - but the Chancellor's been told by the Office For Budget Responsibility her reforms to the system won't save as much as planned. Now dozens of women's organisations have written to Rachel Reeves urging her rethink plans for disability benefit cuts over fears it will remove a 'vital lifeline' for victims of abuse. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson Director of the Women's Budget Group and Angie Airlie, Chief Executive of Stay Safe East speak to Clare McDonnell.In this week's Women's Prize discussion, Clare hears from two authors about the debut books they've had long-listed for this year's prestigious literary prize. Sanam Mahloudji's novel, The Persians, tells the story of the Valiat family from the perspective of five women from 1940s Iran into a splintered 2000s. And Labour MP Yuan Yang's non-fiction book, Private Revolutions, explores the lives of four women born in China in the 1980s and 90s during a time of rapid change in society. It's emerged that an NHS trust criticised over the avoidable death of a baby was paid £2m for providing good maternity care. It's the latest in a series of developments and failings which have led to calls for a national inquiry into maternity care. It's alleged that hospital trusts are failing to learn from past mistakes and failing to implement improvement recommendations. The BBC's Social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan tells Clare what grieving parents want to happen.Do you enjoy a bit of gossip? The thrill of being the first to hear something and sharing it, or the irresistible urge to be let into the lives of others? What's the difference between idle gossip and hurtful criticism behind someone's back, do women gossip as much as men and can gossip be used to keep women safe? American journalist Kelsey McKinney joins Clare from the US to discuss her new book, You Didn't Hear This From Me: Notes on the Art of Gossip.Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Claire Fox

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP Yuan Yang, Conservative MP and shadow farming minister Robbie Moore, former Corbyn adviser James Schneider and former Farage adviser Gawain Towler.

Reading enter yet another period of exclusivity with a potential buyer mere minutes before Ben and Ross begin recording. Luckily they've got SBWD and STAR member Adam Jones with them to discuss what the club suggests could be a "quick completion".  Alongside cautiously optimistic discussion of the exclusivity statement, there's an update on Adam's work with STAR and SBWD, and news on Yuan Yang's petition for an inquiry into the running of the club. Plus, on the pitch, the Royals pick up a clean sheet against the league leaders, and take a second point from them in 24/25.  Thanks as always to our friends at ZCZ Films for sponsoring the pod! Follow The Tilehurst End on Twitter @thetilehurstend  Follow Ben on Twitter @mrblthomas Follow Ross on Bluesky @webberross.bsky.social

Kieran speaks to Yuan Yang, Labour MP for Earley and Woodley, about the latest financial woes at Reading FC. Follow Kevin on X - @kevinhunterday Follow Kieran on X - @KieranMaguire Follow Producer Guy on X - @guykilty Follow The Price of Football on X - @pof_pod Send in a question: questions@priceoffootball.com Join The Price of Football CLUB: https://priceoffootball.supportingcast.fm/ Check out the Price of Football merchandise store: https://the-price-of-football.backstreetmerch.com/ Visit the website: https://priceoffootball.com/ For sponsorship email - info@adelicious.fm The Price of Football is a Dap Dip production: https://dapdip.co.uk/ contact@dapdip.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Since 1978, China has changed beyond recognition thanks to its economic boom. 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty as GDP per capita has grown eighty times. Some 60 per cent of the country now live in cities and towns, compared to just 18 per cent before. But you know all this. What's less talked about is what that does to the people and families who live through these changes. What is it like to have such a different life to your parents before you, and your grandparents before then? How have people made the most of the boom, and what about those who've been left behind? A fascinating new book, Private Revolutions, tells the personal stories of four millennial women who were born as these changes took place. Its author, Yuan Yang, is a former Financial Times journalist and now a Labour party candidate, standing in the next election. She joins this episode. Further listening: Life on the margins: how China's rural deprivation curbs its success, with Professor Scott Rozelle. Produced by Cindy Yu and Joe Bedell-Brill.

Since 1978, China has changed beyond recognition thanks to its economic boom. 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty as GDP per capita has grown eighty times. Some 60 per cent of the country now live in cities and towns, compared to just 18 per cent before. But you know all this. What's less talked about is what that does to the people and families who live through these changes. What is it like to have such a different life to your parents before you, and your grandparents before then? How have people made the most of the boom, and what about those who've been left behind? A fascinating new book, Private Revolutions, tells the personal stories of four millennial women who were born as these changes took place. Its author, Yuan Yang, is a former Financial Times journalist and now a Labour party candidate, standing in the next election. She joins this episode. Further listening: Life on the margins: how China's rural deprivation curbs its success, with Professor Scott Rozelle. Produced by Cindy Yu and Joe Bedell-Brill.

No country has ever changed so fast as China. From the west, we see only the dazzling headline figures – 15% growth in some years. But it's on the ground, in the huge shifts in the patterns of daily life, where the story comes alive. Journalist Yuan Yang's first book Private Revolutions provides just that insight, […]

Yuan Yang was born in Sichuan, China, in 1990 and moved with her parents to England when she was four. 

When journalist Yuan Yang's activist friend Sam joked about Yuan writing the news story if Sam was ever detained… and then disappeared, Yuan knew there was a bigger story to tell about modern China. Her new book, Private Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China, looks at modern China through the lives of four women in their 30s.  She's chatting to Mick about China's communist lie, the fear of falling off ladders, pigs, parenting, and how the stories of these four brave idealist women in China's new social order led to Yuan standing for Parliament here in the UK.  Find out about China's left-behind children, what happened to a magic pig, and more, by becoming a Standard Issue Patreon Champ or Legend at patreon.com/StandardIssue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rana Mitter explores looks at the role of writing in propagating ideas and exposing political tensions. He hears how writers have given voice to personal and political ambitions, from Ding Ling to the teenagers of modern China. Yuan Yang discusses her new book, Private Revolutions. Simon Ings talks about his latest book Engineers of Human Souls which examines four writers whose ideas shaped the careers of some of the twentieth century's most infamous dictators. And Jeffrey Howard analyses the ethics of negotiating free speech and censorship today.Producer: Ruth WattsPrivate Revolutions: Coming of Age in a New China by Yuan Yang is out nowSimon Ings' book Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds looks at Maurice Barrès, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Ding Ling and Maxim Gorky.Jeffrey Howard is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Public Policy at UCL and Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. You can find an Essay called Prison Break which he wrote for BBC Radio 3 asking if it is ever ok to escape from prison available on BBC Sounds. He was chosen as a New Generation Thinker in 2020 on the scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to put research on radio.

Broadcasting legend Trevor Nelson celebrates 50 years of hip-hop. He chats to Adam about the early days of hip-hop, his stand-out tracks and the impact the music has had on popular culture. The BBC's Ben Chu and the FT's Yuan Yang talk about the Chinese economy. What is going wrong and should the rest of the world be worried? 00:00 - Steps count 02:23 - Chinese economy 14:43 - Cost of living 16:16 - 50 years of hip-hop You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Joe Wilkinson and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today at patreon.com/macrodose to hear the full version of this interview, as well as our recent episodes with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson.  You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with FT reporter Yuan Yang and contributing editor to the LRB, James Butler. Our guest today is Gargi Bhattacharyya. Gargi is Professor of Sociology in the Institute for Connected Communities at the University of East London. They are also an activist, organiser and author of Rethinking Racial Capitalism, an account of the entanglement between capitalism and racism, which tracks their historical interconnections as a route to better understanding their interactions today..  Gargi is also author of We the Heartbroken, a new book out just this month from Hajar Press. In it they explore the role of emotion, grief and tragedy in building solidarity - and argue that  heartbreak can become the class consciousness of our time.  In this interview we touch on both of these works. We started by discussing the concept of racial capitalism. What does the term mean, and why does Gargi think it is a useful framework for understanding the economy today?

MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today at patreon.com/macrodose to hear the full version of this interview, as well as our recent episodes with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with FT reporter Yuan Yang and academic and writer Gargi Bhattacharyya. Our guest today is Rosie Collington. Rosie is a political economist, writer, and researcher at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. She is also the co-author, alongside economist Marianna Mazzucato, of the new book: the Big Con: how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments and warps our economies. I met up with Rosie recently over at UCL to talk all things public sector, outsourcing, and the political economy of the state.

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with author Rosie Collington and FT reporter Yuan Yang. Our guest today is Tom Mills. Tom is a Lecturer in Sociology at Aston University, and author of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service. A book about the past, present and future of the BBC, how it shapes our understanding of the economy and society, and why we urgently need to rethink our public digital media ecosystem. Tom is also chair of Media Reform UK, a campaign for a more democratic and accountable media, where diversity, public interest and ethical journalism come before the private gain of a few media moguls.

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with author Rosie Collington and FT reporter Yuan Yang. Our guest today is Professor Richard Wolff. Professor Wolff is Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School University in New York City. He is a co-founder and active contributor of Democracy at Work and the host of the weekly show Economic Update with Richard Wolff which is syndicated on over 120+ radio stations in the US and available to stream online. He is also the author of numerous books, including, most recently, The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself.

To celebrate hitting 100 Macrodose subscribers on Patreon.com this week, we're unlocking the full version of one of our favourite Macrodose Extra interviews - on inflation, Covid economics and tackling inequality, with Gary Stevenson. Thank you to everyone who's taken the time to support Macrodose so far, without you this show would not be possible. MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and climate campaigner/author Kate Aronoff. You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with author Rosie Collington, FT reporter Yuan Yang, and public economist Richard Wolff. Our guest today is Gary Stevenson. Gary is a former city trader turned campaigner who made millions of pounds working at Citibank, betting that inequality would keep getting worse. He is now the host of the popular Youtube channel, Gary's economics - where his short videos provide insight into how the economy is broken, how the rich are getting richer and what we can do to fix it.

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with author Rosie Collington, FT reporter Yuan Yang, and public economist Richard Wolff. Our guest today is Kate Aronoff. Kate is a staff writer at the New Republic, and author of the wonderful book Overheated: How capitalism broke the planet and how we fight back. In the book, Kate traces a damning account of the financial forces that have hijacked and commodified the crisis of climate breakdown over recent decades, and shares a bold vision of what it will take, politically and economically, to face this existential threat head-on. This interview is about those intertwined histories of financialisation and climate denialism. How has the economic logic around the climate crisis shifted in recent years?

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis, labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, and former finance trader Gary Stevenson. You'll also gain access to our upcoming interviews with climate activist and author Kate Aronoff, FT reporter Yuan Yang, and public economist Richard Wolff. Our guest today is Kojo Koram. Kojo is a Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck School of Law, University of London. He is the author of Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire, a tour de force on the legacies of Empire and how they shape modern Britain, which was nominated for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2022. Kojo is also the co-author of Empire's Endgame: Racism and the British State, which was published in 2021, and star of the recent short-film for openDemocracy, Boomerang: how the legacies of empire are breaking Britain's economy - which you can find on Youtube.

Three years ago, as people across China welcomed the Year of the Rat, a new virus was taking hold in Wuhan. In London, the conversation at my family's New Year dinner was dominated by the latest updates, how many masks and hand sanitisers we'd ordered.  Mercifully, Covid didn't come up at all as we welcomed the Year of the Rabbit this weekend, though my family in China are still recovering from their recent infections. The zero Covid phase of the pandemic is well and truly over. So what better time to reflect on the rollercoaster of the last three years? In exchange for controlling the virus, China's borders were shut for most of that time, while the economy has tanked and a general of children had their schooling disrupted. Yet after some remarkable protests last November, the country has opened up at a breakneck pace. The government is now keen to move on, focusing now on this year's economic recovery. But can a country of 1.4 billion people move on quite so quickly? The exceptional nature of the pandemic and the collective trauma of the last three years need to be processed, and yet I wouldn't say that the Chinese Communist Party is usually good at allowing people to come to terms with historical suffering, especially when it's the Party at fault… So on this episode we'll be looking at the social legacy of the pandemic on China, and the collective memory of this exceptional time. Joining me are the Financial Times's Yuan Yang, who was the paper's deputy Beijing bureau chief during the first two years of the pandemic, and Guobin Yang, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Wuhan Lockdown, a book looking at how the Wuhan people documented the world's first brush with Covid-19. On the episode I also mentioned the Chinese Whispers episode on the civil backlash against facial recognition. Listen here.

Three years ago, as people across China welcomed the Year of the Rat, a new virus was taking hold in Wuhan. In London, the conversation at my family's New Year dinner was dominated by the latest updates, how many masks and hand sanitisers we'd ordered.  Mercifully, Covid didn't come up at all as we welcomed the Year of the Rabbit this weekend, though my family in China are still recovering from their recent infections. The zero Covid phase of the pandemic is well and truly over. So what better time to reflect on the rollercoaster of the last three years? In exchange for controlling the virus, China's borders were shut for most of that time, while the economy has tanked and a general of children had their schooling disrupted. Yet after some remarkable protests last November, the country has opened up at a breakneck pace. The government is now keen to move on, focusing now on this year's economic recovery. But can a country of 1.4 billion people move on quite so quickly? The exceptional nature of the pandemic and the collective trauma of the last three years need to be processed, and yet I wouldn't say that the Chinese Communist Party is usually good at allowing people to come to terms with historical suffering, especially when it's the Party at fault… So on this episode we'll be looking at the social legacy of the pandemic on China, and the collective memory of this exceptional time. Joining me are the Financial Times's Yuan Yang, who was the paper's deputy Beijing bureau chief during the first two years of the pandemic, and Guobin Yang, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Wuhan Lockdown, a book looking at how the Wuhan people documented the world's first brush with Covid-19. On the episode I also mentioned the Chinese Whispers episode on the civil backlash against facial recognition. Listen here.

Reed Hastings is stepping down as chief executive of Netflix, central bankers are making it clear to investors that they're going to keep raising interest rates, companies are trying to find solutions to global supply chain kinks, and the FT's Yuan Yang explains the power of collectively remembering pandemic lockdowns in China. Mentioned in this podcast:Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to step down as chief executiveCentral bankers pledge to ‘stay the course' on high interest ratesCompanies race to work around choke points in world tradeChina's collective memories of the pandemic deserve to be preservedFT podcast surveyThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show's editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT's executive producer. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show's theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FULL EPISODE available at: patreon.com/Macrodose MACRODOSE EXTRA takes you behind the scenes to go in-depth with some of the leading voices from the world of economics. Subscribe today to hear our recent interviews with Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis and labour journalist Sarah Jaffe, as well as upcoming interviews with author Kojo Koram, FT reporter Yuan Yang, and public economist Richard Wolff. Our guest today is Gary Stevenson. Gary is a former city trader turned campaigner who made millions of pounds working at Citibank, betting that inequality would keep getting worse. He is now the host of the popular Youtube channel, Gary's economics - where his short videos provide insight into how the economy is broken, how the rich are getting richer and what we can do to fix it.

When reports emerged of Chinese 'police service stations' operating in Europe, alarm bells began ringing across the continent. But what exactly is going on at these sites, and how worried should we be about them? This week we ring Yuan Yang, Europe-China correspondent at the Financial Times, to get a better understanding of how China works beyond its borders. We're also talking about Viktor Orbán's controversial scarf and the right not to be 'fun' at work. You can follow Yuan on Twitter here and read her reporting on China's offshore police stations here. This week's Isolation Inspiration: 'The White Lotus', Season 2, and The Playlist. Our interview with newly-minted astronaut Dr Meganne Christian, from February 2019, can be found in this episode: The Most Isolated Place on Earth'. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify. 03:04 Bad Week: Scarfgate 08:09 Good Week: The right to not be fun 15:35 Interview: Yuan Yang on China's 'overseas police stations' 29:20 Isolation Inspiration: Season 2 of 'The White Lotus' and 'The Playlist' 32:22 Happy Ending: Europe's new astronauts Producer: Katy Lee Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. You can find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family. Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

Severe lockdowns associated with China's zero-Covid policy have combined with economic woes to incite the most widespread protests since Tiananmen Square. President Xi Jinping is now under pressure to address this discontent. Gideon discusses what his options are with the FT's Yuan Yang, who has recently returned to London from Beijing.Clips: BBCMore on this topic:Xi's pandemic triumphalism returns to haunt himGuangzhou eases restrictions despite worsening Covid outbreakChina's high youth unemployment stokes student Covid protestsRestless Beijingers rise up against Covid controlsSubscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen TurnerRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Europe is importing a record amount of seaborne Russian gas, and Rolls-Royce has successfully tested hydrogen instead of conventional jet fuel to power a modern aircraft engine. Plus, the FT's Europe-China correspondent, Yuan Yang, explains why the protests in China are supported by a rare nationwide coalition of interests. Mentioned in this podcast:Europe's imports of Russian seaborne gas jump to record highRolls-Royce tests hydrogen-fuelled aircraft engine in aviation world firstChina's zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of interestsNews Clips: APThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show's editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT's executive producer. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show's theme song is by Metaphor Music.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Opposition to zero-COVID policies has sparked the biggest wave of protests in China in decades. We speak to Yuan Yang about their significance. Plus: Rishi Sunak faces Tory rebels, Matt Hancock leaves the jungle and Just Stop Oil’s latest protests. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 […]

Opposition to zero-COVID policies has sparked the biggest wave of protests in China in decades. We speak to Yuan Yang about their significance. Plus: Rishi Sunak faces Tory rebels, Matt Hancock leaves the jungle and Just Stop Oil’s latest protests. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani. __________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 […]

This week on Sinica, Kaiser & Jeremy welcome Yuan Yang, a reporter for the Financial Times who was until recently covering technology in Beijing. Now based in London, her beat is China-Europe relations, and on this episode she discusses German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent trip to China, and how Europe and European countries are navigating the fraught U.S.-China relationship.6:09 – Providing a balanced account of China's tech ecosystem 9:38 – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent trip to Beijing16:00 – The strategic autonomy of European foreign policy18:41 – European countries' fractured response to US tech restrictions on China21:58 – EU policies towards Xinjiang 24:31 – The impact of tech restrictions on European supply chains27:39 – The efficacy of sanctions30:12 – How China's position on Russia damaged its reputation in Europe33:48 – European reaction to Biden-Xi meeting35:57 – How a change in the American presidency could disrupt the Transatlantic alliance system40:55 – The formulation of Sunak's China policy 43:50 – Yuan's new forthcoming book Private Revolutions A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.comJeremy: Jewish comedian Ari ShaffirYuan: The Emily Wells album Regards to the End; The Dispossessed by Ursula Le GuinKaiser: mongulai.com, an e-commerce website specializing in Mongolian artisanal crafts; the Netflix show BarbariansSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US labour market appears to be cooling, the Bank of England raised interest rates by 75 basis points, the biggest increase in 30 years, and Russia has rejoined a deal to allow grain exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea. Plus, the FT's Yuan Yang explains why Germany is reconsidering its dependence on trade with China. Mentioned in this podcast:Tech groups cut jobs and pause hiring amid ‘leaner times'Bank of England raises interest rates by 0.75 percentage pointsGermany struggles with its dependency on ChinaRussia agrees to rejoin Ukraine grain exports dealSubscribe to the FT Weekend podcastThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show's editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT's executive producer. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show's theme song is by Metaphor Music.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese authorities have frozen several prominent apps that recently listed in New York. Yuan Yang of the Financial Times in Beijing explains the background to the dispute, which includes preventing ride-hailing app Didi from adding new users. Also in the programme, Europe's three biggest truckmakers have agreed to invest almost $600m in a network of electric charging points. However, significant hurdles to electrifying road haulage remain, and we find out more from Claes Eliasson, senior vice-president at Swedish truckmaker Volvo. Despite the high profile of college sports, most of its athletes are amateurs. But a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court opens the door to the professionalisation of the sector. Professor Gabe Feldman is director of the sports law programme at Tulane University in New Orleans, and tells us where the college sports teams' income has historically been spent. Justine Hartman played basketball for the University of California at Berkeley, and explains why she's one of a number of athletes who took legal action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association. And Chicago economist and business consultant Colleen Loughlin makes the case for maintaining the amateur status of college sports. Plus, with widespread reports of worker shortages in various sectors as the pandemic recedes in some parts of the world, our regular workplace commentator Pilita Clarke considers where the workers might have gone.

China is bucking a global trend and its economy is growing again. We hear from Wuhan and Shanghai, where restrictions have been lifted and companies are back in business. But the scars left by Covid-19 are still evident. We’ll also ask how ready China is for the challenges of 2021. The world’s second biggest economy is spending huge amounts on green technologies and clean power. Presenter Fergus Nicoll talks to Dr Sha Yu, Co-Director of the China Programme at the University of Maryland’s Centre for Global Sustainability, and Stefan Gsänger, Secretary-General of the World Wind Energy Association. Fergus is also joined by Yuan Yang, deputy Beijing bureau chief at the Financial Times and independent economist Andy Xie in Shanghai. (Picture: A worker in North China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2020. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

China is bucking a global trend and its economy is growing again. We hear from Wuhan and Shanghai, where restrictions have been lifted and companies are back in business. Also in the programme, we hear from the young generation leaving Hong Kong and those embracing change brought by a new security law. And, we ask how ready China is for the challenges of 2021. The world’s second biggest economy is spending huge amounts on green technologies and clean power. Experts give their views. We also talk to the writer Bill Hayton about how he thinks President Xi wants China to be viewed on the world stage. Presenter Fergus Nicoll is joined by Yuan Yang, deputy Beijing bureau chief at the Financial Times and independent economist Andy Xie in Shanghai. Picture: Students pose with a Chinese flag (Credit: Getty Images).

A surge in Uber’s food delivery business was unable to offset a 75 per cent drop in global ride-sharing, Quicken Loans stock jumped 20 per cent in its first day of trading on Thursday, and an FT analysis of data made public by the Trump administration makes it difficult to discern whether the US Paycheck Protection Program was effective at saving jobs. Plus, the FT’s deputy Beijing bureau chief, Yuan Yang, explains why Microsoft’s position in China might give it an advantage in its takeover talks for TikTok. Appetite for Uber Eats fails to offset ride-sharing collapsehttps://www.ft.com/content/0f0cd5f1-f88d-44e1-8b6a-7b50e48118aaQuicken Loans IPO: mortgage pioneer cashes in a big winhttps://www.ft.com/content/4f7e583a-3327-42fd-80cc-81bde2339a9bHow many jobs were saved by the US small business bailout?https://www.ft.com/content/fd288b21-3391-4881-95a3-6b860c007ec0TikTok deal tests Microsoft’s decades of China experiencehttps://www.ft.com/content/b02d5324-07e6-48ac-b658-b8c400d9b4fc See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EU leaders spent the weekend locked in marathon summit talks over Europe’s proposed €750bn response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Albert Fernández, Argentina’s president, has made an impassioned appeal for the world to accept that he cannot budge from his final offer to restructure $65bn of foreign debt. Plus, the US is considering an effective ban on TikTok, the popular social media platform. The FT’s Beijing Bureau chief, Yuan Yang, will explain. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

China was once the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, but now the country is coming out of lockdown. Gideon Rachman talks to FT correspondents Yuan Yang and James Kynge about how quickly China can find a new normal.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new report brings together fresh evidence of the forced transportation of Uighur Muslims from Xinjiang province to provide labour in factories across China. Ed Butler speaks to one of the report authors, Nathan Ruser from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. In some cases the factories are linked to major brands like Nike, Apple and Volkswagen. Yuan Yang, Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times, says she for one is not surprised by the reports. (Photo: Protesters attend a rally in Hong Kong on December 22, 2019 to show support for the Uighur minority in China, Credit: Getty Images)

Beijing has ordered government offices and public institutions to remove all foreign computer equipment and software within three years as part of its bid for self-reliance in office technology. Malcolm Moore discusses the ramifications for Chinese and US companies and for the global supply chain with the FT’s Yuan Yang in Beijing.Contributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, and Yuan Yang, Beijing technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yuan Yang explains the Chinese telecom equipment maker's role in the US-China trade war and concerns over national security.

Yuan Yang explains the Chinese telecom equipment maker's role in the US-China trade war and concerns over national security.

Yuan Yang explains the Chinese telecom equipment maker’s role in the US-China trade war and concerns over national security.

Both Western and Chinese companies are shaping the future of the Internet in ways that raise serious concerns over privacy and digital rights. This conversation included New York Times contributor and global affairs reporter Melissa Chan, Kickstarter founder Perry Chen, Financial Times Beijing tech correspondent Yuan Yang, and privacy advocate and Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake. This session was presented by Oslo Business Region.

June 4th, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the bloody culmination of the Chinese government´s Tiananmen Massacre of pro-democracy students and activists. But all public discussion and memories of the massacre have been erased within China itself. In our second episode from the Oslo Freedom Forum we will take a trip behind the Great Firewall into modern day China where the most ambitious and sophisticated attempt to control the flow and content of information in the history of mankind is taking place. To enlighten us, we sat down with Megha Rajagopalan who is a world correspondent for BuzzFeed News and Yuan Yang who is Financial Times´s Beijing correspondent.  In this discussion we explore: The structure of Chinese online censorship and surveillance, in terms of scope and purpose. How the Chinese Government applies new technologies like facial recognition and AI to ensure conformity in thoughts and action.   How the online public is being ‘flooded’ with pro-government propaganda in order to suppress criticism. How Xinjiang province has been turned into a surveillance police state How Western Companies, who enjoy the protection of the rule of law, play a role in the Chinese censorship system How China is exporting its super charged system on censorship beyond its borders, and why even western liberal democracies may not be immune. How the extensive censorship may actually limit the Chinese government´s endeavors to control and monitor its citizens. Why there may still be grounds for optimism Megha Rajagopalan is a world correspondent for BuzzFeed News and is based in the Middle East. She is the former China bureau chief for BuzzFeed and political correspondent for Reuters in Beijing. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, WIRED, and other publications. Yuan Yang is a Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times and writes about China’s technology. Before that, she wrote about development economics as a Marjorie Deane intern for the Economist in London. She is the co-founder of Rethinking Economics, a charity that seeks to make economics teaching more relevant to the 21st century. Why have kings, emperors, and governments killed and imprisoned people to shut them up? And why have countless people risked death and imprisonment to express their beliefs? Jacob Mchangama guides you through the history of free speech from the trial of Socrates to the Great Firewall. You can subscribe and listen to Clear and Present Danger on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, YouTube, TuneIn, and Stitcher, or download episodes directly from SoundCloud. Stay up to date with Clear and Present Danger on the show’s Facebook and Twitter pages, or visit the podcast’s website at freespeechhistory.com. Email us feedback at freespeechhistory@gmail.com.

Today, we’re very proud to present a new podcast in the Sinica network on SupChina. It’s called NüVoices, and it’s a show all about women in China, with a focus on women in media and the arts. It’s hosted by Alice Xin Liu, a translator originally from Beijing, who grew up in the U.K. before coming back to Beijing, and by Joanna Chiu, a Hong Kong Canadian journalist whom you’ve heard on Sinica a couple of times in the last year. Today's show is all about #MeToo and sexual harassment cases in China, and features Yuan Yang, a correspondent for the Financial Times in Beijing. We hope you like it, that it makes you think – and that you’ll subscribe (iTunes, Overcast, Stitcher, RSS feed). And keep an ear out in the coming weeks as we introduce more great podcasts about various facets of China.

In this second episode of the NüVoices podcast, hosts Alice Xin Liu and Joanna Chiu interview Yuan Yang, the Beijing-based technology correspondent for the Financial Times, on how #MeToo has gained momentum in mainland China despite online censorship and university officials reportedly putting pressure on students to stay silent. Since Luo Xixi wrote on social media in January about how her former professor tried to rape her, many others have shared their stories and the movement has spread beyond campuses in recent weeks to the NGO, the media, and the art world. Even a high-ranked Buddhist monk has been accused of sexual misconduct. Joanna and Yuan share insights from their on-the-ground reporting, and the trio discuss ways the #MeToo conversation has been different in China compared with in Western countries and to what extent the Chinese leadership might see the popular movement as a threat. In the future of this biweekly podcast, Alice and Joanna will continue to explore the work of women in media and the arts in Greater China, the impact of abuses of power, international and domestic politics, and their own personal stories. Their guests will also, occasionally, be male. NüVoices is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. This code of conduct applies to all NüVoices events and spaces, including the website, podcast, and communities both online and off. Read the charter here: https://nuvoices.com/our-charter/. This podcast is wholly coordinated by the NüVoices board, with production by SupChina. All opinions of guests and presenters belong to the individuals alone and do not reflect the views of NüVoices. Follow them on Twitter at @nvvoices. The Chinese #MeToo cases discussed in this episode have also been covered on SupChina: Zhu Jun, VM Xuecheng, Lei Chuang and others.

How do you know whether your partner agrees with the sexual engagement or not? What kind of signals can be considered as a “yes”? Does going back to your apartment mean he or she definitely agrees to have sex with you? If he/she is drunk is he/she qualified to give consent? These are the questions we all kind of know, or think we know, but don’t necessarily understand as clearly as we might like to think. With the recent emergence of two alleged sexual assault cases against Jonathan Kaiman, the former President of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China and Beijing Bureau Chief of Los Angeles Times, sexual consent has become a hot topic especially in the correspondent community in the capital lately, with diverging opinions on both sides.  Rather than discussing the details of these individual cases, we invited Yuan Yang, Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times, to talk about what consent means under different circumstances. Growing up in the UK, Yuan has been hosting consent workshops since a sexual assault case occurred in a public area in her university.  The aim here is not to reach a concrete conclusion on consent, but we hope this podcast can provide some different perspectives and angles on the topic and contribute or lead to an inclusive and constructive discussion in the Beijing foreign correspondents community on these issues.

Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm’s supply chain and Chinese and American...

Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm’s supply chain and Chinese and American...

Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm’s supply chain and Chinese and American...

Rising house prices and stock market values are fuelling fears of an implosion like the one that dogged Tokyo for decades and President Xi Jinping has urged China's leadership to safeguard their country's financial security, say Leo Lewis, Tom Mitchell and Yuan Yang. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The current economic system has provided humanity with many material benefits. However those benefits have been unequally shared. In this episode we hear from Cait Crosse, the New Economy Project Manager in Quaker Peace & Social Witness. The project is enabling Quakers and others to articulate a vision of how the economy could be transformed. Cait shares what's happening with the project and interviews Yuan Yang, Beijing correspondent for the Financial Times and founder of Rethinking Economics. Find out more: http://www.quaker.org.uk/new-economy http://www.rethinkeconomics.org/

The final episode of the year and Kirsty's last show as she moves on to a new job in Manchester! Programme editor Huw Jordan chats to Kirsty about the highlights and lowlights during her two years hosting the Weekly Economics Podcast, with a little help from her niece Emily. Featuring contributions from Olivier Vardakoulias, Caroline Lucas MP, John Hilary, James Meadway, Steve Keen, Faiza Shaheen, Christine Berry, Dan Vockins, Jacqui Howard, Yuan Yang, Emily Kenway, Mika Minio-Paluello and Alice Martin. Weekly Economics Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/weeklyeconpod Kirsty Styles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirstystyles1 Huw Jordan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/huwjordan Produced by James Shield. Programme editor for the New Economics Foundation: Huw Jordan. Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the UK's only people powered think tank. To support our work please give £15 or whatever you can afford at www.neweconomics.org. See you again in 2017!

In the final episode of the year, the tables are turned as Jessie Barnard interviews Kirsty about the economic highlights and lowlights of 2015. A surprise guest makes a special appearance. Featuring contributions from James Meadway, Christine Berry, Olivier Vardakoulias, Ewa Karwowski, Yuan Yang, and the Sustainababble team. (And thanks to the Observer's Miranda Sawyer for coining the 'lively and engaging' phrase: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jun/14/radio-review-eddie-mair-robert-peston-julian-barnes-beats1) Weekly Economics Podcast on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weeklyeconpod Jessie Barnard on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Jessie_Barnard Kirsty Styles on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kirstystyles1 Produced by James Shield. Programme editor for NEF: Huw Jordan. Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy. Find out more at www.neweconomics.org. Music by United States Marine Band, Scott Joplin, Podington Bear, Oskar Schuster and sanmi used under Creative Commons licence. Ho ho ho. See you again in 2016.

To support the show and help us come back for another series in the New Year, please give £5 or whatever you can afford at www.neweconomics.org/podcast. Chancellor George Osborne set out his long term economic plan for the third time this year in last week's Comprehensive Spending Review. Kirsty runs through the numbers with economist Yuan Yang. Weekly Economics Podcast on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weeklyeconpod Yuan Yang Twitter: www.twitter.com/YuanfenYang Kirsty Styles on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kirstystyles1 Produced by James Shield. Programme editor for NEF: Huw Jordan. Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy. Find out more at www.neweconomics.org. Music by Podington Bear used under Creative Commons licence. www.podingtonbear.com

Kirsty chats to special guest Yuan Yang, co-founder of Rethinking Economics, an international network of students campaigning for better economics education. Weekly Economics Podcast on Twitter: www.twitter.com/weeklyeconpod Yuan Yang on Twitter: www.twitter.com/YuanfenYang Rethinking Economics on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RethinkEcon Kirsty Styles on Twitter: www.twitter.com/kirstystyles1 Produced by James Shield. Programme editor for NEF: Huw Jordan. A special Weekly Economics Podcast shout-out to the Observer's Miranda Sawyer for this lovely review last week: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/jun/14/radio-review-eddie-mair-robert-peston-julian-barnes-beats1 Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy. Find out more at www.neweconomics.org. Like this week's music? Find us on Spotify: www.sptfy.com/4rg Music by Podington Bear used under Creative Commons BY-NC Licence www.podingtonbear.com

In traditional Chinese culture the mandarin duck is believed to bring lifelong fidelity to couples and frequently used as symbols for wedding presents or in Chinese art. Formerly abundant in their native Far East, numbers of mandarin ducks have declined due to habitat destruction (mainly logging) and over-hunting. For this Living World, presenter Chris Sperring travels to the river Dart in Devon where starting underneath the busy A38 trunk road he meets up with naturalist John Walters who has been studying a winter roost of mandarin ducks here. In mid-winter up to 100 birds can roost here but in early spring they are beginning to pair up and disperse along the river Dart. Leaving this noisy suburban area, Chris and John then head off up the river to search for pairs of these wonderful tree ducks in the Devonian landscape.