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China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, Week in China, The World of Chinese, and of course The China Project. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.
Episodes
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Sep 30, 2022 • 8min
[The World of Chinese] Arms up! How radio exercises live on in modern China
How a German tradition from 1803 affects the massage parlors of China today.Click here to read the article by Ginger Huang.Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 30, 2022 • 16min
[Caixin Global] The double squeeze on China’s ‘sandwich generation’
Those born under the one-child policy face the demands of rearing their own children while providing care for their aging parents.Click here to read the article by Huang Huizhao, Chen Junke and Denise Jia.Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 27, 2022 • 9min
[Sixth Tone] Writer, inventor, brother: A requiem for a farmer
Despite many hardships, Fan Yun always had lofty ambitions.Click here to read the article by Fan Yusu.Narrated by Cliff Larsen.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 27, 2022 • 11min
[Sixth Tone] What if China misdiagnosed its rural malaise?
Led by outspoken activist-scholars, the combative “central China school of rural studies” believes it knows the source of rural society’s problems. Not everyone in the field agrees, however.Click here to read the article by Liao Yue.Narrated by Jenny McKenzie.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 27, 2022 • 11min
[The China Project] Shanghairen
A visual ode to China's biggest metropolis.Click here to read the article by Neocha.Narrated by Cliff Larsen.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 23, 2022 • 11min
[The China Project] From battlefield glory to gruesome execution: The fall of Yuan Chonghuan
How did Yuan Chonghuan, who achieved one of China’s greatest military victories and ascended to the highest ranks of government, fall so far from favor that he ended up executed by lingchi, death by a thousand cuts?Click here to read the article by James Carter.Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 23, 2022 • 11min
[Sixth Tone] The winners of China’s housing bust: Burnouts and beach bums
Situated in scenic towns and all but free, they’re the perfect flats for lying flat.Read the article by Jiang Xinyi and Fan Yiying.Narrated by Ryan Cunningham.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 23, 2022 • 13min
[Caixin Global] Verdict reversal in high-profile murder stands out amid exoneration trend
When Chang Linfeng’s conviction for killing his wife was overturned in 2013, the ruling was praised for exemplifying a push toward the rule of law. It has since been reinstated.Click here to read the article by Zhang Yichuan and Kelly Wang.Narrated by Nandini Venkata.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 23, 2022 • 8min
[The China Project] Tattoos as female power: Wearing female experiences on the skin
Pink elephants, fish, genitalia: For young feminists in China, tattoos have become a way to express their womanhood and take back their bodies.Click here to read the article by Wanqing Chen.Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 20, 2022 • 19min
[The World of Chinese] Speaking up: Can social media save China’s dialects?
Content in dialects is booming on social media, but is that enough to save them from extinction?Click here to read the article by Siyi Chu.Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
