China Stories
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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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Aug 19, 2022 • 14min
[The World of Chinese] Reading spaces: How did libraries become safe havens for China’s vulnerable?
China’s public libraries are vital but scarce resources for millions.Click here to read the article by Yang Tingting.Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Aug 19, 2022 • 10min
[SupChina] The importance of succession ritual in China, then and now
In the early hours of August 14, 1524, as many as 250 officials of the Ming dynasty staged a protest in the Forbidden City, a last desperate attempt to resolve what became known as the Great Ritual Controversy.Click here to read the article by James Carter.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.
Aug 16, 2022 • 10min
[The World of Chinese] Parks, no recreation: The battle to access China’s public spaces
China is trying to build more public spaces, but who has the right to use them—and how—remains contested.Click here to read the article by Anita He.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.
Aug 16, 2022 • 9min
[SupChina] Fish out of water
The bittersweet memories of artist Sun Keqin.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.
Aug 16, 2022 • 8min
[SupChina] ‘Trash Talk’: A marine debris exhibition in Hong Kong
A small-scale exhibition entitled “Trash Talk” highlighted the work of a beach cleanup collective in Hong Kong and invited visitors to reflect on their contribution to marine waste.Click here to read the article by Trevor Tong.Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Aug 12, 2022 • 10min
[SupChina] The patriotic roots of China’s domestic tourism industry
In the early days of Republican China, the domestic tourism industry was mostly tailored to foreigners who wanted to escape from the cities. This changed in the 1920s, when China's nationalistic awakening provided an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to attend to the needs of Chinese tourists.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.
Aug 12, 2022 • 18min
[The World of Chinese] Selling lost horizons in rugged Yunnan Province
A motorbike journey goes behind the scenes of Yunnan’s tourism industry.Click here to read the article by Mads Vesterager Nielsen.Narrated by Anthony Tao.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Aug 12, 2022 • 14min
[Caixin Global] What’s behind China’s mortgage strikes?
Developers were allowed to skirt rules designed to ensure they could afford to finish building homes buyers had already paid for — then the market turned.Click here to read the article by Guo Yingzhe, Niu Mujiangqu and Zhu Liangtao.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.
Aug 12, 2022 • 10min
[Caixin Global] How tourism lifted one county out of poverty — and left it vulnerable to Covid
Xijiang, which is heavily dependent on ethnic minority-themed tourism, has been struggling to survive the fallout of the pandemic.Click here to read the article by Huang Yuxin and Wang Xintong.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.
Aug 12, 2022 • 30min
[Sixth Tone] Code red: The human cost of China’s rural banking crisis
In April, thousands of bank depositors in central China’s Henan province lost access to their life savings. Four months later, their lives have descended into a Kafkaesque nightmare.Click here to read the article by Wu Peiyue and Zhang Wanqing.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.
