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.
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Jun 10, 2022 • 7min
[Caixin Global] How Singapore could outperform Shanghai, Hong Kong to become Asia’s financial center
The country has benefited from China-U.S. tensions and a successful response to Covid-19.Read the article by Vincent Chan: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-05-11/opinion-how-singapore-could-outperform-shanghai-hong-kong-to-become-asias-financial-center-101883674.htmlNarrated 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.
Jun 10, 2022 • 6min
[Week in China] Candy that left a sour taste
Starlet faces big fine over infringing China’s advertising laws.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/06/candy-that-left-a-sour-taste/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.
Jun 10, 2022 • 11min
[The World of Chinese] They left Shanghai. Now what?
Departing Shanghai for their hometowns or other cities, many young people are rethinking their life plans after exiting lockdown.Read the article by Alice Chen: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/06/they-left-shanghai-now-what/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.
Jun 7, 2022 • 19min
[Week in China] Not clicking like it used to
How lockdowns and crackdowns have hurt China’s e-commerce giants.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/06/not-clicking-like-it-used-to/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.
Jun 3, 2022 • 46min
[The World of Chinese] The last falconers in the Altai Mountains
Two generations of a Kazakh family recall a life of partnership with birds of prey.Read the article by Renjian the Livings: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/05/the-last-falconers-in-the-altai-mountains/Written by Qin Yue, translated by Ana Padilla Fornieles.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.
Jun 3, 2022 • 9min
[SupChina] A 17th-century mushroom cloud: The Wanggongchang explosion
On May 30, 1626, an imperial armory just west of the Forbidden City exploded with a force rivaling that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It remains one of the deadliest non-military explosions in history.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/06/01/a-17th-century-mushroom-cloud-the-wanggongchang-explosion/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.
Jun 3, 2022 • 18min
[Week in China] The great reconfiguration
Is the global supply chain set to be reshaped after Shanghai’s lockdown?Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/05/the-great-reconfiguration/Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jun 3, 2022 • 9min
[Caixin Global] As mass Covid testing becomes China’s new normal, debate grows over who pays
National Healthcare Security Administration says local medical insurance funds shouldn’t be used for large-scale programs.Read the article by Liu Denghui, Dong Hui and Zhang Yukun: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-05-26/in-depth-as-mass-covid-testing-becomes-chinas-new-normal-debate-grows-over-who-pays-101890666.htmlNarrated 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.
May 31, 2022 • 9min
[The World of Chinese] Court confidential
China’s emperors were no strangers to the curse of bad data—and built their own secret system to avoid it.Read the article by Jeremiah Jenne: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2018/02/court-confidential/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.
May 31, 2022 • 22min
[Caixin Global] Coal, once a boon, turns Chinese rustbelt city into a bust
As the golden years of mining fade, the resource-depleted city of Hegang is struggling to survive.Read the article by Cheng Siwei and Zhang Yukun: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-05-10/in-depth-coal-once-a-boon-turns-chinese-rustbelt-city-into-a-bust-101883185.htmlNarrated 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.
