China Stories

Fifty years after Nixon met Mao, are there lessons for today’s leaders?Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/triangular-thinking/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.

A Chinese company backed by American pension fund money and built by one of world's premier private equity firms publicly touted its ties to China's surveillance apparatus. Is U.S. outbound investment in trouble?Read the article by Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/20/the-surveillance-stake/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.

Mei Yan, former head of the U.S. network’s China desk, recalls the scramble to confirm a sad milestone 25 years ago.Read the article by Mei Yan: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-22/mei-yan-i-helped-cnn-break-the-news-when-deng-xiaoping-died-101845006.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.

When a man, trafficked abroad and forced to join a cybercrime operation, refused to cooperate, kidnappers sold his blood instead.Read the article by Yuan Ye: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009695/chinese-blood-slave-rescued-in-cambodiaNarrated 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.

If Chinese commanders had observed the experiences of French and American forces in Vietnam, they seem to have learned few lessons.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/02/16/the-necessary-lessons-of-the-1979-sino-vietnamese-war/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.

Beijing’s Winter Olympics kicks off with political and sporting drama.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/summer-now-winter/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.

Despite social media criticism, China's naturalization strategy has proven effective in yielding Olympic gold.Read the article by Yang Wang: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-09/opinion-from-eileen-gu-to-zhu-yi-lets-cheer-on-our-naturalized-players-101839528.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.

More soul-searching as Chinese soccer team is trounced by Vietnam.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/chinas-soccer-quandary/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.

Rehabilitation for mental illness, still rare in China, provides a bridge between hospitalization and society.Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/03/house-of-hope/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.

In 2014, the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction" made more money in China than any Hollywood film previously had — but only now are the implications coming into focus.Read the article by Erich Schwartzel: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/13/transformed/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.