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China has emerged as one of the 21st century’s most consequential nations, making it more important than ever to understand how the country is governed. True to the name Pekingology, or the study of the political behavior of the People’s Republic of China, this podcast aims to unpack the behavior of the Chinese Communist Party and implications these actions have within China and for U.S.-China relations. Jude Blanchette, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, is joined by various experts to analyze the activities of the Chinese governing system and how these impact the complex relationships relating to China

In 'The China Puzzle', we'll be breaking down China's relationship with the UK and the wider world, piece by piece.  'The China Puzzle' is produced by Hannah Bretherton and Nick O'Connor. 

A discussion of the most important news and issues in international affairs through a uniquely Australian lens. Hosted by Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim.

The Sinica Podcast, founded in 2010, is a weekly discussion of current affairs in China hosted by Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn. It is the flagship show of the Sinica Podcast Network.

In all its time, the Sinica Podcast has informed and entertained a global community of China-watchers

Since 2010, Laszlo Montgomery has presented The China History Podcast, bringing you the greatest hits from ancient and modern Chinese History.

 Conversations with experts and thought leaders about Asia and beyond.

Understanding Asia has never been more vital — or more challenging. That’s why we talk to the people who know it best. The Asia In-Depth podcast brings you conversations with the world’s leading experts on politics, economics, and culture, providing incisive, illuminating coverage of stories that matter.  

The Carnegie-Tsinghua China in the World podcast is a series of conversations between Director Paul Haenle and Chinese and international experts on China’s foreign policy, China’s international role, and China’s relations with the world, brought to you from the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center located in Beijing, China.

Australian Centre for China in Australia

interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. Hosted by Graeme Smith, China studies academic at the Australian National University's Department of Pacific Affairs and Louisa Lim, former China correspondent for the BBC and NPR, now with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University. We are the 2018 winners of podcast of the year in the News & Current Affairs category of the Australian Podcast Awards.

This is John’s second podcast.

This podcast is an English retelling of the classic Chinese novel Water Margin (水浒传, “Shui Hu Zhuan” in Chinese Pinyin, aka Outlaws of the Marsh). It aims to tell the story in a way that is more accessible to audiences who are not already familiar with the novel or Chinese culture and literature in general. It differs from an audiobook in that I do not just read straight off a translation of the novel. Instead, I tell the story in a conversational style, adding in my own perspective and pausing to provide historical background and other contextual information where needed to help you better understand and appreciate the novel.

Water Margin, also known in the West as Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is considered one of the four great classic Chinese novels. It follows the fictional adventures of a group of 108 outlaws in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1126). These guys can best be described as 12th-century Chinese Klingons — impulsive, berserker brave, honor mad, hard-drinking, and quick to draw their swords. The novel is extremely popular in China, having been turned into TV shows, movies, comic books, and radio programs. Many of its main characters and memorable stories have become an integral part of Chinese culture, yet it is mostly unknown in the West, which is why I am trying to use this podcast to About Bookduce non-Chinese audiences to the book.

The Lowy Institute is an independent Australian think tank with a global outlook. Our research interests are as broad as Australia’s interests, and we host distinguished speakers from around the globe on foreign policy, defence, politics, aid and development, journalism, sport, science and the arts.

As an Australian think tank, Asia touches everything the Lowy Institute does. Our research and events calendar have a special Asia-Pacific focus, and our experts produce commentary for the world’s leading news outlets on events in the region.

John was born in China and spent the first 10 years of my life there before moving to the United States. As someone shaped by prolonged immersion in both Chinese and American societies, he started these podcasts on classic Chinese literature as a way to help bridge the two cultures and to make more people in the West aware of some really cool stories that are as well known to the other half of the world as the works of Shakespeare are in the West.

John’s first podcast, the most famous and epic of classic Chinese novels (三国演义, “San Guo Yan Yi” in Chinese Pinyin) attempting to tell the story of the classic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a way that’s more accessible to an audience who did not grow up in the culture and society that it has permeated for hundreds of years. It’s kind of like an audiobook, but instead of just a straight reading of a translation, it’s conversational storytelling infused with occasional brief background information and history lessons to help give you the context you need to understand and appreciate this great work of classic Chinese literature.