China Books Podcast

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China Books Podcast

by China Books Review

The China Books Podcast is a monthly interview series on all things China and bookish, from ChinaBooksReview.com. Hosted by Alec Ash or Alexander Boyd, we talk to authors about their recent works on or from China and the Sinophone world, from politics and history to fiction and culture. Subscribe to stay in the loop, and drop us a rating if you enjoyed it! China Books Review is a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China.

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1

Chinese Comedy with Jesse Appell

46:18 Mar 3, 2026

2

Islamic China with Rian Thum

37:51 Feb 3, 2026

3

Chinese Horror with Xueting C. Ni

30:14 Jan 6, 2026

4

Ep. 27: Sex, Scams and Sorcery with Bruce Rusk and Christopher Rea

38:31 Dec 2, 2025

5

Ep. 26: Chris Horton on Taiwan’s History and Present

43:33 Nov 4, 2025

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Ep. 25: Timothy Thurston on Tibetan Satire

34:55 Oct 7, 2025

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Ep. 24: China Conspiracy Theories

31:18 Sep 2, 2025

8

Ep. 23: Mark Kitto on Shanghai in the 2000s

30:22 Aug 5, 2025

9

Ep. 22: Michael Luo on the Chinese-American Story

37:25 Jul 1, 2025

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Ep. 21: Jenna Tang on Taiwan’s MeToo Movement

30:11 Jun 3, 2025

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Ep. 20: Linda Jaivin on the Cultural Revolution

42:01 May 6, 2025

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Ep. 19: Steven Schwankert on the Titanic's Chinese Survivors

38:29 Apr 1, 2025

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Ep. 18: Lijia Zhang on Women’s Stories

39:06 Mar 4, 2025

14

Ep. 17: Lau Yee-Wa on Hong Kong Fiction

35:12 Feb 4, 2025

15

Ep. 16: Oriana Skylar Mastro on China’s Challenge to the U.S.

44:29 Jan 7, 2025

16

Ep. 15: Paul French on Wallis Simpson's China Year

36:30 Dec 3, 2024

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Ep. 14: Kishore Mahbubani on the Asian Century

36:18 Nov 5, 2024

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Ep. 13: Peter Hessler on 'Other Rivers'

45:06 Oct 1, 2024

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Ep. 12: China's evolving art scene

59:16 Sep 3, 2024

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Ep. 11: Beijing in Short Fiction

40:34 Aug 6, 2024

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Ep. 10: Rethinking U.S.-China trade

55:11 Jul 2, 2024

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Ep. 9: Tiananmen remembered

59:57 Jun 4, 2024

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Ep. 8: Uyghur Women Speaking Out

51:14 May 7, 2024

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Ep. 7: Why China's ahead in the green energy 'gold rush'

49:08 Apr 2, 2024

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Ep. 6: Spy novels, a real-life thriller, and the BBC

56:05 Mar 5, 2024

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Ep. 5: China's Economic Challenges, Explained

1:09:47 Feb 6, 2024

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Ep. 4: How "Leftover Women" may reshape China's future

47:29 Jan 2, 2024

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Ep. 3: How China's Future Looked in the Past

47:46 Dec 5, 2023

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Ep. 2: American Correspondents in China

45:44 Nov 7, 2023

30

Ep. 1: Chinese Fiction in the Reform & Opening Up Era

54:18 Oct 10, 2023

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