Book Reviews, History
Jeremiah Jenne
Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge

A 1930s novel of manners with evocative descriptions of Old Beijing offers surprisingly timeless observations about what it means to be an expat in China.

Peking Picnic by Ann Bridge
Audio, Contemporary China
Jeremiah Jenne
Let Only Red Flowers Bloom, with NPR ...

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, we talk with Emily Feng about her new book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China.

Let Only Red Flowers Bloom, with NPR Correspondent Emily Feng
Book Reviews, History
Jeremiah Jenne
Lin Yutang: My Country, My People

In 1935, the Chinese author Lin Yutang offered Westerners an insider’s guide to China's society. It endures today despite his own cultural contradictions.

Lin Yutang: My Country, My People
Audio, History
Jeremiah Jenne
Is this America's Cultural Revolution Moment?

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, Jeremiah and Chris Stewart of The History of China Podcast ask the question, "Is this America's Cultural Revolution moment?"

Is this America's Cultural Revolution Moment?
Contemporary China, Audio
Jeremiah Jenne
Experiencing the World of Jazz in China

Our latest episode explores jazz in China—from its revival in 1980s Beijing to today's talented performers. David Moser discusses how musicians with limited recordings mastered the medium and laid the groundwork for generations of skilled jazz players from China.

Experiencing the World of Jazz in China
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom, with NPR Correspondent Emily Feng

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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom, with NPR Correspondent Emily Feng

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, we talk with Emily Feng about her new book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China.

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Curating Chinese Internet Culture for Global Audiences with What's on Weibo founder Manya Koetse

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Curating Chinese Internet Culture for Global Audiences with What's on Weibo founder Manya Koetse

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, we catch up with Dutch sinologist Manya Koetse, the creator of What’s on Weibo, an invaluable platform that curates trends and offers in-depth insights into events, memes, and social phenomena on the Chinese Internet.

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Is this America's Cultural Revolution Moment?

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Is this America's Cultural Revolution Moment?

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, Jeremiah and Chris Stewart of The History of China Podcast ask the question, "Is this America's Cultural Revolution moment?"

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Experiencing the World of Jazz in China

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Experiencing the World of Jazz in China

Our latest episode explores jazz in China—from its revival in 1980s Beijing to today's talented performers. David Moser discusses how musicians with limited recordings mastered the medium and laid the groundwork for generations of skilled jazz players from China.

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Phoenicians and Fish Sauce on the Costa del Sol

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Phoenicians and Fish Sauce on the Costa del Sol

Jeremiah heads to Malaga where he inexplicably becomes obsessed with the history of an ancient condiment

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The Challenges of Foreign Reporting in China: An In-Depth Discussion with Jane Perlez

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The Challenges of Foreign Reporting in China: An In-Depth Discussion with Jane Perlez

Jeremiah and David welcome Jane Perlez, former Beijing bureau chief for the New York Times. Jane reflects on shifts in media freedom and the challenges faced by reporters covering China. Her podcast series on U.S.-China relations, "Face Off," launches its second season this week.

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Shalama: An Epic Story of Family, Community, and Survival in Republican-era China

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Shalama: An Epic Story of Family, Community, and Survival in Republican-era China

On our latest episode, discover the incredible story of community, hope, and survival in Republican China as Jean Hoffman Lewanda discusses her new book, Shalama: My 96 Seasons in China. Listen now for one family's epic journey through tumultuous times.

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Where have all the American China Experts Gone?

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Where have all the American China Experts Gone?

Professor Rory Truex of Princeton discusses the decline of US-China academic exchange post-COVID, the challenges of research in China's current environment, the Trump administration's potential impact on educational programs and perceptions of exchange students as security risks.

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Laws of the Land: Feng Shui in Chinese History

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Laws of the Land: Feng Shui in Chinese History

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, Tristan Brown discusses his award-winning book on how feng shui in the Qing era had less to do with furniture placement and was more about power, belonging, and control of spaces in a rapidly evolving society.

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Emily Hahn: China to Me

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Emily Hahn: China to Me

In her memoir of 1930s and 40s China, the New Yorker correspondent brought the country to life while coming down from opium binges in Shanghai and hiding in bomb shelters in Chongqing.

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What can the end of the Ming Dynasty tell us about the election of Donald Trump and what comes next

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What can the end of the Ming Dynasty tell us about the election of Donald Trump and what comes next

Trump's re-election disappointed many in the U.S. and abroad. To help them process, Jeremiah and David talk with literary translator and Pennsylvania voter Brendan O’Kane about Zhang Dai, the Ming-Qing transition, and living through an age of upheaval.

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Historical Battles: Rewriting China's Past to Shape the Future

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Historical Battles: Rewriting China's Past to Shape the Future

Jeffrey Wasserstrom joins Barbarians at the Gate to discuss the legacy of the Hong Kong protests, Xi Jinping’s patriotic education law, and how Beijing’s control over historical narratives is reshaping academic engagement with China.

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Dan Snow's History Hit: The Creation of the People's Republic of China

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Dan Snow's History Hit: The Creation of the People's Republic of China

How China transitioned from imperial rule to Chinese Socialism and all about the key characters whose opposing visions for China's future created so much chaos along the way.

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Back to School 2: The View from the EU

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Back to School 2: The View from the EU

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, David and I welcome Kārlis Rokpelnis to discuss the decline in student exchanges in China and contrast U.S. and European approaches to relations with China and the promotion of study abroad in the PRC.

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Philip Kuhn: Sorcery and Bureaucracy in Qing China

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Philip Kuhn: Sorcery and Bureaucracy in Qing China

A supernatural crisis pits an anxious autocrat against his own functionaries when a hunt for soul-stealing sorcerers turns into a political witch-hunt among 18th-century China’s “deep state.”

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