Audio, Contemporary China
Jeremiah Jenne
What happens after a Barbarian walks away from ...

On the latest episode of Barbarians at the Gate, David Moser and I discuss new directions. We reflect on our COVID-era episodes, discuss the current situation on academic exchanges in China with cautious optimism, and outline future plans for the pod.

What happens after a Barbarian walks away from the Gate?
Beijing, Contemporary China, Audio
Jeremiah Jenne
Exile from Expat-Ville

David and Jeremiah speak with Mike Wester about running @thebeijinger, organizing the “Safe and Sane” communities during the pandemic, and the future of expats in Beijing. Also, Jeremiah surprises David and Mike with an announcement.

Exile from Expat-Ville
Book Reviews, History, Travel
Jeremiah Jenne
Marco Polo: Travel writer? Fraud? Sexpat?

‘The Travels of Marco Polo’ is often held up as the earliest Western account of China and Asia. What’s actually inside the covers might surprise you.

Marco Polo: Travel writer? Fraud? Sexpat?
Audio, Travel
Jeremiah Jenne
Art with Altitude: A Conversation with Artist, ...

On this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, we talk to artist, educator, and social entrepreneur Kristel Ouwehand of Snowland Art

Art with Altitude: A Conversation with Artist, Educator, and Social Entrepreneur Kristel Ouwenhand
Audio, History
Jeremiah Jenne
History Wars: The PRC pushes back against ...

David and I discuss what's going on with the Qing history project, a controversy about Genghis Khan in France, and how PRC continues punching back against potentially problematic pasts.

History Wars: The PRC pushes back against unsanctioned views of the past

Contemporary China

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Barbarians at the Gate: Ideology and Education in China with Jiang Xueqin

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Barbarians at the Gate: Ideology and Education in China with Jiang Xueqin

Educator Jiang Xueqin joins us in this episode to discuss ideology in schools, the effort to turn Chinese universities into “world-class” institutions, and cross-national educational projects and international schools in an era of Covid-19 and US-China decoupling.

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Barbarians at the Gate: Understanding China's Nationalism with Peter Gries

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Barbarians at the Gate: Understanding China's Nationalism with Peter Gries

Jeremiah and David discuss the rise of Chinese nationalism with this week’s guest, Peter Gries, Professor of Chinese Politics at the University of Manchester, and the Lee Kai Hung Chair of the Manchester China Institute.

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Barbarians at the Gate: Locked Down in Beijing!

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Barbarians at the Gate: Locked Down in Beijing!

Jeremiah and David discuss the current COVID-19 situation in China along with special guest Zhang Yajun (Wo Men Podcast). Jeremiah and Yajun have been confined to their apartment complex for (as of taping) 13 days after one of their neighbors tested positive for COVID-19. Jeremiah, David, and Yajun share stories of living with the current outbreak, how other folks are handling the situation, the response by local officials, and where China's Zero COVID policy goes from here.

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Barbarians at the Gate: Asymmetry, Decoupling, and the Information Deficit affecting China and the World

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Barbarians at the Gate: Asymmetry, Decoupling, and the Information Deficit affecting China and the World

David and Jeremiah are joined by Yajun Zhang, host of the Wo Men Podcast and a long-time media watcher and community organizer in Beijing, to talk about the growing gap between what China and the United States know about each other and about the rest of the world.

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Barbarians at the Gate: The Sporting Superpower and China's Olympic Dreams

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Barbarians at the Gate: The Sporting Superpower and China's Olympic Dreams

On the cusp of the Chinese New Year and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Jeremiah and David record an Olympian episode of the podcast. The guest is Mark Dreyer, a veteran sports reporter, who has just released his new book, Sporting Superpower: An Insider’s View on China’s Quest to Be the Best.

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Mandarin Mayhem III: The Cantonese Conundrum with author and journalist James Griffiths

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Mandarin Mayhem III: The Cantonese Conundrum with author and journalist James Griffiths

In this episode, Jeremiah and David talk with James Griffiths, Asia Correspondent for the Globe and Mail, about his new book Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language.

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Barbarians at the Gate: Studying China in the 21st Century (What Everybody Needs to Know) with special guest Maura Cunningham

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Barbarians at the Gate: Studying China in the 21st Century (What Everybody Needs to Know) with special guest Maura Cunningham

In this episode, David and Jeremiah talk to veteran China scholar Maura Cunningham about the perils and possibilities of researching China in the "New Era."

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Barbarians at the Gate: China's New Youth

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Barbarians at the Gate: China's New Youth

Jeremiah and David catch up with writer, editor, and journalist Alec Ash, to discuss the new US edition of his 2016 book Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China.

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Barbarians at the Gate: Raising Little Soldiers

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Barbarians at the Gate: Raising Little Soldiers

Lenora Chu, journalist and author of the Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve, joins us for part two of our discussion of education in China.