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.
Seeking News, Making China
Peter Goullart: Forgotten Kingdom
The Mountains are High
Exile from Expat-Ville
Ellen La Motte: An American Nurse in Peking
Xi Built this City
No Laughing Matters: The State of Stand-up in China Today
Marco Polo: Travel writer? Fraud? Sexpat?
Art with Altitude: A Conversation with Artist, Educator, and Social Entrepreneur Kristel Ouwenhand
History Wars: The PRC pushes back against unsanctioned views of the past
Sun Yat-sen in Beijing: Life, Death, and Legacy
Riding the "Harmony Express" with author Thomas Bird
Peter Fleming: News from Tartary
Getting to Know Your Beijing Neighbors: E.T.C. Werner
Do you really need to learn to write characters to study Chinese?
Asymmetrical warfare in the battle over China’s past
Getting to know your Beijing Neighbors: Sengge Rinchen
Getting to Know Your Beijing Neighbors: Lao She
A Career of Change Making: A Conversation with Isabel Nepstad of Bellaterra Consulting
Isabel Nepstad, CEO of BellaTerra Consluting, takes time out of her busy schedule to drop by the Barbarians at the Gate studio to share her career journey, give advice to those looking to pursue their professional lives in China and discuss the challenges and opportunities in the environmental and agricultural sectors in China and around the world.