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Liu He hosts Peking Hotel with Liu He, a history show with 24 episodes published.
The key words to the success of the Chinese communist revolution are luck and violence — at least, that’s according to Prof. Frank Dikötter. Continuing from our last episode on Prof. Frank Dikötter’s new book, Red Dawn O
In part one of this interview with historian Frank Dikötter about his new book Red Dawn over China, he discusses events from Republican-era China that have long been overlooked. About Peking Hotel The Peking Hotel podcas
Faulty data was likely to blame for the U.S. airstrike of an Iranian school. A similar mistake caused a crisis in U.S.-China relations 27 years ago, recounts research professor Susan Shirk. About Peking Hotel The Peking
Mark Clifford, journalist and biographer of the recently convicted pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai, talks about his journey from Hong Kong journalist to accidental activist. About Peking Hotel The Peking Hotel podcas
Professor Joan Kaufman, a leading expert on HIV/AIDS and China, talks about her experiences in public health while working in China with the UN, the Ford Foundation, and in academia.This podcast episode is a collaboratio
Hoover Institution research fellow Dr. Alice Miller talks about how, as a CIA analyst, she could figure out political changes in China were afoot based on state media articles. About Peking Hotel The Peking Hotel podcast
Author Ian Johnson talks about how he returned to China in 2009 to write his books ‘The Souls of China’ and ‘Sparks,’ which both deal with China's search for meaning. About Peking Hotel The Peking Hotel podcast and newsl
Stephen Roach talks about how, as the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, h ehad the hear of many Asian political leaders. But as he became more pessimistic about the Chinese economy, China’s leadership became less i
Associate professor David Moser talks about how he has been a bridge between the U.S. and China. After so many decades, he’s disappointed in both countries. But China remains his “drug of choice.”Subscribe to our Substac
What’s it like for a foreigner to perform Xiangsheng—China’s traditional crosstalk comedy—on the biggest stage in the Sinophone world, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala? In 1999, David Moser did just that. Now an Associate P
Prof. Judith Shapiro reflects on how the environment used to be a cause for which Chinese civil society was allowed to fight, until that too became sensitive.Host: Liu He Subscribe to our Substack newsletter at pekinghot
Before her career switch to researching environmental politics, Prof. Judith Shapiro spent a whirlwind decade teaching, writing, and living in and about China as it awakened from the Mao era. Get full access to Peking Ho
Democracy scholar Larry Diamond discusses why democratisation in China and Hong Kong failed, and how activists can keep the global movement against autocracy going as the U.S. turns isolationist. Follow our Substack at P
For quick navigation: China’s qiqong fever Chasing the Falun Gong beat in Beijing and around China Winning the Pulitzer Recommended Readings: David Ownby, 1996, Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in Early and Mid-Qing Chi
Click here for Lunar New Year community livestreaming signup. 6pm Pacific Time, Jan 29th I never deliberately timed this piece with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, yet now that we have stumbled upon this o
Susan Shirk discusses more events that happened during her time in the Clinton Administration, including NATO's accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Falun Gong protests in Beijing, and Jiang Zemin's vis
In this episode of Peking Hotel, China scholar Susan Shirk discusses how she joined the Clinton administration, negotiated the WTO deal, and lost faith in the U.S. ability to improve human rights in China. Get full acces
Liu He speaks with Ian Johnson, a longtime China journalist and the author of the recent book "Sparks," about his first experiences in China, his reflections on foreign reporting, and his own career covering the country.
Fox Butterfield is a Pulitzer-winning journalist who has served in Saigon, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Boston, Washington and New York City. He was the first China correspondent of the New York Times since 1949 and opened
When I arrived at Fox’s place, his chocolate lab, Charlie, greeted me with a wagging tail. The rainy weather outside, unfortunately, obscured what otherwise promised to be a stunning view of Mount Hood from Fox’s living
Frank Dikötter
Milias Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, chair professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong · Hoover Institution
2 appearances on this show
Susan Shirk
Chair · 21st Century China Center
4 appearances on this show
Mark Clifford
Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Ian Johnson
Pulitzer Prize Winner · Bright Smith Advisors
3 appearances on this show
Stephen Roach
host of the Makers and Mystics podcast, founder of The Breath and The Clay
1 appearance on this show
Larry Diamond
Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford University · Stanford University
1 appearance on this show
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