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China In Context

SOAS China Institute

China In Context is a fortnightly podcast by the SOAS China Institute (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) which offers expert analysis on the politics, economy, society, culture and history of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. It features interviews with leading academics, researchers, journalists and other China-specialists from around the world.

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215 episodes

  1. Meet the Hackers: China-US cyber espionage — the new 'Great Game'? 43:30
  2. Chinese EVs: Highly charged — and ready to overtake? 42:51
  3. China’s Global Strategy — Winning over the Global South, Targeting Taiwan 51:58
  4. Mr Xi goes to Washington — Stability amid tension? 39:54
  5. Europe’s New ‘China Shock’ — Trade tensions, job losses, crisis talks 44:18
  6. Family and Relationship Trends in China — Across generations, across the urban-rural divide 41:04
  7. World Cup Dreams and Own Goals — Football in China 39:26
  8. Did China trump Trump? — After the Beijing summit 42:33
  9. China's Middle East Balancing Act — Peace plans, pragmatism and economic prospects 35:34
  10. China's International Ambitions — A Global Opposition Party? 44:22
  11. Slower Growth, Hi-tech Self-reliance, and 'Ethnic Unity' — China plans the future 40:26
  12. China's Economic Plans — and Consumer Challenges 43:05
  13. Xi Jinping and his Father — Power, purges, parenting 45:29
  14. China and Britain — Thawing ties, underlying tensions 41:59
  15. Mistress Dispellers and Shanghai Girls — Two female film-makers on love, marriage and divorce in China 42:34
  16. Japan-China Tensions — Taiwan, Tourism, Migration 43:25
  17. Involution and Lying Flat — The challenges for China’s young generation 17:03
  18. Trade War Truce — and a Five Year Plan 30:42
  19. Translating China — Prizes, pressures and prospects for Chinese literature today 45:49
  20. Innovation in China — After the 'DeepSeek moment' 39:19
  21. China, the US and WWII — Wartime memories and contemporary resonances 47:36
  22. After the Dalai Lama — China, India and the Tibetan Succession 38:47
  23. China, Iran and the Middle East — After Trump's Airstrikes 40:49
  24. Left-Behind Men and Rebellious Women — Dating, Relationships and the Gender Imbalance in China 35:52
  25. Is China Winning the Tech War? A conversation with James Kynge 44:21
  26. China US tariff talks — Is a deal possible? 42:45
  27. Rebooting China's Economy — Lessons from the 2008 Crisis 39:11
  28. Taiwan's Controversial Budget Cuts — The KMT goes DOGE? 31:59
  29. Planning China's Future — Boosting Consumption, Enterprise and Defence 45:49
  30. Writing Shanghai, Writing China — A Tribute to Lynn Pan 43:08
  31. China's Economic Challenges — Consumption Slump and Soaring Local Government Debt 51:57
  32. China and Africa — An Intimate Portrait 44:13
  33. Trump and China — Deal or No Deal? 44:30
  34. China and the Climate Crisis — Good COP, Bad COP? 35:48
  35. The impact of Donald Trump’s re-election on US relations with China and East Asia 34:13
  36. Has China’s process of reform gone into reverse? 15:06
  37. The mounting risk of another global war 14:13
  38. Escalating tension between China and the Philippines 14:33
  39. How America's Democratic Party views China 15:10
  40. The politics of pandas 14:21
  41. Deterring a war over Taiwan 15:21
  42. Is Apple bowing to China’s censorship laws? 13:25
  43. How China and NATO see each other 14:41
  44. Has Hong Kong lost all freedom and autonomy? 14:47
  45. Why the partnership between Russia and China worries Europe 14:01
  46. The looming trade war between China and the EU 15:11
  47. Women, Communism and social change 15:11
  48. Why are Russia and China squabbling over North Korea? 14:05
  49. Xi Jinping's attitude towards the Global South 14:40
  50. The risk of war over Taiwan 14:56