China In Context
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.
Podcasting since 2021 • 188 episodes
China In Context
Latest Episodes
Taiwan's Controversial Budget Cuts — The KMT goes DOGE?
Taiwan is facing a range of challenges — from Donald Trump's threat of 32% tariffs on its crucial exports to the US, to massive Chinese military exercises off its coastline aimed at intimidating the island's leaders. If that weren't enough, the...
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Season 5
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Episode 188
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31:59
Planning China's Future — Boosting Consumption, Enterprise and Defence
At this month’s legislative session China announced policies to maintain GDP growth at 5%, boost consumption and the private sector and promote AI and high tech industry, from quantum computing to the low altitude economy. But will it be enough...
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Season 5
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Episode 187
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45:49
Writing Shanghai, Writing China — A Tribute to Lynn Pan
In this episode we look at the life and work of Lynn Pan, one of the most imaginative of writers in English about modern China and particularly Shanghai, who died last year, and was commemorated at a special event at the Hong Kong International...
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Season 5
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Episode 186
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43:08
China's Economic Challenges — Consumption Slump and Soaring Local Government Debt
With the US imposing new tariffs on Chinese exports, the state of the country’s domestic economy has become all the more crucial. Despite healthy export growth in recent years, at home consumer confidence has plummeted, with rising youth unempl...
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Season 5
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Episode 185
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51:57
China and Africa — An Intimate Portrait
Donald Trump's new tariffs on Chinese exports may only boost the trend for Chinese companies to seek new markets and manufacturing bases overseas — including in Africa, where China is now the biggest trading partner and source of loans. On this...
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Season 5
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Episode 184
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44:13
