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China's Africa Security Strategy: Training, Arms, and Political Influence
Over the past 25 years, China’s military engagement with Africa has grown dramatically.
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Eric Olander
The Wasting Disease
Are we misdiagnosing the spot on the Chinese lung?
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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Transcript | The Strange Afterlife of an American Football Story from China
Below is a complete transcript of the episode.
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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The Strange Afterlife of an American Football Story from China
In 2014, the writer Christopher Beam published a humorous, heartwarming story in The New Republic about an unlikely team of American football…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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Trump Will Make China Great Again
China Perspectives by Sinology | Andy Rothman
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Andy Rothman
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China Talking Points Points, Episode 3
Watch the video on YouTube here if you prefer — and while you’re there, subscribe and follow!
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Kaiser Y Kuo
"Let them eat cake" — Phrase of the Week
A four-minute Harvard graduation speech which has stirred up all kinds of controversy in China
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Andrew Methven
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The Raider: China and the Life of Evans Carlson, with Historian Stephen Platt
This week on Sinica, I chat with Stephen Platt, historian at UMass Amherst and author, most recently, of the book The Raider: The Untold Story of a…
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Kaiser Y Kuo
Transcript | The Raider: China and the Life of Evans Carlson, with Historian Stephen Platt
Below is a complete transcript of the episode.
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Kaiser Y Kuo
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Thousands of years of context in a week-sized bite by historian James ("Jay") Carter
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Chinese idioms to know based off of current events
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