The Sinica Podcast Ultimate China Bookshelf #49: Leslie T Chang’s Factory Girls (2008)….

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This week on #Sinica , Jane Perlez, ex-NYT BJ bureau chief, discusses her new podcast series Face-Off on the U.S.-China relationship & the difficulties of covering China without on-ground presence since China's post-reporter expulsions.

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On the latest Sinica Podcast, Jane Perlez (former Beijing bureau chief of the @NYTimes, joins to talk about her new podcast on the U.S.-China relationship, Face-Off, and about the damage done by tit-for-tat expulsions of journalists from China.
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Today in #ChinaHistory : In 1942, one of the deadliest explosions of the entire Pacific War era happens accidentally deep underground at the Benxihu coal mine in JPN-controlled Manchukuo. Over 1500 people are killed. More from James Carter:

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Part 2 of 'My China Priors' is now out. Where you stand depends, after all, on where you sit — and here is a good accounting from Kaiser Kuo of 'where I sit.'

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My essay from earlier this week now un-paywalled at the Sinica Subst@ck — My China Priors, Part 1.

Alleged fixing of the Beijing Half Marathon reveals murky world in sponsorship of the sport. The #PhraseoftheWeek from @AnthonyMethven is 'money will make the devil turn the millstone' (有钱能使鬼推磨 yǒuqián néng shǐ guǐ tuīmò). Find out more:

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'Immensely moving and unsettling; an unforgettable portrait of the brain-death of a nation.'

Find out why this massive international best-seller detailing three generations of Chinese women in twentieth-century China is on the #UltimateChinaBookshelf :

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This week Kaiser Kuo delves into what #China is thinking about America with Dá Wēi (达巍), Tsinghua University director of the Center for International Security & Strategy and one of China’s foremost scholars of China’s foreign relations.

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A viral social media post of a child speaking in class tells a truth about nepotism in China. This #PhraseoftheWeek from Andrew Methven 🔥: 'children simply speak their mind' (童言无忌 tóngyán wújì)

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This week on the Sinica Podcast, leading Chinese IR scholar Da Wei 达巍 (@mawangcun1) of Tsinghua U's Center for Int'l Security & Strategy joins to discuss the Chinese strategic class — its understanding of U.S. politics and the bilateral relationship. art19.com/shows/sinica/e…

On Sinica this week, Kaiser Kuo writes a deeply personal and introspective piece about his 'China priors' aka what has shaped how he feels, thinks and talks about #China .

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Indonesia and #China must reform their partnerships in critical minerals and form higher-quality partnerships in sectors that do not sacrifice the #environment and the people. Firdaus Cahyadi explains how:

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This day in #ChinaHistory , the Ming court faced a devastating loss to Nurhaci, progenitor of the Qing dynasty. James Carter dives into the Manchu conquest's origin story: buff.ly/3VTj1Yr

“Literature was the most dangerous career I could possibly choose in China.”

This week's pick for your #UltimateChinaBookshelf is Kang Zhengguo’s cultural revolution memoir 'Confessions.'

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Chinese tech in #Africa has evolved beyond devices & infrastructure, w/ conversations now including governance, online services, and artificial intelligence. Benjamin Dada discusses the latest 🇨🇳 tech trends on the continent with The China-Global South Project

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Have you watched #Netflix 's 'The Three-Body Problem' yet? @kaiserkuo reviews & discusses the pop culture phenomena w/ The Spectator's Cindy Yu and Hyphen magazine's Chris Fan.

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thanks Sinica Podcast for the shoutout to my Made in China Journal essay!
and this: Niall Ferguson literally said 'what the U.S. is trying to do to China right now with advanced semiconductor export restrictions is what the Trisolarans were trying to do to Earth'.
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Netflix's adaptation of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem provoked a great sense of foreboding in Kaiser Kuo. Here's why: buff.ly/3J4V09b