Tensions between the U.S. and China have ratcheted upward in the last four years of the Trump administration. Groundbreaking research from independent Washington, D.C.–based researcher Ashley Feng have shown that acts of [ … ]
Category: Podcast
NüVoices Podcast: U.S.-China relations: The rock, the hard place, and those in between
Zhàoyīn Féng 冯兆音 is a bilingual journalist based in Washington, D.C., where she reports on U.S.-China relations for the BBC World Service. In this timely conversation, Zhaoyin and Cindy discuss the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Literary translation and language as resistance, with Anne Henochowicz
Today’s guest, Anne Henochowicz, works at the intersection of literature and human rights. She has translated leaked propaganda directives and subversive Weibo posts, investigative journalism and poetry. She is currently the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Hong Kong media, redefined
Beijing’s enactment of sweeping national security legislation in Hong Kong spurred fresh fear for the territory’s cherished freedoms as authorities sought to quash months of citywide protests. How have journalists, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Development finance and Chinese identity, with Yunnan Chen
Yunnan Chen is a senior research officer for the Overseas Development Institute, a London think tank focused on international development and humanitarian issues. She joins Cindy for a conversation on China-Africa [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: What’s next for Hollywood and China after ‘Mulan’ flop?
For years, Hollywood has been trying to reach Chinese audiences, but has yet to find a winning formula. The remake of Mulan, which cost $200 million, is projected to make only [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Fulbright’s exit from China and Hong Kong
An executive order signed in July has indefinitely ended the Fulbright program in China and Hong Kong. What happened in the lead-up to the program’s cancellation, and where does the [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Chinese cuisine in America, with Simone Tong
Simone Tong is a chef and co-owner of Little Tong Noodle Shop and the newly opened restaurant Silver Apricot in New York City. Cindy sat down with her to discuss [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Mobility for Africa, with Shantha Bloemen
Shantha Bloemen is the founding director of Mobility for Africa, a social enterprise that aims to bring the electric mobility revolution to rural Africa. Having spent the last two decades working [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: The nation of diaspora: April Zhu on reporting from Nairobi, part 2
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China–Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: April Zhu on reporting from Nairobi, part 1
April Zhu is a freelance journalist and writer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on gender, urban inequality, and China-Kenya relations. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Izzy Niu on storytelling and conditional belongingness
Izzy Niu is a freelance journalist and producer who most recently hosted the Webby Award–winning video series at Quartz called Because China. In this episode, NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talks to Izzy [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Creative entrepreneurship with Qian Zhang
Qiàn Zhāng 张倩 is a cross-border creative entrepreneur who founded the tea brand The Puer Movement while at Harvard Business School, and currently serves as chief of staff to the global president at SharkNinja. [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Seeking creativity through multimedia journalism with Yuan Ren
Journalism is a tough industry to break into, but expanding your multimedia and broadcast skills is a great way to enhance your versatility and job prospects. For Chinese journalist Yuan [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Foreign correspondence and China, with Megha Rajagopalan
Megha Rajagopalan is an award-winning international correspondent for BuzzFeed News, based in London. In this conversation recorded on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean in London and New York, Megha [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Gender, self-discovery, and vibe curation with Mengwen Cao
Mengwen Cao is a photographer, multimedia artist, and cultural organizer. In this conversation recorded during the first week of lockdown in New York City, Mengwen and NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talk [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Coronavirus and the racism epidemic
As racism and the COVID-19 virus spread simultaneously, Asian people around the world are finding themselves terrified to step outside — and not just because they’re worried about getting sick. [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: U.S.-China cyber competition and cooperation with Julia Voo
Julia Voo is the research director for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center’s new China Cyber Policy Initiative. In this episode, Julia and NüVoices board member Cindy Gao talk about [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: Di Wang on LGBTQ rights and representation in China
Di Wang is a feminist researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She joined NüVoices co-host Cindy Gao in Brooklyn to converse about the LGBTQ movement that is underway in [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast: A wealth of anger and a wealth of time – Wuhan and the coronavirus
Wuhan native Rui Zhong is a program associate for the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Wilson Center, in Washington, D.C. In this episode, Rui and [ … ]