Trigger warning: This episode briefly mentions suicide at 01:15 and 15:45. This week, host Lijia Zhang speaks to Tania Branigan, current Foreign Leader Writer and former China Correspondent at The Guardian. [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #90: A Conversation with Lindsay Wong, author of Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality & The Woo-Woo
A Ming Dynasty courtesan who transforms into a zombie. A family of ghosts wreaking havoc on a local hot spring. Elite Hong Kong bankers who are secretly serial killers. Welcome [ … ]
Here Are 12 Feminist Books to Read from 20th Century China
BY EMILY MATSON China’s feminist activism has blossomed against all odds to become one of the country’s most dynamic social movements. However, this phenomenon didn’t emerge from a vacuum. Rather, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #89: A Conversation with Liza Lin on Digital Surveillance in China
“When we first started writing the book in 2017, 2018, I would probably characterize Xinjiang as the true, perfect surveillance state … Now I think that you can apply that [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #88: The End of China’s Zero-Covid Policy with Dr. Jennifer Bouey
Note: As current events regarding Covid are rapidly changing, we want to acknowledge this episode was recorded in early January 2023. The text below is a paraphrased version of host [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #87: Our 2022 Year-End Recap! A Discussion with the NüVoices Podcast Team
As 2022 draws to a close, so must this season of the NüVoices podcast. But fear not! Before we sign off for a winter hiatus, we wanted to bring together [ … ]
Voices: Chinese protesters in Shanghai and London reflect on anti-lockdown demonstrations
BY JESSIE LAU After hundreds took part in stunning mass protests across China last month to express their anger towards Covid-19 restrictions and the Chinese Communist Party, the government this [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #86: Angela Hui about her memoir, Takeaway: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
Growing up in the Welsh countryside and working at her family’s Chinese takeaway was anything but peaceful, writes Angela Hui in her memoir, Takeaway. With her parents at the helm, [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #85: Becoming a Stand-up Comedian with He Huang
“Hello everyone, my name is He. It’s spelled as H-E. Yes, it is my name, not my pronoun.” Last month, Sydney-based comedian He Huang went viral with her 4-minute Australia’s [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #84: A Conversation with Sue-Lin Wong on ‘The Prince’ podcast & China’s 20th Party Congress
“People have been asking me…what do people need to know about Xi Jinping? And over the course of this podcast, I learned he really fears chaos and he’s obsessed with [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #83: A Map for the Missing, a Conversation with Belinda Huijuan Tang
This week, we talk to Belinda Huijuan Tang about her sweeping and tender debut novel, A Map for the Missing, which was recently longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel [ … ]
Book review: Li Zhang’s “Anxious China” humanizes the country’s mental health crisis
BY MIRANDA JARRETT Early on in my Chinese language studies a decade ago, I struggled to get a clear answer from my teachers on the most accurate way to state [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #82: Chinese Canadian Immigrant Histories with Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng
In this episode of the NüVoices podcast, historians Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng chat with us about the first Chinese migrants who made their way to Canada in the 19th [ … ]
Why it’s misleading to call Xi Jinping the “new Mao”
BY EMILY MATSON As Xi Jinping prepares to cement his power through a much-hyped third term as China’s president, many observers have been quick to compare his leadership with that [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #81: Food journalism & Taiwanese cuisine with Clarissa Wei
This week, veteran food journalist Clarissa Wei joins us on the NüVoices podcast! Clarissa was previously a senior reporter for Goldthread – a publication incubated by the South China Morning [ … ]
NüVoices Podcast #79: Taiwan and US Foreign Policy with Meia and Veerle Nouwens
Show notes:“Nancy Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan Is Too Dangerous” an op-ed in The New York Times by Bonnie S. Glaser and Zack Cooper This week we’re interrupting our summer hiatus [ … ]
Podcast Crossover: Self-Evident, ‘A Day at the Mall’
Hello from our summer hiatus! While we’re away, the pod squad is thrilled to share episodes from podcasts we love and admire. This week, we have an episode from Self-Evident, [ … ]
Podcast Crossover: Time To Say Goodbye on ‘Ascension’, a documentary about Chinese consumerism and labor force
Hello from our summer hiatus! While we’re away, the pod squad is thrilled to share episodes from podcasts we love and admire. This week, we have an episode from Time [ … ]