Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Monday, January 10, 2011

China Considers Requiring Families to Care for Elderly from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

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Caring for the elderly has long played an important role in Chinese culture. But rapid economic growth has forced adult Chinese children to ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Deborah Fallows: Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language

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From Booklist: Fallows manages to take the relatively dry subject of translation and create a warm and witty memoir. Dwelling less on her ow...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The West and China: Nobel v. Confucius from On Point with Tom Ashbrook Podcast

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We take the long view on China's rise and the West's uncertain future, with Stanford historian Ian Morris. His new book is " W...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Look again: Reform of China’s financial sector has slowed. This might prove dangerous: China's financial system - from The Economist

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A week ago, The Economist had this to say about the China and its economy , from within the context of a review of the book, Red Capitalis...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Decades Later, Chinese Consumers' Tastes Change from NPR: Business Story of the Day Podcast

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Chinese consumers are spending. Karl Gerth, a professor at Oxford University, tells Steve Inskeep that Chinese consumerism already is changi...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

"China's Economic Growth Leads to Packed Roads, Push for Expanded Railways" from Voice of America by Stephanie Ho

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China's rapid economic growth is causing some strains - and they are increasingly evident on the roads of the country's big cities. ...
Sunday, November 7, 2010

Simon Tay on America and Asia from The Economist: Books and arts

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The author of "Asia Alone" discusses the rise of China and why its neighbours hope for continued American engagement in the region...
Friday, October 8, 2010

"That" New York Times

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Last month, I asked a friend at LSE if he could refer me to some good reads on economics, from within the bubble of mainland China. He refer...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Scott Simon from KQED's Forum Podcast

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Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, joins Michael Krasny in the studio. Simon's new book "Baby, We Were Meant ...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Red Plenty by Francis Spufford from Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk by Steven Rose

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A book on Soviet utopianism prompts Steven Rose to wonder if the dream of a fair, prosperous society can ever be fulfilled. When I first vis...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations from KERA's Think Podcast

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[2010-07-28 12:00:00] Just how important is food to the stability of a society? We'll examine the Romans and Mayans, modern challenges i...
Friday, June 18, 2010

China's Authoritarian Model from KERA's Think Podcast

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[2010-06-17 12:00:00] How will China dominate the world's markets and governments in the next hundred years and what does it mean for U....
Friday, January 8, 2010

Henry Luce: American dreamer from The Economist: Full print edition

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The man who gave a name to the American century: The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century. By Alan Brinkley. Knopf; 544 pages; $35...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Underreported: China's Gulag Prison System (The Leonard Lopate Show: Thursday, 19 November 2009) from Lopate - Underreported by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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President Obama was in China this week and he did speak out on the country’s human rights record. On today’s first Underreported segment, we...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Comparing Education in China to the U.S. (The Brian Lehrer Show: Monday, 12 October 2009) from WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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Creativity versus Test-taking? Yong Zhao, professor at the College of Education at Michigan State University compares the Chinese and Americ...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

James Fallows on China's Economy from KQED's Forum by forum@kqed.org (KQED Public Radio)

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Does the global economic crisis spell doom for China? Not according to James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic. Fallows joins...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The New Asia from KQED's Forum Podcast

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International policy expert Kishore Mahbubani discusses the growing influence of China and India, along with the implications for the rest o...
Monday, May 12, 2008

What Does China Think? from KERA's Think Podcast

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China is big news this year. With a rapidly expanding economy, devastating environmental issues, and (oh yeah) the Olympics just around the ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The High Price of Chinese Industrialization (The Leonard Lopate Show: Monday, 21 April 2008) from WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

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China’s mass industrialization is coming at a high cost for many Chinese workers, from long hours and low wages to nearly unbreathable air. ...