Tag Archives: China
Leading Chinese
Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, is reputed to have described 20th-century China as a puzzle wrapped in an enigma surrounded by a mystery. David Strand offers a less dramatic but no less revealing perspective on modern-day Chinese society. Professor … Continue reading
The Hundred Secret Senses
“Novelist Amy Tan discusses her latest best-seller, The Hundred Secret Senses, an evocation of sisterhood and family secrets in modern San Francisco and 19th-century China.” [Wayne Pond] 805 – The Hundred Secret Senses
The China Trade
Jin Di talks about his translation into Chinese of James Joyce’s classic work, Ulysses. Frederic Wakeman discusses the Chinese-American slave trade during the 19th-century. 710 – The China Trade
Bodies of Knowledge
[17 second delay] Caroline Walker Bynum discusses Fragmentation and Redemption, her book of essays about gender and the human body in medieval religion. In the second episode [at 13:00] Patricia Ebrey discusses The Inner Quarters, a study of marriage and social … Continue reading
Posted in Bynum, Caroline Walker, Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, Episodes
Tagged China, China - Song era, Gender, History -- Medieval, Marriage, Religion
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Chinese-American Crosscurrents
Jing Wang discusses human rights and American popular culture in mainland China. Cho-Yun Hsu discusses political crosscurrents between China nad the United States. 667 – Chinese-American Crosscurrents
Posted in Episodes, Hsu, Cho Yun, Wang, Jing, Xu, Zhuoyun
Tagged China, Human Rights
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The Civil Society Part 4
Eduardo Rabossi discusses human rights in Argentina. Zhang Zhilian discusses intellectuals and politics in contemporary China. 605 – The Civil Society Part 4
Posted in Episodes, Rabossi, Eduardo, Zhang, Zhilian
Tagged China, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Politics, South America
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Houses on Fire
Ariel Dorfman discusses his most recent collection of stories, My House is on Fire (Viking, 1990). Gao Xi-Qing and Jonathan Ocko discuss political reform in the People’s Republic of China. 519 – Houses on Fire
Posted in Dorfman, Ariel, Episodes, Gao, Xi-Qing, Ocko, Jonathan K.
Tagged China
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Chinese Justice
Jonathan Ocko discusses his study of Chinese justice between the 17th and early 20th-centuries, a project entitled Pingfan, Righting Wrongs: Concepts of Justice in Late Imperial China. 508 – Chinese Justice
Culture and Politics in Asia and the Far East
Asia and the Far East are parts of the world that are still little known to most Americans in the mid-1980s. Toward an understanding of two very different but important aspects of societies and cultures in Asia and the Far … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Horowitz, Donald L., Zhao, Jinglun
Tagged China, Ethnic conflict - Far East, Peoples Republic of China, Politics
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