19 China podcasts to better understand 中国

Carnegie-Tsinghua Podcast discusses China’s relations with the rest of the world and is hosted by Paul Haenle, Director of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center based in Beijing, China.

• Host: Paul Haenle
• Frequency: monthly
• Duration: 30-40 min.
• Since: 2013
• Organization: Carnegie-Tsinghua Center

The Little Red Podcast offers interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. Hosted by Graeme Smith, China studies academic at the Australian National University’s Department of Pacific Affairs and Louisa Lim, former China correspondent for the BBC and NPR, now with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at Melbourne University.

• Host: Graeme Smith
• Frequency: monthly
• Duration: 40-50 min.
• Since: 2016
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The MERICS podcast discusses and analyzes developments and current affairs in China: What is behind the Belt and Road Initiative? What kind of leader is Xi Jinping? How should we assess China’s climate change policies? How does the Chinese government use social media to its own ends? In addition to MERICS’s own staff, other experts on China and guest speakers at MERICS also take part in the interviews.

• Host: Rutch Kirchner, Kerstin Lohse-Friedrich, Frank Pieke and other MERICS experts
• Frequency: bi-weekly
• Duration: 15-60 min.
• Since: 2016
• Organization: Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

The China Africa Project Podcast was launched in 2010 and focuses on China’s engagement in Africa.

• Host: Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden
• Frequency: weekly
• Duration: 45 min.
• Since: 2010
• Organization: The China Africa Project

China History podcast covers 5000 years of Chinese history and is hosted by Laszlo Montgomery. Topics include PRC history and leaders like Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping, US-Chinese history, but also the Chinese dynasties, history of tea and even Chinese philosophy.

• Host: Laszlo Montgomery
• Frequency: irregular
• Duration: 40-60              
• Since: 2010
• Organization: Teacup Media 2017

CHINA MONEY NETWORK Podcast covers all the news headlines in the China venture and tech sector on a weekly basis live from Hongkong.

• Host: Eudora Wang       
• Frequency: Weekly        
• Duration: 10 min.
• Organization: CHINA MONEY NETWORK

The Harbinger China Podcast is a monthly Q&A with China’s top venture investors and tech company founders.

• Host: Tim Chen
• Frequency: Monthly
• Duration: 40 min.
• Since: 2017
• Organization: The harbinger China

Techbuzz China is a bi-weekly technology podcast about China’s Innovation and (tech-related) cultural trends.

• Host: Ying-Ying Lu, Rui Ma
• Frequency: Bi-weekly
• Duration: 30 min.
• Since: 2018
• Organization: Techbuzz China is a part of Pandaily.com and powered by the Sinica Podcast network

China Tech Talk is an almost weekly discussion of the most important issues in China’s tech. From IPOs to fake data, from the role of WeChat to Apple’s waning influence, hosts John Artman and Matthew Brennan interview experts and discuss the trends shaping China’s tech industry.

• Host: John Artman, Matthew Brennan                 
• Frequency: Weekly
• Duration: 60 min.
• Since: 2016
• Organization: Technode

Wǒ Men Podcast is produced and hosted by Yajun Zhang and Jingjing Zhang, who discuss a variety of topics and share a diversity of voices from on the ground inside contemporary China.

• Host: Yajun Zhang and Jingjing Zhang
• Frequency: Bi-weekly
• Duration: 40-50 min.
• Since: 2017
• Organization: RADII

Bottled in China brings you into Asia’s food and drink scene through conversations with the some of the most happening personalities. Hosted by Emilie Steckenborn, the show is your one spot for all things food, beer, wine and spirits from across the world.

• Host: Emilie Steckenborn
• Frequency: Bi-weekly
• Duration: 30 min.
• Since: 2016

Middle Earth Podcast brings you first-hand insights into China’s cultural industry and hosts guests who work in China’s marketing, gaming, movie and virtual reality industries.

• Host: Aladin Farré
• Frequency: Bi-weekly
• Duration: 60 min.
• Since: 2019
• Organization: Middle Earth is made by China Compass Productions

Ta for Ta is a new biweekly podcast, which captures the narratives of women from Greater China at the top of their professional game. “Ta for Ta” is a play on the Chinese spoken language that demonstrates equality between the sexes. Tā 他 is the word for “he”; tā 她 is also the word for “she.”

• Host: Juliana Batista
• Frequency: Bi-Weekly
• Duration: 60 min.
• Since: 2017
• Organization: SupChina

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