Poking with Chopsticks (China Podcast)
A podcast by Qin Liwen & Marcel Grzanna
25 Episodes
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#24 President for good - This is what happens now
Published: 10/29/2022 -
#23 "Crimes against humanity" – A Xinjiang report that resonates on multiple levels
Published: 9/4/2022 -
#22 A political power game - Emperor Xi ist exercising his will whilst tens of millions are locked up in their houses
Published: 4/29/2022 -
#21 New World Order - Why Chinese censorship only applies one way
Published: 3/8/2022 -
#20 The Games must go on - How CCP pulls athletes through the arena at five rings
Published: 1/28/2022 -
#19 Power, sex and punishment - What happens next with tennis star Peng Shuai?
Published: 12/2/2021 -
#18 Authoritarian self-disassembly - Has China's rise already come to an end?
Published: 10/11/2021 -
#17 Lying flat - A relaxing concept that stresses Chinese censors
Published: 8/17/2021 -
#16 Quo vadis, Hong Kong? - One year National Security Law
Published: 7/18/2021 -
#15 Look who's back - The return of the Lab Leak Theory
Published: 6/10/2021 -
#14 No girls wanted - The One Child Policy disaster
Published: 5/3/2021 -
#13 Wake up on Xinjiang! - It's a genocide
Published: 3/18/2021 -
Quick-Poke #1 - A glimpse into a "China-would-be"
Published: 2/14/2021 -
#12 Spamouflage Dragon - Chinese softpower hit by regulators
Published: 2/9/2021 -
#11 People above the law - How Chinese negotiation skills are shaped
Published: 1/24/2021 -
#10 The China challenge - Soft power won't do it for US president-elect
Published: 11/24/2020 -
#9 Powder keg Taiwan - China's security issue with a beautiful democracy in its front garden
Published: 10/16/2020 -
#8 EU strikes back - Giving China's FM a hard time
Published: 9/11/2020 -
#7 Fun with the EU - Beijing enjoys Europe's cowardice over Hongkong
Published: 7/7/2020 -
#6 Does Germany really depend on China?
Published: 6/18/2020
How dictatorships work - Freelance writers Qin Liwen and Marcel Grzanna discuss Chinese government's authoritarian policies and strategies and put it into perspective with their own real-life-experiences