Neoliberalism and the Coming Political Revolt

【Roughly Chinese EP24】Why is everybody becoming Chinese now? | with Cyrus Janssen

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] 3If you have been following the latest trends on the Internet, the CHINA-MAXXING is hard to miss: people are celebrating the "chinese moments" in their life. But why is China becoming so attractive on the Internet all in a sudden? In this episode of Roughly Chinese, we are happy to have our friend Cyrus Janssen, a YouTube content creator, an investor, and an OG China-Maxxer, who had spent more than a decade in China, to explain to us: what's all the China trends about? 00:00 - 01:10: intro 01:10 - 30:10: when Cyrus moved to China 30:10 - 36:10: does China feel like an old or a young country? 36:10 - 45:56: why some of the most anti-China voices are from overseas Chinese?  45:56 - 54:09: do Chinese people talk about politics and policing? 54:09 - 59:00: what do Cyrus’s children think about China? 59:00 - 1:05:07: do Americans and Chinese think about freedom differently? #china #chinamaxxing #trends #roughlychinese Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/support] For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5DWV94WG80ZWY3SlRhd2xMMFBfZTU5LXlhd3xBQ3Jtc0tsZHNEU0JKOFZTREhWbjhXU1ZXZ1d5dXIzbnkwSlZ3dVpFZy14bzVsNWJvUUFYRnd6S3hUQU9veUNKclBydXVZMWo4ZTBnMndBaXFZQXRtTktWMVpTOUNWUldFZXp0ZV9sYjNLSGlMcFN5dUtNa3lIYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechinaacademy.org%2F&v=KRdMrlghE-w]

Who Really Benefits From U.S. Sanctions? And How Do We Resist Them? | Maryam Jamshidi [Thinkers Forum]

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] Are sanctions really a peaceful alternative to war — or are they part of how U.S. power is enforced? Professor Maryam Jamshidi joins Thinkers Forum to discuss how U.S. sanctions rely on private actors such as banks, corporations, lawyers, plaintiffs, and compliance departments. We explore the fusion of sanctions and national security, the Iran conflict, corporate power, and how countries like China, Iran, and Brazil can resist U.S. economic coercion. We discuss: 00:00-02:50: intro 02:50 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9Sb5TMQsM&t=170s]: the roles of private actors in U.S. sanctions regime 13:32 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9Sb5TMQsM&t=812s]: tariffs as sanctions policies 20:22 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9Sb5TMQsM&t=1222s]: history of “peacetime” U.S. sanctions 31:04 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9Sb5TMQsM&t=1864s]: Iran conflict through the lens of U.S. sanctions and Iranian resilience 40:24 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A9Sb5TMQsM&t=2424s]: how countries can resist U.S. sanctions 40:24-54:47: hope for the future? Maryam Jamshidi is a professor at the University of Colorado Law School. Her work focuses on national security, sanctions, international law, political economy, and U.S. power. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/support] For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5DWV94WG80ZWY3SlRhd2xMMFBfZTU5LXlhd3xBQ3Jtc0tsZHNEU0JKOFZTREhWbjhXU1ZXZ1d5dXIzbnkwSlZ3dVpFZy14bzVsNWJvUUFYRnd6S3hUQU9veUNKclBydXVZMWo4ZTBnMndBaXFZQXRtTktWMVpTOUNWUldFZXp0ZV9sYjNLSGlMcFN5dUtNa3lIYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechinaacademy.org%2F&v=KRdMrlghE-w]

[Roughly Chinese] Why Does Chinese Fashion Still Look Western? | Gracia Ventus

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] Why Does Chinese Fashion Still Look Western? | with Gracia Ventus of ROSEN China has 5,000 years of civilizational history — so why do Chinese people still dress in the visual language of Western modernity? In this episode, Yunpeng sits down with Gracia Ventus, designer and writer behind ROSEN / The Rosenrot, to talk about fashion as culture, class, labor, and everyday life. Why do suits, jeans, sneakers, puffers, and luxury brands feel “normal,” while Chinese historical references often feel like costume? And what would it take to make Chinese aesthetics genuinely wearable again? For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ 00:00 - 02:40: Intro 02:40 - 12:45: How Gracia became a designer 12:45 - 16:35: How to design clothing that transcends culture? 16:35 - 25:15: Clothes vs Cultural Relics 25:15 - 38:45: Fashion conglomerates’s influence on consumers 38:45 - 45:49: Why should we care about clothes? 45:49 - 52:11: Custom or clothes? For podcast, search Wave Media whenever you get your podcast! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/support] For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5DWV94WG80ZWY3SlRhd2xMMFBfZTU5LXlhd3xBQ3Jtc0tsZHNEU0JKOFZTREhWbjhXU1ZXZ1d5dXIzbnkwSlZ3dVpFZy14bzVsNWJvUUFYRnd6S3hUQU9veUNKclBydXVZMWo4ZTBnMndBaXFZQXRtTktWMVpTOUNWUldFZXp0ZV9sYjNLSGlMcFN5dUtNa3lIYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechinaacademy.org%2F&v=KRdMrlghE-w]

[Roughly Chinese] Here is how the Internet ROASTS the Trump-Xi summit...

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] The Roughly Chinese POD is BACK! In this episode, our host Mimi Zhu and Yunpeng Zhang sat down for Trump's China visit memes circulating on both Chinese and English social media! Why did Chinese people "celebrate" Trump in Beijing on the Internet? What were Chinese people thinking about when Trump was in Beijing? How was the Chinese Internet bantering Elon Musk and Jensen Huang?  ALL in this episode! 00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejn0uj13qo] Intro 01:30 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejn0uj13qo&t=90s] Memes break down 39:45 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejn0uj13qo&t=2385s] Stories from the Chinese Internet 47:55 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejn0uj13qo&t=2875s] Summit summary 59:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejn0uj13qo&t=3540s] HOT TAKES Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/support] For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5DWV94WG80ZWY3SlRhd2xMMFBfZTU5LXlhd3xBQ3Jtc0tsZHNEU0JKOFZTREhWbjhXU1ZXZ1d5dXIzbnkwSlZ3dVpFZy14bzVsNWJvUUFYRnd6S3hUQU9veUNKclBydXVZMWo4ZTBnMndBaXFZQXRtTktWMVpTOUNWUldFZXp0ZV9sYjNLSGlMcFN5dUtNa3lIYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechinaacademy.org%2F&v=KRdMrlghE-w]

[Thinkers Forum] Before the Belt and Road, There Were the Mongols ｜ Marie Favereau

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] Historian Marie Favereau joins Thinkers Forum to explain why the Mongols were not just conquerors — but builders of a mobile, connected Eurasian world that still changes how we think about China, Central Asia, and the Silk Road. We discuss: 02:38 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=158s]: why the story of the Mongol empire is much more than destruction? 09:20 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=560s]: what does a Mongol "city" look like? 11:21 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=681s]: how did the Mongols view us “city" people? 29:22 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=1762s]: had the Mongol rulers in China "gone native"? 34:48 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=2088s]: how similar were the Mongol and British Empires? 42:01 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=2521s]: the Mongol Silk Road--what does it look like? 47:24 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=2844s]: the Silk Road cities between China and Europe 56:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dKVK3UfyvM&t=3391s]: Prof. Favereau's message to the Chinese readers Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/support] For more news and stories about China, pls visit: https://thechinaacademy.org/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5DWV94WG80ZWY3SlRhd2xMMFBfZTU5LXlhd3xBQ3Jtc0tsZHNEU0JKOFZTREhWbjhXU1ZXZ1d5dXIzbnkwSlZ3dVpFZy14bzVsNWJvUUFYRnd6S3hUQU9veUNKclBydXVZMWo4ZTBnMndBaXFZQXRtTktWMVpTOUNWUldFZXp0ZV9sYjNLSGlMcFN5dUtNa3lIYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthechinaacademy.org%2F&v=KRdMrlghE-w]