Unpacking the U.S. Propaganda Machine | Sinopolitik EP8

[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 Why do suits, jeans, sneakers, puffers, and luxury brands feel “normal,” while Chinese historical references often feel like costume?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]

After Venezeula, has America Become a Rogue State? | SinoPolitik EP10

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] On January 3, 2026, US special forces raided Venezuela, kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro from Miraflores Palace in a lightning operation, and flew him to face drug charges in New York. Trump claims it's about stopping narcotics, but is it really? Our analysis exposes the hypocrisy: America's long history with drug cartels (Iran-Contra, Honduras pardons), why Venezuela's oil (world's largest reserves) is the true target, and how weak global demand makes it economically dubious. No plan for democracy, no Guaidó or Machado involvement—just Neo-Jacksonian violence for spoils, echoing Andrew Jackson's frontier wars. 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]

Neoliberalism Failed. So Why Is It Still Here? | SinoPolitik EP9

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2021518/fan_mail/new] The 2008 financial crisis should have ended neoliberal economics forever. Instead, it was rebranded and became more powerful than ever. In this episode, Peter Yang break down how neoliberalism triggered the global financial collapse, why it escaped accountability, and how concepts like “inclusive institutions” ultimately helped preserve the system rather than reform it.  From Wall Street bailouts that made the next crisis even worse, to the Eurozone debt crisis that sacrificed an entire generation, rising inequality, and China’s post-2008 economic defiance, this video traces how the global economic order was reshaped and why it is now entering a new phase of crisis. 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]