Just China

The Hong Kong protests have gone on for over half a year, with news of the city’s troubles spreading internationally. While providing a summary of some of the impacts of the protests, this episode will not be focused on conveying the day-to-day updates, instead centering on stories of those from within the city and on its periphery. We interviewed Nitika, a Hong Kong native and a Master’s student here at UChicago; a journalist from mainland China; and Liz from the US with ties to Taiwan, who is also a Master’s student here at UChicago. Their views help us to unpack the different understandings of the conflict from across the globe as well as identify some of the possible outcomes of this troubled time. Focused on delivering updates occurring in and about China, new episodes of the Just China will be published monthly.Our next episode will be a follow-up on Hong Kong of a live recording of a panel event held on campus. Titled “The 2019 Hong Kong Protests - What does the Future Hold for Hong Kong?,” the panel c

In this episode, we look into stories on the video game development and regulation, the still ongoing US-China trade war, Hong Kong’s proposed extradition law, and the history behind the May 4th Movement.Have a story you’d like to hear about? Let us know at TheU3CP@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you!Focused on delivering updates occurring in and about China, new episodes of the Just China News Pulse will come out every three weeks.Credits:Producer and host: Gregory WongCorrespondents: Yuanjin Xia, Bing Ge, Shiyun WenEditor: Gregory Wong

In this episode, we look into issues both domestic and international, with stories on the National Development and Reform Commission’s hard regulation of cryptocurrency mining, Shanghai’s car trade-in program, and the sweeping tax reforms enacted, as well as Italy’s landmark signing onto the Belt and Road Initiative.Have a story you’d like to hear about? Let us know at TheU3CP@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you!Focused on delivering updates occurring in and about China, new episodes of the Just China News Pulse will come out every three weeks.Credits:Producer and host: Gregory WongCorrespondents: Yuanjin Xia, Bing Ge, Shiyun Wen Editors: Bing Ge, Gregory Wong

In our second episode, we pick up from where we left off with updates on the US-China trade war and C9 leakage in Quanzhou, and also bring in a wide variety of new stories, ranging from the Individual Income Tax Reform, Dolce & Gabanna scandal, and He Jiankui’s controversial gene-edited children.Have a story you’d like to hear about? Let us know at TheU3CP@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you!Focused on delivering updates occurring in and about China, new episodes of the Just China News Pulse will come out every two to three weeks.Credits:Producer and host: Gregory WongCorrespondents: Michael Gottschalk, Yue Wang, Annie Ma, Jin, Jinglin Fu Editors: Jin, Gregory Wong

Mom-and-pop stores moving away from cash payments? Beggars asking for money with a QR code? Cashless economy is happening right now in China. Our team collected stories from Chinese citizens to American tourists, from small business owners to Alipay's marketing head of the North America region, to explain this trend in all dimensions. Special Credits: Sean Chen, Head of Marketing and Business Operations at Alipay, North American RegionCredits: Jessica Breznick and Coco Yim for producing and hostingJubing Ge, Mew Jiang, Yuanjin Xia, Cecilia Xiao, Shiyu Wen for scriptingMew Jiang and Yuanjin Xia for editingYuanjin Xia for engineering

The Just China team is excited to publish the first episode in its new News Pulse series! Focused on delivering updates occurring in and about China, we dive right in this episode with stories on the US-China trade war's effects on currency, Single's Day sales, and more.Credits:Gregory Wong for producing, hosting and editingCoco Yim for editingMichael Gottschalk, Yue Wang, Annie Ma, Jin Liang, Jinglin Fu for reporting.

Kevin Nealer, principal at the Scowcroft Group, is a seasoned China hand whose experience includes stints at the State Department, the Senate, and on President Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board. He discusses his career path, the US-China trade war, and the future of US-China relations. This is followed by a student discussion of his comments by Jason Zukus and Coco Yim. Credits:Jason Zukus for producing, hosting and editingCoco Yim for contributing to the student dialogueSpecial thanks to Kevin Nealer

Eric Olander, founder of the China Africa Project and co-host of the weekly China in Africa Podcast, discusses the common misunderstanding of racial relations in China. In this second part of our two part interview, Eric discusses how those differ from situations in the US, specifically how Africans are portrayed in Chinese media. He also weighs in on how China's exhibition of soft power is perceived by other states.Credits:Coco Yim for producing, hosting and editingDavid Raban for engineeringSpecial thanks to Eric Olander.

Eric Olander, founder of the China Africa Project and co-host of the weekly China in Africa Podcast, breaks down assumptions about US-Africa relations and China-Africa relations. In this first part of our two part interview, Eric discusses what the Belt and Road initiative means for African countries and what the US and European governments missed when interpreting China-Africa relations.Credits:Coco Yim for producing, hosting and editingDavid Raban for engineeringSpecial thanks to Eric Olander.

Jessica Breznick (BA' 20), Gregory Wong (BA' 21), and Coco Yim (MPP'19) discuss China-Russia relations, touching upon the two countries' joint military exercise and complex economic partnership, including on oil and China's One-Belt-One-Road initiative. U-Chicago Professor Bruce Cumings, American historian of East Asia, also makes an appearance.Credits:Jessica Breznick and Gregory Wong for producing, hosting, and editingGregory Wong for engineering, hosting, and editingCoco Yim for hostingSpecial thanks to Professor Cumings!

In this episode, “Just China” co-host Jessica Breznick sits down with Dinny McMahon, former journalist for the Wall Street Journal and author of "The Great Wall of Debt," to talk about rapidly rising debt levels in the Chinese economy and the failure of the Chinese government to reign in that debt through economic and political reform. McMahon traces the story back to the global financial crisis in 2008, explaining how shadow banking, the inflated property market, local government borrowing, and other aspects of China’s credit-fueled economy may undermine its spectacular growth - and what this might mean for the global economy.Credits:Jessica Breznick — production, interviewing, and editingGregory Wong — engineering

In this episode, we talk about Chinese investments in U.S. residential and commercial real estate markets. We also touch upon a variety of reasons that motivate Chinese buyers to pursue all-cash deals in the real estate markets, as well as the development of those investments today after a curb on capital outflow by the Chinese government in 2017.Credits:Hosts: Coco Yim, Jin Liang, and Jason ZukusProducers: Coco Yim, Jin Liang, and Jason ZukusEngineering: Coco YimEditing: Coco Yim

Joy Ma, product manager of MacroPolo initiative at the Paulson Institute, talks about how her team created an interactive map that visualizes major Chinese investments in every US state, as well as how she views the Capitol Hill's curb on some Chinese mega-deals. Credits:Coco Yim for interviewing and editingSiddhant Ramakrishna for engineering