Barbarians at the Gate

Do you really need to learn to write characters to study Chinese?

Warning: GEEKY CONTENT

Hosting solo in this week’s episode, David takes a geeky deep dive into the digital revolution in Chinese...

A Career of Change Making: A Conversation with Isabel Nepstad of BellaTerra Consulting

Isabel Nepstad’s passion for nature, food, and agriculture can be traced back to her childhood growing up in Belém, a city on the mouth of the Amazon...

Have Tunes, Will Travel: The Musical Adventures of DJ Bo

On this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, Jeremiah talks to Brian “DJ Bo” Offenther. From being the FKFDJ (First Known Foreign DJ) to play in Pyongyang...

One From the Vault: Ideology and Education in China with Educator Jiang Xueqin

David and Jeremiah are on holiday this week, but we hope you enjoy this encore episode with educator Jiang Xueqin, originally released in February 2022.

A Great Leap Backwards?: The Closing of Cultural Spaces and the New Normal in Beijing

This episode of the podcast addresses a worrisome question: Is China’s “cultural space” shrinking?

The recent crackdown on...