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Frank Jacob, "Japanese War Crimes during World ...
When you mention Japanese War crimes in World War Two, you’ll often get different responses from different generations...
62 min
52
Sarah Teasley, "Designing Modern Japan" (Reakti...
An interview with Sarah Teasley
100 min
53
Chiara Formichi, "Islam and Asia: A History" (C...
Formichi helps us to rethink how we tell the story of Islam and the lived expressions of Muslims without privileging certain linguistic, cultural, and geographic realities...
66 min
54
Ian Johnson, "The Souls of China: The Return of...
Religion has returned to China. Really, it never left...
70 min
55
Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao, "Mao and ...
An interview with Christopher Marquis
45 min
56
Ketian Zhang, "China's Gambit: The Calculus of ...
68 min
57
Cara Wallis, "Social Media and Ordinary Life: A...
64 min
58
James D.J. Brown, "Cracking the Crab: Russian E...
37 min
59
Kelly A. Spring, "SPAM: A Global History" (Reak...
29 min
60
Simon Butt, "Judicial Dysfunction in Indonesia"...
37 min
61
Lanlan Kuang, "Staging Tianxia: Dunhuang Expres...
52 min
62
Tina Chen and Charlotte Eubanks, "Global Asias:...
66 min
63
Paul French, "Destination Macao" (Blacksmith Bo...
53 min
64
Alexus McLeod, "Myth and Identity in the Martia...
92 min
65
Chinese Conceptualisation of the Rule of Law – ...
23 min
66
Nan Z. Da, "The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear" (...
37 min
67
Zev Handel, "Chinese Characters Across Asia: Ho...
42 min
68
Minxin Pei, "The Sentinel State: Surveillance a...
34 min
69
Tie Ning, Annelise Finegan trans., "My Sister's...
31 min
70
Lieba Faier, "The Banality of Good: The UN's Gl...
51 min
71
John Man, "Conquering the North: China, Russia,...
48 min
72
Chris Horton, "Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwa...
56 min
73
Gregory N. Evon, "Salvaging Buddhism to Save Co...
63 min
74
Fyodor Tertitskiy, "Accidental Tyrant: The Life...
29 min
75
Jeremy A. Yellen, "Japan at War, 1914-1952" (Ro...
56 min