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Society & Culture
History
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Benoit Berthelier and Immanuel Kim, "Hidden Her...
42 min
102
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
103
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
104
Sarah Teasley, "Designing Modern Japan" (Reakti...
An interview with Sarah Teasley
100 min
105
Ian Johnson, "The Souls of China: The Return of...
Religion has returned to China. Really, it never left...
70 min
106
Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao, "Mao and ...
An interview with Christopher Marquis
45 min
107
Ketian Zhang, "China's Gambit: The Calculus of ...
68 min
108
Cara Wallis, "Social Media and Ordinary Life: A...
64 min
109
James D.J. Brown, "Cracking the Crab: Russian E...
37 min
110
Kelly A. Spring, "SPAM: A Global History" (Reak...
29 min
111
Lanlan Kuang, "Staging Tianxia: Dunhuang Expres...
52 min
112
Simon Butt, "Judicial Dysfunction in Indonesia"...
37 min
113
Tina Chen and Charlotte Eubanks, "Global Asias:...
66 min
114
Paul French, "Destination Macao" (Blacksmith Bo...
53 min
115
Alexus McLeod, "Myth and Identity in the Martia...
92 min
116
Nan Z. Da, "The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear" (...
37 min
117
Chinese Conceptualisation of the Rule of Law – ...
23 min
118
Zev Handel, "Chinese Characters Across Asia: Ho...
42 min
119
Minxin Pei, "The Sentinel State: Surveillance a...
34 min
120
Tie Ning, Annelise Finegan trans., "My Sister's...
31 min
121
Lieba Faier, "The Banality of Good: The UN's Gl...
51 min
122
John Man, "Conquering the North: China, Russia,...
48 min
123
Chris Horton, "Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwa...
56 min
124
Gregory N. Evon, "Salvaging Buddhism to Save Co...
63 min
125
Fyodor Tertitskiy, "Accidental Tyrant: The Life...
29 min