China 21
China 21 is produced by the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. We are a leading university-based think tank that produces scholarly research and informs policy discussions on China and U.S.-China relations. This podcast features expert voices, insights and stories about China’s economy, politics, society, and the implications for international affairs. Learn more at china.ucsd.edu
- Update frequency
- every 34 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Bureaucracies at War, Featuring Tyler Jost
The Micro-Foundations of Capitalism
Retrofitting Lenism - Dimitar Gueorguiev and Harris Doshay
The DOJ's China Initiative: Where it went wrong, and why - Susan Shirk and Carol Lam
Xinjiang from Qing to Xi - James Millward & Micah Muscolino
Micah Muscolino interviews James Millward, a leading scholar on China and Central Asia at Georgetown University. They connect the history of Xinjiang in the Qing Empire, to assimilationist policies a…
Epidemic Control & Medical Diplomacy - Mary Brazelton & Micah Muscolino
This episode is an extended interview adapted from the China Throughlines web series, which features UC San Diego’s China historians in conversation with their colleagues on the echos and connectedne…
Remembering June 4 - Perry Link & Paul Pickowicz
Rural China Copes with Covid-19 - Scott Rozelle
Since the novel coronavirus outbreak in the megacity of Wuhan in December 2019, lockdowns were also implemented across China’s vast countryside, home to more than 700 million people.
Dr. Scott Rozelle…
Investing in US-China Relations - Weijian Shan and James Kralik
As we are living through a historic pandemic and ever more turbulent U.S.-China relations, we revisit a conversation recorded at our last public lecture right before the lockdown. 21st Century China …
Lessons from 1989 - Wang Dan and Victor Shih
Wang Dan 王丹 speaks with Victor Shih on the lessons from the 1989 student democracy movement. They discuss Wang’s journey as a young student leading up to the Tiananmen Square protests and his life si…
Interpreting the Xi Dynasty - Geremie Barmé & Susan Shirk
Geremie Barmé is an esteemed historian, journalist, translator and film-maker. He spoke at UC San Diego in January on resistance movements in two Chinese cities - the case of Tsinghua Prof. Xu Zhangr…
Defending Digital Rights - Rebecca MacKinnon & Molly Roberts
Rebecca MacKinnon is the director of Ranking Digital Rights, a program at New America promotes freedom of expression and privacy on the internet by creating global standards and incentives for compan…
China Tripping (Part 2) - Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Jeremy Murray
Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link and Jeremy Murray speaks with guest host Lazlo Montgomery in this special co-produced episode with China History Podcast, with excerpts from their new book “China Tripping:…
China Tripping (Part 1) - Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link, Jeremy Murray
Paul Pickowicz, Perry Link and Jeremy Murray speaks with guest host Lazlo Montgomery in this special co-produced episode with China History Podcast, with excerpts from their new book “China Tripping:…
Mobilizing Without the Masses - Diana Fu
Diana Fu describes the evolution of activism, citizenship and civil society in China, and how NGOs engage in unconventional mobilization under authoritarian rule, based on her research on migrant wor…
US-China Rivalry Roils Asia - Danny Russel & Steph Haggard
Steph Haggard speaks with Danny Russel about the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry that is ushering in new dynamic in the Asia Pacific region. They address the trade war, negotiations with North Korea,…
Will China Save the Planet? - Barbara Finamore
Barbara Finamore, who founded the National Resource Defense Council’s China program, discusses with China Focus editor-in-chief Charlie Vest about China’s clean energy sectors, domestic environmental…
AI, 5G, and the Race for Tech Supremacy - Elsa Kania
Elsa Kania discusses the potential and concerns of cutting-edge technologies that are underpinning the competition between the U.S. and China, especially in the race towards supremacy in AI and 5G
El…
US-China Symbiosis - Joe Tsai & Susan Shirk
Alibaba’s Joe Tsai speaks with Susan Shirk in front of a live audience on a wide-ranging conversation about current trade disputes, security concerns, technological competition, and the innovation an…
China's Investment Outlook - Andy Rothman & Victor Shih
Andy Rothman speaks with Victor Shih on the opportunities and volatility of investing in the People's Republic and the outlook on China's impact on global economic growth. They discuss the risk of in…