Podcast episodes

  • Season 2

  • Trailer | Chinese Democracy: Face To Face With Mayors

    Trailer | Chinese Democracy: Face To Face With Mayors

    S02 E01
    02:05

    How are mayors elected in China? How do city-level governments exercise their power? How do they make sure people's needs are met? In Face To Face With Mayors, Xinhua's Miao Xiaojuan travels with experts from around the world to find out how Chinese democracy is practiced in real and local terms. Stay tuned!

  • Season 1

  • MiaoVlogs | Ice fishing on Chagan Lake with youngest head fisherman

    MiaoVlogs | Ice fishing on Chagan Lake with youngest head fisherman

    S01 E21
    08:07

    -30 degrees Celsius? Check! 50 layers of clothing? Check! Youngest fisherman to show us the ropes? Check! Xinhua journalist Miao Xiaojuan and her friend Lucien Pang are all set for a Mongolian ice fishing adventure on Chagan Lake!

  • China Chat | How has China changed between two Beijing Olympics?

    China Chat | How has China changed between two Beijing Olympics?

    S01 E20
    19:07

    To find out how China has changed between its two Olympics, Xinhua journalist Miao Xiaojuan hit the streets of Beijing, and then sat down with three expats who have experienced firsthand the many changes in this fast-paced country.

  • China Chat | Face to face with Xinjiang spokespersons

    China Chat | Face to face with Xinjiang spokespersons

    S01 E19
    10:50

    If Western media were to be believed, Xinjiang would be a land of concentration camps and forced labor. Xinhua journalist Miao Xiaojuan and U.S. experts sat down with spokesmen of the region to discuss these explosive allegations and how best to bridge the growing gap between East and West.

  • China Chat | Understanding China's Democracy, Freedom & Human Rights

    China Chat | Understanding China's Democracy, Freedom & Human Rights

    S01 E18
    26:00

    What are human rights to the Chinese? Do people in China have freedoms? Is China authoritarian or democratic? Xinhua journalist Miao Xiaojuan and three American experts talk about these issues head on. Click here to find out!