Author Archives: Jeremy Goldkorn

Racism, piracy and oil: podcasts

Podcasts about racism, piracy, shipping and oil.

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Rocking pipa

Central Conservatory of Music professor Zhang Hongyan (章红艳) introduces the pipa, and then plays Sunny Spring White Snow (阳春白雪), a rocking traditional song that may be more than two thousand years old.

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Gome: The boardroom battle from behind bars

The Chinese news media is loving the shareholder dispute between Huang Guangyu, the jailed founder of electronics retailer Gome, and Chen Xiao, the new chairman of the company. This is a typical report from Jiangxi Satellite TV, see Tudou’s special Gome section for more.

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Ninja vs. Panda

A Next Media news animation on the current tensions between China and Japan.

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Wen Jiabao’s Shenzhen speech and political reform in China

A podcast about the implications for political reform of Premier Wen Jiabao’s speech in Shenzhen.

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Chinese in Senegal

A 20 minute documentary from Al Jazeera about Chinese in Senegal.

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Guzheng and Masada

Rosh Hashanah – Jewish new year – starts tonight. Shana tova to our Jewish readers.

Celebrate by watching this video shot at the North Sea Jazz Festival in summer 2009: Secret Chiefs 3 joined by Wu Fei (吴非) on guzheng playing music from John Zorn’s Masada series which is based on traditional Jewish music.

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Fat China – a chat with Paul French

Paul French tells Jeremy Goldkorn about Fat China, a book he co-authored with Matthew Crabbe subtitled ‘How expanding waistlines are changing a nation’.

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Spoof video for 7-Up by Hu Ge

A video commercial for 7-Up by spoof video king Hu Ge.

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Formerly blacklisted actress Tang Wei to play Mao Zedong’s first girlfriend in Party film

Actress Tang Wei (汤唯), who was blacklisted from appearing in Chinese films or on TV for a time, has been rehabilitated: she is to play Mao Zedong’s first love in a new film called The Founding of the Party, a prequel to the state-produced smash hit that was produced in 2009 to celebrate 60 years of the People’s Republic of China and Communist Party rule.

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