The Little Red Podcast
1) Xi Jinping’s War on the Uighurs. Part 1: The Witnesses
‘We seem to be normal, but we are not.’ A United Nations human rights panel says it has credible reports that more than a million Uighurs are being held in reeducation camps in the northwe...Show More
2) Man Up: The Rise and Rise of China’s Manosphere
In the latest in our series on belief, we’re examining the emergence of incels in the world’s largest manosphere. China’s growing incel community is fuelled by state-approved n...Show More
3) Karma Chameleon: The CCP turns to Buddhism
Continuing our series on belief in China, we look at the revival of Buddhism, which is being embraced by citizens and the Chinese state. While temple visits increase, the state is funding temples and ...Show More
4) The Garbage Time of History: Is China Still Marxist?
In the latest in our series on belief, we’re looking at China’s official belief system—Marxism. In recent years, netizens have argued China has entered the ‘garbage time&...Show More
5) China on the Couch: Xi Jinping's Psy-boom
In our third episode on beliefs and ideologies, we explore China’s newfound enthusiasm for psychiatry. Counselling was only registered as a profession in 2001 yet has seen a massive boom under X...Show More
6) Let's Get Spiritual: State, Digital Spirituality and Feng Shui in China
To welcome the Year of the Snake, we’re launching a new series looking at belief in China. Young Chinese people are increasingly turning to spirituality - even online manifestations of it - and ...Show More
7) Sisters doing it for themselves? Marriage Refusal and Little Milk Puppies
China is in the grip of a gender war. While government officials are texting and even cold calling women to urge them have children, the fertility rate continues to drop. Better educated and often bet...Show More
8) Give me Maw: China's Craze for the Cocaine of the Seas
Few outside the Chinese wedding banquet circuit have heard of fish maw, a flavourless, unappetising-looking swim bladder found in bony fish. In dried form, a kilo from the right species goes for aroun...Show More
9) The Centre of the Vortex: Survivors' Notes from Hong Kong Writers
Writers from Hong Kong face a Kafkaesque decision in the years since draconian security legislation was imposed on the city: to stay and be subject to intense censorship, or to write freely from exile...Show More
10) Special Criminal Zones: China’s Pig Butchers Pivot to the West
In our third episode on pig butchering scams, we explore the origins of the Chinese criminal syndicates that enslave people from at least 66 different countries. We examine the institutions supporting...Show More