Footprints Podcast
1) Li Nannan: From caregiver to lawmaker
For 14 years, Li Nannan has devoted her life to elderly care in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province. By day, she's a head nurse, tending to residents' medical and daily needs. Each spring, she walk...Show More
2) Xu Beihong's art: Galloping into the Year of the Horse
Horses have long been a powerful and enduring motif in artistic expression across cultures and centuries. In the modern history of Chinese art, Xu Beihong stands as the most iconic master of horse pai...Show More
3) A dance of survival: The return of the last wild horses
In the plains of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's Junggar Basin, a lost species gallops home. Once extinct in the wild, Przewalski's horses now reclaim the steppe, their wild hearts beating free. De...Show More
4) Galloping strings: The spirit within the bow
In this episode, the hooves are replaced by horse-hair: the Morin Khuur speaks, sighs and gallops in the hands of the soloist Morin Khuur performer Chaoke Jiletu. You'll feel 180 nylon filaments tremb...Show More
5) Hope on horseback
In Beijing's Shunyi District, a nonprofit organization called HOPE (Horses Offering People Enrichment) is bringing children with special needs together with horses, and changing lives in the process. ...Show More
6) Dong Ningning: Decoding the role of horses in Chinese history and culture
For archaeologist Dong Ningning, horse bones are historical archives. Through scientific analysis, she interprets their clues to reconstruct the animal's profound impact on ancient Chinese transportat...Show More
7) Dong Lina：An unconventional broadcaster and voice artist
Dong Lina is the first visually impaired person in China to earn a master’s degree in broadcasting. With quiet perseverance, she has charted an unconventional path, opening new possibilities for other...Show More
8) Encore: Between strings and borders
Nestled in the mountains of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Zheng'an County has become the world's guitar capital – producing one out of every seven guitars around the globe. Amid the hum of facto...Show More
9) 'Come Back Alive': Mowgli's world bicycle tour
Have you ever dreamed of cycling around the world? For most of us, that seems too challenging, too expensive, and too risky. But for Luo Mingning, aka Mowgli, dreams are meant to be chased. A bike mec...Show More
10) Zhao Zhihai: A millet dreamer
Against all odds, researcher Zhao Zhihai pioneered the world's first hybrid foxtail millet, achieving a major agricultural breakthrough. His "Zhangzagu" varieties broke yield records and introduced he...Show More