This week on Sinica, our live recording from the Rizzoli Bookstore in the Flatiron district of Manhattan with the legendary Ian Johnson, who has covered China for a host of publications spanning 35 years. Ian, who is now a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, offers his analysis of media coverage, shares some pet peeves in the way China is reported, and offers a sneak peek at some of the themes of his forthcoming book.
4:31 – Beijing’s shifting diplomatic messaging
12:10 – U.S. media coverage of China’s COVID-19 policies
14:45 – Structural biases of reporting on/in China
24:05 – Reporting on China through social media
29:46 – Resisting and recasting the blob’s China narrative
39:52 – How think tanks affect China discourse in the U.S.
43:03 – The importance of history to the CCP
A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.
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