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China HandsSimon Koo - 2 - The Beijing CenterProf. Simon Koo is the Executive Director of The Beijing Center (TBC). He’s a scholar and academic administrator committed to advancing East-West dialogue and fostering mutual understanding. At TBC, he leads efforts in curriculum design, academic planning, accreditation, faculty development, and global partnerships, supporting TBC’s mission to promote intercultural engagement. 2025-04-1530 minChina HandsSimon Koo - The Beijing Center - 1Prof. Simon Koo is the Executive Director of The Beijing Center (TBC). He’s a scholar and academic administrator committed to advancing East-West dialogue and fostering mutual understanding. At TBC, he leads efforts in curriculum design, academic planning, accreditation, faculty development, and global partnerships, supporting TBC’s mission to promote intercultural engagement. 2025-04-0148 minChina HandsMadelyn Ross - 2 - Fudan University, US-China Education Trust (USCET)Madelyn Ross is President Emeritus of the US-China Education Trust (USCET) and was one of the first American students in China following normalization, studying at Fudan University in Shanghai in 1979-1980. Before coming to USCET, she was at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as the Executive Director of SAIS China and Associate Director of China Studies. She did similar work at George Mason University from 2003 to 2015 as Director of China Initiatives across the university. 2025-03-1839 minChina HandsMadelyn Ross - 1 - Fudan University, US-China Education Trust (USCET)Madelyn Ross is President Emeritus of the US-China Education Trust (USCET) and was one of the first American students in China following normalization, studying at Fudan University in Shanghai in 1979-1980. Before coming to USCET, she was at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as the Executive Director of SAIS China and Associate Director of China Studies. She did similar work at George Mason University from 2003 to 2015 as Director of China Initiatives across the university. 2025-03-0648 minChina HandsGeoffrey Newman - Extended InterviewGeoffrey (Geoff) Newman is an expert in business development in the aerospace industry, linking China, the Asia Pacific, and the United States. During his studies as the first exchange student from Columbia University at Peking University in 1980, he conducted research in collaboration with the daughter of one of the first Chinese students at Columbia University on the life of her father. Afterwards working as one of the few Americans involved in business development and joint ventures in China in the 1980s, Geoff worked in the development of Chinese passenger aircraft programs. Examples include providing commercial aircraft equipment, p...2024-06-0633 minChina HandsGeoffery Newman - Main Interview (Aerospace Industry)Geoffrey (Geoff) Newman is an expert in business development in the aerospace industry, linking China, the Asia Pacific, and the United States. During his studies as the first exchange student from Columbia University at Peking University in 1980, he conducted research in collaboration with the daughter of one of the first Chinese students at Columbia University on the life of her father. Afterwards working as one of the few Americans involved in business development and joint ventures in China in the 1980s, Geoff worked in the development of Chinese passenger aircraft programs. Examples include providing commercial aircraft equipment, p...2024-05-2435 minChina Hands王辉耀/Henry Wang - Extended EpisodeHenry Huiyao Wang is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading Chinese nongovernmental think tank. Previously, Dr Wang held various Fellowships at leading American institutions like Harvard University and Brooking Institution and Adjunct Professorships at leading Chinese universities like Peking and Tsinghua University.The 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index by the University of Pennsylvania ranks CCG 64th of the top think tanks worldwide and among the top 50 “best independent think tanks.”Under the slogan of “Global Vision for China and Chinese Wisdom for the World”, CCG represents one of the leading...2024-05-0912 minChina Hands王辉耀/Henry Wang - Main Episode (全球化智庫/Center for China and Globalization)Henry Huiyao Wang is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading Chinese nongovernmental think tank. Previously, Dr Wang held various Fellowships at leading American institutions like Harvard University and Brooking Institution and Adjunct Professorships at leading Chinese universities like Peking and Tsinghua University.The 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index by the University of Pennsylvania ranks CCG 64th of the top think tanks worldwide and among the top 50 “best independent think tanks.”Under the slogan of “Global Vision for China and Chinese Wisdom for the World”, CCG represents one of the leading...2024-04-2547 minChina HandsDa Wei - Extended EpisodeAs one of China's leading experts on Sino-American relations and US Security & Foreign policy, Da Wei is the Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University, where he is also a Professor at the Department of International Relations of the School of Social Sciences. Prof. Da also led one of the first Chinese student delegations to the United States, which he extensively covers on the podcast. Currently, he is also a Visiting Scholar on China Policy at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), conducting research regarding contemporary China affairs and U...2024-04-0910 minChina HandsDa Wei - Main Episode (Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University)As one of China's leading experts on Sino-American relations and US Security & Foreign policy, Da Wei is the Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University, where he is also a Professor at the Department of International Relations of the School of Social Sciences. Prof. Da also led one of the first Chinese student delegations to the United States, which he extensively covers on the podcast. Currently, he is also a Visiting Scholar on China Policy at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), conducting research regarding contemporary China affairs and U...2024-03-2648 minChina HandsFrank Hawke - Extended EpisodeFrank Hawke was amongst the first American exchange students to China, after which he had a long and distinguished career in banking, finance, and consultancy in Asia. More recently, he was the previous Director of the China Program for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to his exchange with Peking University in 1979, Frank completed his BA in Economics and MA in Political Science at Stanford University and was a PhD candidate in Chinese Politics. After his exchange, Frank closed various landmark deals in China, such as the Great Wall Hotel - China’s first joint vent...2024-03-041h 25China HandsFrank Hawke - Main Episode (Joint Ventures, Technology Transfers)Frank Hawke was amongst the first American exchange students to China, after which he had a long and distinguished career in banking, finance, and consultancy in Asia. More recently, he was the previous Director of the China Program for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to his exchange with Peking University in 1979, Frank completed his BA in Economics and MA in Political Science at Stanford University and was a PhD candidate in Chinese Politics. After his exchange, Frank closed various landmark deals in China, such as the Great Wall Hotel - China’s first joint vent...2024-02-1946 minChina HandsFrank Hawke - Main Interview (Peking University)Frank Hawke was amongst the first American exchange students to China, after which he had a long and distinguished career in banking, finance, and consultancy in Asia. More recently, he was the previous Director of the China Program for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Prior to his exchange with Peking University in 1979, Frank completed his BA in Economics and MA in Political Science at Stanford University and was a PhD candidate in Chinese Politics. After his exchange, Frank closed various landmark deals in China, such as the Great Wall Hotel - China’s first joint ventu...2024-02-0556 minChina HandsAndrew Andreasen (IUP, Stanford Center) - Remainder of InterviewJoining us today is Andrew Andreasen, the Resident Director of the Inter-University Program (IUP) for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University and previous Executive Director of the Stanford Center at Peking University. One of the first American exchange students to China, Andrew sailed with the United States Merchant Marine Corps before attending Stanford University for his MA and PhD in Linguistics and East Asia Studies. After completing his PhD in 1980, he worked in various leadership positions in China in industries ranging from real estate to aluminium. Before joining the Stanford Center at Peking University, he was the M...2024-01-2336 minChina HandsAndrew Andreasen (IUP, Stanford Center) - Main InterviewJoining us today is Andrew Andreasen, the Resident Director of the Inter-University Program (IUP) for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University and previous Executive Director of the Stanford Center at Peking University. One of the first American exchange students to China, Andrew sailed with the United States Merchant Marine Corps before attending Stanford University for his MA and PhD in Linguistics and East Asia Studies. After completing his PhD in 1980, he worked in various leadership positions in China in industries ranging from real estate to aluminium. Before joining the Stanford Center at Peking University, he was the Managing D...2024-01-0937 minChina HandsEllen Eliasoph - Remainder of InterviewEllen Eliasoph is a film executive and producer who has spent the last 25 years building bridges among China's film industry, Hollywood, and the global film market. Ellen is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale College and a graduate of Yale Law School, during the latter being amongst the group of the first Americans to study in China. Before working in the film industry, she utilised her legal studies to play a key role in the building of China’s legal system – some of the forms she created back then she still uses in her work today. 2023-12-1924 minChina HandsEllen Eliasoph - Main InterviewEllen Eliasoph is a film executive and producer who has spent the last 25 years building bridges among China's film industry, Hollywood, and the global film market. Ellen is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale College and a graduate of Yale Law School, during the latter being amongst the group of the first Americans to study in China. Before working in the film industry, she utilised her legal studies to play a key role in the building of China’s legal system – some of the forms she created back then she still uses in her work today. 2023-12-0540 minChina HandsIra Kasoff - Main InterviewIra Kasoff received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1973 and PhD from Princeton University in 1982. During the latter, he spent a year doing research at Peking University as one of the first American students. From 1985 to 2007, Ira was a diplomat, serving seven assignments in Asia with the U.S. Commercial Service, including in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. He also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, where he oversaw Asia trade policy, engaged in trade negotiations, and served as the senior advisor to two Secretaries of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez and Gary Locke. Afterwards, he advised...2023-10-3140 minChina Hands黄道林 - Full InterviewWe are proud to present our first interview in Mandarin for this series with 黄道林, the Director of Academic Exchanges at Peking University from 1978 till 1992!Since my Mandarin is not yet at the level needed for such a complex conversation I’ve collaborated with Kevin Wei to host this episode. Kevin is a JD Candidate at Harvard Law School and previously a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University. My special thanks also to Yipei Lu, who assisted with the editing of this episode. Yipei is another dear friend of mine pursuing his second Master’s at Tsinghua University and, just like...2023-10-171h 00China HandsDavid Lampton - Remainder of InterviewDavid 'Mike' Lampton is Professor Emeritus and former Hyman Professor and Director of SAIS-China and China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Previously, he was the President of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Director of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), and headed the China Studies programs at the American Enterprise Institute and The Nixon Center (now The Center for National Interest). He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees from Stanford University. 2023-10-0319 minChina HandsDavid Lampton - Main InterviewDavid 'Mike' Lampton is Professor Emeritus and former Hyman Professor and Director of SAIS-China and China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Previously, he was the President of the National Committee on US-China Relations, Director of the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), and headed the China Studies programs at the American Enterprise Institute and The Nixon Center (now The Center for National Interest). He received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees from Stanford University. 2023-09-1950 minChina HandsMary Bullock - Remainder of InterviewMary B. Bullock served as inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University, President of Agnes Scott College, Professor at Emory University, and Director of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Furthermore, she was part of the Academic Advisory Council of Schwarzman Scholars and Vice Chair of the Asia Society. She received her PhD and MA from Stanford University and her BA from Agnes Scott College. Her books and articles focus on US–China cultural relations, such as on th...2023-09-111h 30China HandsMary Bullock - Main EpisodeMary B. Bullock served as inaugural Vice-Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University, President of Agnes Scott College, Professor at Emory University, and Director of the National Committee on US-China Relations, the Committee on Scholarly Communication with the PRC (CSCPRC), the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the Henry Luce Foundation. Furthermore, she was part of the Academic Advisory Council of Schwarzman Scholars and Vice Chair of the Asia Society. She received her PhD and MA from Stanford University and her BA from Agnes Scott College. Her books and articles focus on US–China cultural relations, such as on th...2023-09-0546 minChina HandsThomas Fingar - Main EpisodeThomas (Tom) Fingar is a Shorenstein APARC Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He was the inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow from 2010 through 2015 and the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford in 2009.From 2005 through 2008, he served as the first deputy director of national intelligence for analysis and, concurrently, as chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Fingar served previously as assistant secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2000-01 and 2004-05), principal deputy assistant secretary (2001-03), deputy assistant secretary for analysis (1994-2000), director of the Office of Analysis for East As...2023-08-2951 minChina HandsThomas Fingar - Remainder of InterviewThomas Fingar is a Shorenstein APARC Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He was the inaugural Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow from 2010 through 2015 and the Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford in 2009.From 2005 through 2008, he served as the first deputy director of national intelligence for analysis and, concurrently, as chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Fingar served previously as assistant secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (2000-01 and 2004-05), principal deputy assistant secretary (2001-03), deputy assistant secretary for analysis (1994-2000), director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia an...2023-08-2913 minChina HandsTom Gold - Main EpisodeThomas (Tom) B. Gold is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Harvard University, he was among the group of first eight American exchange students in China, spending a year at Fudan University in Shanghai. Priorly, he worked part-time for many years as a Chinese language escort-interpreter for the State Department. From 2000 to 2016, he has also served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP). At UC Berkeley, he has also served as Associate Dean of International and Area Studies, Founding Director of the Berkeley China Initiative, and Chair of...2023-08-2244 minChina HandsTom Gold - Remainder of InterviewThomas B. Gold is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. While at Harvard University, he was among the group of first eight American exchange students in China, spending a year at Fudan University in Shanghai. Priorly, he worked part-time for many years as a Chinese language escort-interpreter for the State Department. From 2000 to 2016, he has also served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP). At UC Berkeley, he has also served as Associate Dean of International and Area Studies, Founding Director of the Berkeley China Initiative, and Chair of the...2023-08-221h 54China HandsJohn Thomson - Main EpisodeJohn Thomson was a career diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service from 1970 to 1997, serving in Mainland China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Sweden, and Washington D.C. He was a First Secretary of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing from June 1978 to February 1979, and Counselor of Embassy 1979-1981 during which he played a key role in normalizing U.S.-China relations. After leaving the Foreign Service, John was Resident Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the first City of Chicago representative in China, and Director of the University of California Beijing Center...2023-08-1549 minChina HandsJohn Thomson - Remainder of InterviewJohn Thomson was a career diplomat with the U.S. Foreign Service from 1970 to 1997, serving in Mainland China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Sweden, and Washington D.C. He was a First Secretary of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing from June 1978 to February 1979, and Counselor of Embassy 1979-1981 during which he played a key role in normalizing U.S.-China relations. After leaving the Foreign Service, John was Resident Director of the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the first City of Chicago representative in China, and Director of the University of California Beijing Center...2023-08-151h 30
Weer een dag#187 - dinsdag 29 november 2022jan terlouw / koen greven / jan roelfs / mart smeets / arnhemonze sponsor: Nortvi / code: kerstmisproductie: Meer van dit / info@meervandit.nl / muziek: Keez Groenteman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-11-2929 min
De Kopgroep wielerpodcastOranje gloed op Sierra NevadaDe Kopgroep, bestaande uit Mart Smeets, Koen de Kort en Maxim Horssels geniet nog na van de overwinning van Thymen Arensman. Op het dak van de Vuelta toonde het Nederlandse talent zich van zijn beste kant. Koen ziet een potentiele nieuwe Tom Dumoulin in hem. Maxim vindt het knap hoe de DSM renner de knop om heeft gezet nadat er een streep door zijn klassementsambities gezet kon worden.
Ook door de klassementsambities van Wilco Kelderman kan weer een streep. De renner die de dag als achtste begon, lag na drie kilometer op het asfalt. "Ik dacht, what e...2022-09-0436 min
Rethinking PodcastConversations with the Deans #2 - Erik Stam (UU)In 2018, rethinkers Joris Tieleman, Sam de Muijnck, Maarten Kavelaar and Francis Ostermeijer conducted a quantitative research on economics programmes in the Netherlands. The concluding report was ‘Thinking like an economist?’ (https://www.rethinkingeconomics.nl/publications).
In 2021, RE:NL invited all the deans of economics faculties in the Netherlands for a conversation. The goal of the conversation is to get a better understanding of the status of economics education now. The deans talk about the strengths of their university and programme, their goals related to their economics programmes, and they reflect on their programme in relation to RE:NL v...2022-06-0843 min
De Kopgroep wielerpodcastGiro: ZonnebrilGiulio Ciccone gooide zijn zonnebril in het publiek voor zijn overwinning in de etappe van zondag en huilde tranen met tuiten. Volgens Koen de Kort, ook van Team Trek Segafredo kwam de frustratie over mislukte seizoenen er bij de Italiaan uit.
De zonnebril deed Mart terugdenken aan Gerrit Solleveld die in de tour van 1985 in stromende regen solo aankwam en de zonnebril opzette. Hij hoopte dat het de sponsor gunstig zou stemmen, want er was een kindje op komst. Later stuurde hij de bril naar ene M. Smeets te Haarlem. En natuurlijk zet Mart die bril even o...2022-05-2359 minDe Kopgroep wielerpodcastGiro: Mathieu en de vulkaanDe leden van De Kopgroep zijn aangenaam verrast over de uitstekende resultaten van de Nederlanders in de eerste dagen van de Giro. Goed Van der Poel viel misschien te verwachten op de eerste dagen. Maar het rijden van Dumoulin, Kelderman en Mollema verraste zelfs veteraan Mart Smeets die gul dikke voldoendes uitdeelt. Gelukkig is het morgen een rustdag en kunnen we nog even genieten van het klassement met twee Nederlanders bij de eerste drie. Maar hoe lang zal het zo blijven? Dinsdag wacht de belklimming van de Etna en Mathieu van der Poel zegt er al op te rekenen...2022-05-0952 min
The Friday Move | BNRSofie van den Enk, Gert Jan Segers en Koen de KortSofie van den Enk is presentatrice van onder andere de Keuringsdienst van Waarde en ze is bovendien Amerika-deskundige! Zij is vrijdag de co-host van Wilfred Genee. We zenden uit vanuit het Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam. Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg is er natuurlijk de gehele uitzending bij om de laatste ontwikkelingen vanuit Oekraïne mee te geven en van commentaar te voorzien. Ruslandkenner Hubert Smeets, van Raam op Rusland, schuift ook aan om samen met Bernard de situatie in Oekraïne te schetsen en te duiden waar Poetin nu eigenlijk naartoe wilt. Chr...2022-02-251h 45
De Kopgroep wielerpodcastVuelta: EspadrillesDe Kopgroep is van start! Speciaal voor deze Vuelta in een wel heel bijzondere samenstelling. Mart Smeets heeft de leiderspositie ingenomen en wordt bijgestaan door Spanjekenner en journalist Edwin Winkels, Maxim Horssels van WielerFlits en bij toerbeurt ook door een oud-renner. In deze eerste aflevering een heel 'verse' oud-renner; niemand minder Koen de Kort! Meer De Kopgroep? Kijk op ons Instagram-account @de.kopgroep2021-08-1449 min
Rethinking PodcastBehind the scenes with the host of the Socioeconomics of Disruptive Tech | Rethinking with... Koen SmeetsIn this episode, we are talking with the host of the new Rethinking series: the socioeconomics of disruptive tech. Koen Smeets put many of the most knowledgeable people together regarding economics and technology. In this episode, we get to hear the behind the scenes! A little more about Koen before we start:
Koen Smeets is an Honours Student Economics and Business Economics at Radboud University, doing next year an exchange with Peking University in Beijing. As part of Honour Programmes he's also researching the history of economics and economic thought, FinTech and the socioeconomics of disruptive tech...2021-04-0954 min
Radio509Moordverhaal 'Mij Is De Wrake'Als je al jaren in een relatie zit en zaken ontdekt van je partner die eigenlijk te ver gaan, grijp je dan meedogenloos in? Een spannend moordverhaal geschreven door de nummer één misdaadauteur van Nederland Tomas Ross.
Radio509 bewerking: Koen Caris Rolverdeling:
Vera Biesheuvel - Debbie Korper
Hans Martins - Har Smeets
Theo Roos (Vera's ex-man) - Arie Kant
De Jong - lijkschouwer - René Retel
Samenstelling, techniek en eindredactie: Peter Kroon
Productie en regie: Ilonka Verdurmen2018-12-2821 min
De Wereld | BNRKim Jong-un en Poetin: vrienden of vijanden? Bernard Hammelburg praat met Hubert Smeets, oprichter van Raam op Rusland en buitenland columnist voor NRC, over de relatie tussen de Russen en de Noord-Koreanen. Europees ID Europa heeft de wind in de zeilen, met die optimistische boodschap opent Commissie-voorzitter Juncker het nieuwe Europese politieke jaar. En dus wil hij meer Europa. Een Europese minister van Economische zaken en een Europees monetair beleid. Te gast Sophie in 't Veld, Europarlementarier voor D66 en schrijver van het nieuwe boek, Een Europees ID. Donald Show In de Donald Show...2017-09-1443 min