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Best of the SpectatorChinese Whispers: Rana Mitter on the legacy of Sun Yat-senWalking around Taipei a couple of years ago, I spotted a familiar sight – a bronze statue of a moustachioed man, cane in his right hand, left leg striding forward. The man is Sun Yat-sen, considered modern China’s founding father. I recognised the statue because a larger version of it stands in the city centre of Nanjing, the mainland Chinese city that I was born and raised in.
That one figure can be celebrated across the strait, both in Communist PRC and Taiwanese ROC, is the curious legacy left behind by Sun. March 12th this year is the cent...2025-03-1043 min
Chinese WhispersRana Mitter on the legacy of Sun Yat-senWalking around Taipei a couple of years ago, I spotted a familiar sight – a bronze statue of a moustachioed man, cane in his right hand, left leg striding forward. The man is Sun Yat-sen, considered modern China’s founding father. I recognised the statue because a larger version of it stands in the city centre of Nanjing, the mainland Chinese city that I was born and raised in.
That one figure can be celebrated across the strait, both in Communist PRC and Taiwanese ROC, is the curious legacy left behind by Sun. March 12th this year is the cent...2025-03-1043 min
Own Your HealthChinese Medicine Evolution - How it will Affect YOU | Chat with Rana MitterIn today’s episode, Katie interviews historian Rana Mitter to explore the evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine. They discuss the influence of Western medicine in modern China, the relevance of Chinese Medicine in the West today, and whether traditional methods are experiencing a resurgence as we look to the future.We’d love to hear if any of the techniques from today’s video have made a difference for you!This episode is supported by Evolve Organic Beauty, If you're looking for radiant, healthy skin, you'll find the solution with t...2025-02-0549 min
History Extra podcast2024 in review: history behind the headlinesHannah Skoda and Rana Mitter look back at the history behind some of the year's biggest news stories in this special episode of our monthly seriesFrom the rise of AI to a plethora of elections and life-saving vaccines, it's been a busy 12 months. Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter look back at the history behind some of the biggest stories of the year – and pick their favourite books of 2024, in this special episode of our monthly series.Interested in the podcasts Hannah and Ra...2024-12-2446 min
Mind MattersProfessor Rana Mitter, Assistant Professor Brian Wong and Dee Poon - How China-West Relations are BIn this week's episode, we will be discussing China’s future. Professor Rana Mitter from the Harvard Kennedy School, Brian Wong, Assistant Professor from The University of Hong Kong, and Dee Poon, President of Tessellation Group are joined by Director ...2024-08-3129 minHistory Extra podcastHannah Skoda and Rana Mitter discuss the historical currents and tensions behind recent far right riots in the UKIn the latest episode of our monthly series charting the past behind the present, Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter are joined by historian Nigel Copsey to discuss the long history of the far right in the UK.The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2024-08-2047 min
Mark Leonard's World in 30 MinutesThe world after the West: Rana Mitter on ChinaIn recent years, China has overtaken the United States as the largest trading partner of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Not only has Beijing played a bigger role in the region’s economic order, it is also taking the lead in creating new institutions in Asia. China is known for BRICS or its eponymous Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. But more recently, free trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement are bolstering China’s challenge to existing institutional order. In this episode of the Re:Order summer series, Mark Leonard welcomes bestselling author and S...2024-08-1634 min
The EI PodcastEI Portraits — Rana Mitter on Tsiang Tingfu, pre-revolutionary China’s last bridge with the West
Rana Mitter profiles Tsiang Tingfu, the American-educated diplomat and historian, who sought Chinese national revival on cosmopolitan lines. Read by Sebastian Brown.
Image: Tsiang Tingfu raises his arm to veto a proposal introduced by the Soviet Union to the UN. Credit: SuperStock / Alamy Stock Photo 2024-08-0114 min
Endgame with Gita WirjawanRana Mitter: China Historian Predicts Xi Jinping’s Next MoveThank you to The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School for providing support for this episode.
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The future remains a mystery, yet glimpses of it can be found in the echoes of the past.
In this episode, Endgame speaks with China historian Rana Mitter to gain insight into the minds of Chinese leaders. The discussion covers potential military action in Taiwan, the future of US-China relations, and the implications of the...2024-07-1256 min
Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish MacdonaldWhat's really going on inside Beijing's Black Box?When it comes to Chinese politics, reading the tea leaves is never easy. In this episode Hamish and Geraldine are joined by Rana Mitter, the man dubbed the 'rockstar' of China studies by former PM Kevin Rudd, to break open the black box of the Politburo and reveal just how stable (or unstable) Xi Jinping's leadership is, given the economic and demographic headwinds that China is facing.Guest: Rana Mitter - ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School.Recommendations:Rana - Listening: Face-Off: US vs China podcast, dropping on Apri...2024-03-2236 min
PolicyCastThe Great Creep Backward: Policy responses to China’s slowing economyHarvard Kennedy School Professor Rana Mitter and Harvard Business School Associate Professor Meg Rithmire say that after decades of tremendous growth, an economically slowing China is the new normal. With a growing debt-to-GDP ratio, an aging population, a devastating real estate bubble, and a loss of confidence among both foreign investors and domestic consumers, Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party face a daunting array of thorny problems—including ones of their own making resulting from the One Child law policy and other home-grown policies. So how should the United States and other Western countries respond? Is it...2024-03-1455 min
Sinica PodcastHistorian Rana Mitter on ideology in China's "New Era" — live from Salzburg, AustriaHistorian Rana Mitter joins Sinica this week in a show taped live in Salzburg, Austria at the Salzburg Global Seminar, in which he discusses efforts by Party ideologists to create a Confucian-Marxist synthesis that can serve as an enduring foundation for a modern Chinese worldview in the self-proclaimed “new era.”01:28 – Is China a revisionist power?02:16 – Right-sizing China's global ambitions09:27 — How China utilizes historical narratives to support political ends10:43 – Marxism and China's Historical Understanding17:07 – China's "New Era" and Party history28:38 – The Confucian-Marxist Synthesis 56:58 – China's ability to...2024-03-141h 07
On Writing Archives - War Room - U.S. Army War CollegeUNDERSTANDING CHINA THROUGH ITS RECRAFTED PAST: RANA MITTER (ON WRITING)It's time for another episode of On Writing with Michael Neiberg. For this conversation, Michael is joined by Rana Mitter, author of China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism. Their discussion took place in the heart of London on a warm June afternoon at the British Academy, complete with all the background noises of the bustling city. Rana explains how China is shaping the modern narrative and memory through the reinvention of its role in World War II. An often overlooked theater, the Chinese government has taken liberties with its complicated response to th...2023-10-3133 minA Better Peace: The War Room PodcastUNDERSTANDING CHINA THROUGH ITS RECRAFTED PAST: RANA MITTER (ON WRITING)It's time for another episode of On Writing with Michael Neiberg. For this conversation, Michael is joined by Rana Mitter, author of China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism. Their discussion took place in the heart of London on a warm June afternoon at the British Academy, complete with all the background noises of the bustling city. Rana explains how China is shaping the modern narrative and memory through the reinvention of its role in World War II. An often overlooked theater, the Chinese government has taken liberties with its complicated response to the Ja...2023-10-3133 min
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise PerryFeminism in China - Rana Mitter | Maiden Mother Matriarch 17This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Rana Mitter, professor of history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford and author of many books on China, which you can see below. On the podcast we talked about Chinese sexual politics and the consequences of the one-child policy; we discussed the use of dating apps in urban China, and why women will understate their educational credentials in order to land a husband. On the extended part of the podcast, Rana and...2023-05-281h 07
Arts & IdeasClimate change and empire buildingHaggling with Indian customs officials and presenting a mighty emperor with the distinctly unimpressive gifts of a cheap sword and a broken carriage are two particularly inauspicious moments that feature in the tale told by historian and New Generation Thinker Nandini Das in her new book about the four years Thomas Roe spent as James VI and I's ambassador to the Mughal Empire. Peter Frankopan has previously written about The Silk Roads and the First Crusade. Now he has turned his attention to writing a 5 billion year long history of the natural world, geography and climate change and the...2023-02-2344 min
LSE: The BallparkLSE: The Ballpark | Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relationsContributor(s): Professor Rana Mitter | On 27 September 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s changing national narrative. They also discussed nationalism in China and the ways China has engaged in revisionist history with regards to its conception of the current international order.
This Extra Inning was produced by Anderson Tan. Take me out to the Ball game’ by Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” used with permission.2023-02-0627 min
The BallparkLSE: The Ballpark | Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relationsContributor(s): Professor Rana Mitter | On 27 September 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s changing national narrative. They also discussed nationalism in China and the ways China has engaged in revisionist history with regards to its conception of the current international order.
This Extra Inning was produced by Anderson Tan. Take me out to the Ball game’ by Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” used with permission.2023-02-0627 min
LSE PodcastsLSE: The Ballpark | Professor Rana Mitter on historical analogy in US-China relationsOn 27 September 2022, The Phelan US Centre’s Chris Gilson and Mohid Malik spoke to Professor Rana Mitter of the University of Oxford about China’s changing national narrative. They also discussed nationalism in China and the ways China has engaged in revisionist history with regards to its conception of the current international order. This Extra Inning was produced by Chris Gilson, Mohid Malik, and Anderson Tan.
Contributors: Professor Rana Mitter; (University of Oxford); Chris Gilson (Phelan US Centre); Mohid Rehman Malik (Phelan US Centre)2023-01-2327 min
The Prospect PodcastRana Mitter and Isabel Hilton: Is China's growth engine stalling? For decades, China has been the engine of the global economy, but what if it is stalling? Journalist and founder of China Dialogue, Isabel Hilton and historian and author Rana Mitter join Alan Rusbridger to discuss Xi Jinping's change of direction and the consequences for the rest of the world.If you enjoyed this podcast, subscribe to our Prospect Lives channel here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-12-1423 minThe Prospect PodcastRana Mitter and Isabel Hilton: Is China's growth engine stalling? For decades, China has been the engine of the global economy, but what if it is stalling? Journalist and founder of China Dialogue, Isabel Hilton and historian and author Rana Mitter join Alan Rusbridger to discuss Xi Jinping's change of direction and the consequences for the rest of the world.If you enjoyed this podcast, subscribe to our Prospect Lives channel here: https://podfollow.com/prospect-lives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-12-1423 min
Mark Leonard's World in 30 MinutesThe Clash of Orders with Rana Mitter on ChinaMany Europeans see the war in Ukraine as an attack on the ‘rules-based order’. But to many people in other parts of the world, there is no consensus on a set of rules to govern global affairs – and no sense of order. In this mini-series, Mark Leonard will go on an intellectual tour of the world talking to key thinkers about how order is being defined by different powers. He explores how the clash between these different notions plays into the big shocks facing the world – from climate change and future pandemics to geopolitical struggles and technological disasters – and what this means...2022-10-0739 min
This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler🇺🇦 Putin’s Mobilisation GambleAs Putin announces a military mobilisation and Russian men flee for the border, is his gamble of extra troops set to pay off on the battlefield? Ian Bond of the Centre for European Reform joins to discuss the Kremlin's call-up, and increasing nuclear sabre-rattling.Plus, to make this a bumper edition China expert Rana Mitter talks to Arthur about how the war in Ukraine has affected Beijing's thinking over Taiwan.We're taking a pause on our war bulletins, but don't worry. On October 12th our second 10-part documentary season is set to be released, so...2022-10-0143 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldJapan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy JenkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection
Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture...2022-08-118h 37
Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldJapan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard LlPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop...2022-08-1105 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaJapan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard LlPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: August 11, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop...2022-08-1105 minAccess Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaJapan: A BBC documentary collection by Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy JenkinsPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/577143to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection
Author: Philip Dodd, Alex Bellos, Natasha Pulley, Christopher Harding, Matthew Sweet, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, SF Said, David Peace, Roy Jenkins
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop culture...2022-08-118h 37
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookJapan: A BBC documentary collection Audiobook by Alex BellosListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 577143
Title: Japan: A BBC documentary collection
Author: Alex Bellos, Christopher Harding, David Peace, Matthew Sweet, Natasha Pulley, Philip Dodd, Rana Mitter, Richard Lloyd Parry, Roy Jenkins, SF Said
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:37:33
Language: English
Release date: 08-11-22
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: History, World, Asia
Summary:
A captivating anthology of programmes, painting a multi-faceted portrait of a unique country
Japan is a land of complexity, contrast and contradictions. The world's third-largest economy, it is a powerhouse of innovation and a pioneer in technology, fashion and pop...2022-08-118h 37
The Very Short Introductions PodcastModern China - The Very Short Introductions Podcast - Episode 45In this episode, Rana Mitter introduces modern China, a country full of contradictions that continues to make global headlines as it balances its past with its future.
Learn more about “Modern China: A Very Short Introduction” here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/modern-china-a-very-short-introduction-9780198753704
Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China and Director of the University China Centre at the University of Oxford. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China (University of California Press, 2000) and A Bitter Revol...2022-04-2111 min
Jaipur BytesOut of China: Robert Bickers in conversation with Rana MitterThis episode is a session from Jaipur Lit Fest 2022 Digital Edition. "Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination" - Robert Bickers in conversation with Rana Mitter.2022-04-1844 min
Real Clear ValuesChina's Values in the Twentieth Century and Beyond with Professor Rana MitterHow did China become a communist nation?
Why did it open its doors to the west for trade?
How has its relationship changed with the rest of the world in recent decades?
Will there be a decoupling between China and the west?
What are China’s values? And how do those values compete with each other?
These are some of the issues that I recently discussed with Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at Oxford University.
Rana is one of the most respected voices on modern Chinese history and politics in the west.
If you ha...2022-03-191h 04
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookChinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives Audiobook by Rana MitterListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 564601
Title: Chinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives
Author: Rana Mitter
Narrator: Rana Mitter
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:14:11
Language: English
Release date: 02-24-22
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: History, World, Asia
Summary:
Twenty audio portraits telling the story of China through key personalities - plus a bonus edition of In Our Time
Award-winning author and historian Professor Rana Mitter introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals who have shaped the arc of Chinese history. Selecting men and women from ancient times to the modern era...2022-02-245h 14
Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldChinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives by Rana MitterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives Author: Rana Mitter Narrator: Rana Mitter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Twenty audio portraits telling the story of China through key personalities - plus a bonus edition of In Our Time Award-winning author and historian Professor Rana Mitter introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals who have shaped the arc of Chinese history. Selecting men and women from ancient times to the modern era - some rich and powerful, others...2022-02-2405 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in History, WorldChinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives by Rana MitterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564601to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives
Author: Rana Mitter
Narrator: Rana Mitter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
Release date: February 24, 2022
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Twenty audio portraits telling the story of China through key personalities - plus a bonus edition of In Our Time Award-winning author and historian Professor Rana Mitter introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals who have shaped the arc of Chinese history. Selecting men and women from ancient times to the modern era - some rich and powerful, others poor...2022-02-245h 14Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaChinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives by Rana MitterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564601to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives
Author: Rana Mitter
Narrator: Rana Mitter
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
Release date: February 24, 2022
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
Twenty audio portraits telling the story of China through key personalities - plus a bonus edition of In Our Time Award-winning author and historian Professor Rana Mitter introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals who have shaped the arc of Chinese history. Selecting men and women from ancient times to the modern era - some rich and powerful, others poor...2022-02-245h 14
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaChinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives by Rana MitterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/564601 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Chinese Characters: A BBC History of China in 20 Lives Author: Rana Mitter Narrator: Rana Mitter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 14 minutes Release date: February 24, 2022 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: Twenty audio portraits telling the story of China through key personalities - plus a bonus edition of In Our Time Award-winning author and historian Professor Rana Mitter introduces us to some of the remarkable individuals who have shaped the arc of Chinese history. Selecting men and women from ancient times to the modern era - some rich and powerful, others...2022-02-2405 min
World Review from the New StatesmanHow bad could China-US relations get? With Rana MitterThis week marks the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's visit to China. In 2022, there are warnings the US and China are entering a new Cold War, while the latter's relationship with Russia is strengthening.The New Statesman’s senior editor of China and global affairs, Katie Stallard, interviews the historian and author Rana Mitter, whose most recent book is China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism (2020). They discuss what drove Beijing and Washington, DC together back in 1972, what could happen today in Taiwan, and how China now sees its place in the...2022-02-2123 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceModern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition by Rana MitterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition Author: Rana Mitter Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle.' It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern...2021-11-3030 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaModern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition by Rana MitterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552987 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition Author: Rana Mitter Narrator: Mike Cooper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 11 minutes Release date: November 30, 2021 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle.' It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity...2021-11-3030 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaModern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition by Rana MitterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552987to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
Author: Rana Mitter
Narrator: Mike Cooper
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 11 minutes
Release date: November 30, 2021
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle.' It seems to be a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This...2021-11-304h 11
Opinion Has ItThe Communist Party of China at 100 | Rana MitterThe Communist Party of China, founded a century ago, has been in power for more than seven decades – and it has big plans for the future. What do those plans entail, and is the Party still strong enough to implement them?
Here to help us answer these questions is Rana Mitter. Mitter is the director of the China Centre at the University of Oxford, and a professor of the history and politics of modern China.2021-07-0636 min
Fareed Zakaria GPSJune 27, 2021 |On GPS: As China celebrates a century of communism, Fareed talks to an expert panel about what’s next for China. Plus, Malcolm Gladwell is back with a revisionist history perspective on everything from autonomous cars to the Little Mermaid.On Thursday, the Chinese Communist Party will celebrate its 100-year anniversary and Beijing is commemorating with festivities all over the country. Fareed hosts Elizabeth Economy, senior fellow for China studies at the Council for Foreign Relations, Rana Mitter, professor of modern China at Oxford, and Jiayang Fan, a staff writer for The New Yorker, to discuss how the Chinese Communist Party survived a tumultuous century and what the future looks like for China as its economic power grows and expands all over the world. Then, Fareed and Malcolm Gladwell talk about what’s on the best-selling author and podcaster’s mi...2021-06-2740 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesBook at Lunchtime: China’s Good WarA TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism’ by Professor Rana Mitter. Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all.
About the book:
For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization - and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighting for the same goals. But now, as China...2021-06-251h 01TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesBook at Lunchtime: China’s Good WarA TORCH Book at Lunchtime webinar on ‘China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism’ by Professor Rana Mitter. Book at Lunchtime is a series of bite-sized book discussions held weekly during term-time, with commentators from a range of disciplines. The events are free to attend and open to all.
About the book:
For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization - and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighting for the same goals. But now, as China...2021-06-251h 01
Chinese Literature PodcastRana Mitter - China's Good WarThis week's episode is a Supplement, where we will talk about China's Good War, Rana Mitter's latest book. Mitter is a historian, but a lot of the content he analyzes is literary or filmic. Mitter's argument is that China today is trying to rethink World War II in a way that is advantageous to contemporary politics, both domestic and international.2021-06-1110 minChinese Literature PodcastRana Mitter - China's Good WarThis week's episode is a Supplement, where we will talk about China's Good War, Rana Mitter's latest book. Mitter is a historian, but a lot of the content he analyzes is literary or filmic. Mitter's argument is that China today is trying to rethink World War II in a way that is advantageous to contemporary politics, both domestic and international.2021-06-1110 min
Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesA Sense of Purpose? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 3Some states have always maintained a sense that they have a mission in the world well beyond the maintenance of domestic order, the United States, France and Britain among them. Japan, China and the Koreas also inherited a strong sense of purpose in the modern era, from Meiji modernization to Mao’s “Three Worlds” and the Belt and Road Initiative, ideas drawing on the longer past – yet the definition of that purpose has been in constant flux. What defines East Asia’s sense of purpose today, can we speak of it in regional terms, and how does it relate to its long h...2021-03-291h 33
Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesA Sense of Purpose? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 3Some states have always maintained a sense that they have a mission in the world well beyond the maintenance of domestic order, the United States, France and Britain among them. Japan, China and the Koreas also inherited a strong sense of purpose in the modern era, from Meiji modernization to Mao’s “Three Worlds” and the Belt and Road Initiative, ideas drawing on the longer past – yet the definition of that purpose has been in constant flux. What defines East Asia’s sense of purpose today, can we speak of it in regional terms, and how does it relate to its long h...2021-03-291h 33
The Good FightWhat the West Misses About ChinaMost Westerners have a one-dimensional view of China, identifying it with either its economic success or its authoritarian government. Rana Mitter, a professor of modern China at Oxford University, suggests that the best way to understand contemporary China is to look at the interplay of four key characteristics: authoritarianism, consumerism, globalization, and technology. In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and Rana Mitter discuss how to understand contemporary China; attempts by the Chinese government to change popular views of the country's history; and how younger Chinese citizens are likely to shape the country.P...2021-03-271h 02
Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesAn Era of Emotion? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 2Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of OxfordDiscussant: Jie Li, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard UniversityLECTURE 2 OF 3: AN ERA OF EMOTION?One factor that defines Chinese engagement with the world today is its highly emotional character, in terms of self-presentation that can move from saccharine to shrill at remarkable speed. But emotion is not new – the use of the registers from exhilaration to depression defines the way that China, Japan and the Koreas have chosen to present themselves over the past century, whether through (often highly ge...2021-03-251h 33Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesAn Era of Emotion? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 2Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford
Discussant: Jie Li, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University
LECTURE 2 OF 3: AN ERA OF EMOTION?
One factor that defines Chinese engagement with the world today is its highly emotional character, in terms of self-presentation that can move from saccharine to shrill at remarkable speed. But emotion is not new – the use of the registers from exhilaration to depression defines the way that China, Japan and the Koreas have chosen to present themselves over the past century, whether through (of...2021-03-251h 33
Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesHow New is the New Era? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 1Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of OxfordDiscussant: Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale UniversityLECTURE 1 OF 3: HOW NEW IS THE NEW ERA?China’s leaders speak today of a “new era” – but East Asia has seen a range of “new eras” in the modern age, defined by Japan, China, and outsiders who encountered both. What defines that novelty and how familiar are the elements that form part of it? The mid-twentieth century saw war, social change and changing global encounters defined as moments when both China and Ja...2021-03-231h 28Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesHow New is the New Era? 2021 Annual Reischauer Lecture with Rana Mitter, Part 1Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford
Discussant: Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University
LECTURE 1 OF 3: HOW NEW IS THE NEW ERA?
China’s leaders speak today of a “new era” – but East Asia has seen a range of “new eras” in the modern age, defined by Japan, China, and outsiders who encountered both. What defines that novelty and how familiar are the elements that form part of it? The mid-twentieth century saw war, social change and changing global encounters defined as moments when both Ch...2021-03-231h 28
Jaipur BytesWill China Shape the Future of the World: Rana Mitter in conversation with Tansen SenWas the relationship between China and the world shaped by wars? War with Japan in the late 1930s, the PRC's involvement in Korea in the early 1950s, its border conflict with India in 1962, and the military offensive it launched against Vietnam in 1978 were key events in the history of China's foreign relations. Within this context, how will the relationship between the two rising powers, China and India, and the global leadership of the United States change during the 2020s? As China develops its Belt and Road Initiative, how will it influence the future of Asia and the World? Rana Mi...2021-03-2344 min
Bring in the ClosersRana Mitter - Inside the War RoomDepending on where you hear me speak, you might be confused about my stance on China. I love China! I love the Chinese people. What I don’t like has mainly to do with what their government does. Which makes it hard, at times, to just chat about China. This is why I was so excited to chat with Rana Mitter about China's history, especially as it pertains to pre and post-World War II. It was a lovely conversation and I hope you enjoy it. His work, in my opinion, is brilliant and should be something we all...2021-02-2547 min
Expeditions: The Knowledge PlatformRana Mitter - China: Still a Socialist State?Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at Oxford University, explores whether China is still a socialist state.2021-02-1903 min
New Books in Japanese StudiesRana Mitter, "Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945" (HMH, 2013)If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in the 1930s and 1940s not just for its own national dignity and survival, but for the victory of all the Allies, west and east, against some of the darkest forces that history has ever produced.– Rana Mitter, Forgotten Ally: China’s War with Japan 1937-45Understanding China and its approach to policy formation in various political and economic spheres of the 21st century needs to recog...2021-02-1959 min
New Books in Chinese StudiesRana Mitter, "Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945" (HMH, 2013)If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in the 1930s and 1940s not just for its own national dignity and survival, but for the victory of all the Allies, west and east, against some of the darkest forces that history has ever produced.– Rana Mitter, Forgotten Ally: China’s War with Japan 1937-45Understanding China and its approach to policy formation in various political and economic spheres of the 21st century needs to recog...2021-02-1959 min
New Books in Military HistoryRana Mitter, "Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945" (HMH, 2013)If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in the 1930s and 1940s not just for its own national dignity and survival, but for the victory of all the Allies, west and east, against some of the darkest forces that history has ever produced.– Rana Mitter, Forgotten Ally: China’s War with Japan 1937-45Understanding China and its approach to policy formation in various political and economic spheres of the 21st century needs to recog...2021-02-1959 min
New Books in East Asian StudiesRana Mitter, "Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945" (HMH, 2013)If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in the 1930s and 1940s not just for its own national dignity and survival, but for the victory of all the Allies, west and east, against some of the darkest forces that history has ever produced.– Rana Mitter, Forgotten Ally: China’s War with Japan 1937-45Understanding China and its approach to policy formation in various political and economic spheres of the 21st century needs to recog...2021-02-1959 min
Talks on ChinaRana Mitter on China's foreign policyIn this conversation, Rana Mitter joins Tom Tugendhat MP, chair of the China Research Group, for a discussion on the UK's relationship with China and China's wider foreign policy. Rana discusses the value of the Chinese public's trust in the UK, and the need for the UK to be more aware of its strategic strengths in the relationship. He also answered questions on the broader picture of the Belt and Road, China's relationship with Pakistan and India, and the influence of the CCP on modern Chinese society.
Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of...2021-02-1654 min
St Cross College ShortsRana Mitter and the implications of COVID-19 for ChinaSt Cross College Fellow Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, in a conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek about China and the COVID-19 pandemic. Ranging across public health, politics, history, diplomacy and the future. How do you think COVID-19 will change China and its relationship with the world?2021-02-0119 min
Between the LinesIs Home Affairs too big?; also Rana Mitter on China's new nationalismIs the Department of Home Affairs too big? Peter Edwards and Jacinta Carroll on the legacy of the Hope Royal Commissions into intelligence which recommended a clear separation between intelligence collection and policy making. Also: China's Good War. Oxford university historian Rana Mitter on how the new Chinese nationalism is being shaped by a re-interpretation of China's role in World War Two. 2021-01-2129 min
Conversation SixAli Wyne and Rana MitterAli Wyne and Rana Mitter on what the Biden administration holds for U.S. China relations.2021-01-1806 min
ChinaTalkWWII's Legacy in China with Rana MitterRana Mitter, professor of Chinese history at Oxford University, discusses his book from earlier this year, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism. Now seventy-five years after China’s victory over Japan, China is rethinking how it grapples with the legacy of WWII (see, for example, The Eight Hundred, the highest-grossing film of 2020, discussed towards the end of the show). Mitter argues that this growing emphasis on World War II is evidence of a subtle rewriting of history, where 1945 takes on a significance comparable to 1949, and the CCP adopts historical victories of the Kuomin...2021-01-171h 03
ChinaTalkWWII's Legacy in China with Rana MitterRana Mitter, professor of Chinese history at Oxford University, discusses his book from earlier this year, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism. Now seventy-five years after China’s victory over Japan, China is rethinking how it grapples with the legacy of WWII (see, for example, The Eight Hundred, the highest-grossing film of 2020, discussed towards the end of the show). Mitter argues that this growing emphasis on World War II is evidence of a subtle rewriting of history, where 1945 takes on a significance comparable to 1949, and the CCP adopts historical victories of the...2021-01-171h 03ChinaTalkWWII's Legacy in China with Rana MitterRana Mitter, professor of Chinese history at Oxford University, discusses his book from earlier this year, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism. Now seventy-five years after China’s victory over Japan, China is rethinking how it grapples with the legacy of WWII (see, for example, The Eight Hundred, the highest-grossing film of 2020, discussed towards the end of the show). Mitter argues that this growing emphasis on World War II is evidence of a subtle rewriting of history, where 1945 takes on a significance comparable to 1949, and the CCP adopts historical victories of the...2021-01-171h 03
Let’s talk – podcasts from Mazars about the forces shaping business[Special Edition] Let’s talk with… Sinologist, Oxford University Professor and Fellow of the British Academy Rana MitterIn Let’s talk with… we hear from leaders across the academic, business and policy spectrum, as they share their views and expertise on where the world stands, how the world works and the consequences for business.
Rana is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford, he is also a Fellow of the British Academy and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He has commented on Asia for many news outlets and is frequent presenter of Free Think on BBC Radio 3.
Podcast hosted by Ru...2021-01-0530 min
MERICS China PodcastRana Mitter on China’s collective memory of WWIIThe second World War in China is among the least known chapters of Word War II, yet it is crucial in shaping the politics of post-war Asia into the present moment. The way the war is remembered in China has changed over the years and keeps on changing. The recent memorial ceremony on December 13, 2020, remembered the Nanjing Massacre of 1937. It is only the seventh year since a National Memorial Day has been instituted. How has China’s interpretation of WWII changed? How does it differ from other countries in the region? And what are the implications for contemporary global an...2020-12-2248 minConversation SixAli Wyne and Rana MitterAli Wyne and Rana Mitter on a framework for understanding China: authoritarianism, consumerism, global ambitions, and technology.2020-12-1406 min
Pb Living - A daily book reviewA Book Review - China’s Good War Book by Rana MitterPublisher: Harvard University Press, 2020Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation's brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the "victory"--a key foundation of China's rising nationalism.For most of its history, the People's Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization--and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighting for the same goals. But now, as China grows more powerful, the meaning of the war is changing. Rana Mitter argues that China's reassessment of the World War II years...2020-12-1104 minNew Books in East Asian StudiesRana Mitter, "China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism" (Harvard UP, 2020)Although World War II had been largely remembered in the People’s Republic of China as an experience of victimization since its founding in 1949, that view has been changing since the Deng Xiaoping era in the 1980s. Rana Mitter’s newest book on modern China, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard University Press 2020), traces this transformation in the Chinese interpretations of the war from one marked by humiliation to one that celebrates victory. This change in the discourses surrounding the war began with a changing historiography led by Chinese academia in the 1980...2020-12-081h 02
The Harvard BriefRana Mitter, "China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism" (Harvard UP, 2020)Although World War II had been largely remembered in the People’s Republic of China as an experience of victimization since its founding in 1949, that view has been changing since the Deng Xiaoping era in the 1980s. Rana Mitter’s newest book on modern China, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard University Press 2020), traces this transformation in the Chinese interpretations of the war from one marked by humiliation to one that celebrates victory. This change in the discourses surrounding the war began with a changing historiography led by Chinese academia in the 1980...2020-12-081h 02
New Books in National SecurityRana Mitter, "China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism" (Harvard UP, 2020)Although World War II had been largely remembered in the People’s Republic of China as an experience of victimization since its founding in 1949, that view has been changing since the Deng Xiaoping era in the 1980s. Rana Mitter’s newest book on modern China, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard University Press 2020), traces this transformation in the Chinese interpretations of the war from one marked by humiliation to one that celebrates victory. This change in the discourses surrounding the war began with a changing historiography led by Chinese academia in the 1980...2020-12-081h 02New Books in Chinese StudiesRana Mitter, "China's Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism" (Harvard UP, 2020)Although World War II had been largely remembered in the People’s Republic of China as an experience of victimization since its founding in 1949, that view has been changing since the Deng Xiaoping era in the 1980s. Rana Mitter’s newest book on modern China, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard University Press 2020), traces this transformation in the Chinese interpretations of the war from one marked by humiliation to one that celebrates victory. This change in the discourses surrounding the war began with a changing historiography led by Chinese academia in the 1980...2020-12-081h 00Sinica PodcastRana Mitter on the reshaping of China’s World War II legacyThis week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Rana Mitter, professor of the history and politics of modern China at St. Cross College, Oxford, and director of the University of Oxford China Centre, about his new book, China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism. The book is a meditation on how the evolving official narrative of World War II in contemporary Chinese political discourse shapes not only China’s domestic politics but its foreign policy as well.8:51: What Chinese nationalism looked like before World War II30:48: Shaping the narrative of Chin...2020-11-121h 25
Forgotten History of Pacific Asia WarEpisode 63: Japan’s Unofficial War with ChinaDuring the early twentieth century, the Imperial Japanese Army invaded and occupied Chinese lands without ever officially declaring war. In 1915, Japan issued the secret Twenty-One Demands to Chinese president Yuan Shikai, with the intent to claim economic and political power over China. The Demands were divided into five groups, with the Group Five demands including concessions similar to those Japan had forced on Korea. After twenty-five rounds of negotiations and intense political maneuvering on President Yuan’s part, the Twenty-One Demands were agreed to, except for the Group Five demands. The other Demands, though, reinforced Japanese control of s...2020-10-2300 min
The Rachman ReviewChina’s second world war obsessionChina’s authorities have started to celebrate the country’s role in the second world war after long regarding it as a subject best forgotten. Gideon talks to the historian Rana Mitter about what’s behind this revised outlook on such a tormented period in the country’s history. Rana Mitter’s book China’s Good War is published by Harvard University Press. Clips: Reuters and ‘The Eight Hundred’ official trailer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-10-0134 min
Intelligence SquaredChina's Good War, with Rana Mitter and Gideon RachmanFor most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization—and one that saw Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek fighting for the same goals. But now, as China grows more powerful, the meaning of the war is changing. In this week's episode Rana Mitter argues that China’s reassessment of World War II is central to its newfound confidence abroad and to mounting nationalism at home. To find out more about Rana Mitter's book click here: https://bit.ly/35RwkPf.T...2020-09-2200 min
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaChina’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism by Rana MitterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493717to listen full audiobooks.
Title: China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism
Author: Rana Mitter
Narrator: Dennis Kleinman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Release date: September 15, 2020
Genres: Asia
Publisher's Summary:
Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the “victory”—a key foundation of China’s rising nationalism. For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization—and one that saw Mao Zed...2020-09-158h 37
Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in History, AsiaChina’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism by Rana MitterPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/493717 to listen full audiobooks. Title: China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism Author: Rana Mitter Narrator: Dennis Kleinman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 15, 2020 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience during World War II. Now they celebrate the “victory”—a key foundation of China’s rising nationalism. For most of its history, the People’s Republic of China limited public discussion of the war against Japan. It was an experience of victimization—and one that saw Mao...2020-09-1503 min
Between the LinesIs Home Affairs too big?; also Rana Mitter on China's new nationalismIs the Department of Home Affairs too big? Peter Edwards and Jacinta Carroll on the legacy of the Hope Royal Commissions into intelligence which recommended a clear separation between intelligence collection and policy making. Also: China's Good War. Oxford university historian Rana Mitter on how the new Chinese nationalism is being shaped by a re-interpretation of China's role in World War Two. 2020-09-1029 min
Philosophy For Our TimesThe End of the West | Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, David AaronovitchLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce, Britain was the dominant power, then the US. Now, with the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, it seems China's turn has come. Should we accept, even welcome, the passing of the West? Or is there a response that would enable the West to retain significance, if not the dominance it once had? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, and David Aaronovitch explore whether it is the end of the West.There are thousands o...2019-12-1741 minPhilosophy For Our TimesThe End of the West | Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, David AaronovitchLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce, Britain was the dominant power, then the US. Now, with the largest economy in the world by purchasing power, it seems China's turn has come. Should we accept, even welcome, the passing of the West? Or is there a response that would enable the West to retain significance, if not the dominance it once had? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, Linda Yueh, Rana Mitter, and David Aaronovitch explore whether it is the end of the West.There are thousands o...2019-12-1741 min
FT News in FocusPerspectives on China and global powerHow will the struggle for power between China and the US play out and how will it determine the future world order? Fred Studemann puts this question to China expert Rana Mitter, who has reviewed a series of books looking at the issue from different perspectives.Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Fred Studemann, books editor, and Rana Mitter, director of the Oxford University China Centre and author of 'Modern China: A Very Short Introduction'
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The Pacific CenturyProfessor Rana Mitter on the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the May Fourth MovementHoover Institution fellows Misha Auslin and John Yoo welcome one of Britain’s leading experts on China to the podcast: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, Oxford University, and the Director of Oxford’s China Centre. Professor Mitter is the author of Forgotten Ally: China’s War with Japan, 1937-45, and A Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World.
Professor Mitter discusses the student-led demonstrations of the Tiananmen Square Massacre thirty years later and the 100th Anniversary of the May Fourth Movement. We then turn to the changes in...2019-05-2251 min
Great ThinkersRana Mitter FBA on Arnold J. Toynbee FBAThe publication of his 12-volume 'A Study of History' made Arnold Toynbee one of the most celebrated scholars of the 20th century – he was even featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1947. In this episode, his granddaughter Polly Toynbee joins historian Rana Mitter FBA for an exploration of the man, the books and their enduring legacy.2019-04-2621 min
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Philosophy For Our TimesRussia, China and the New World Order | Rana Mitter, Stephen King, George GallowayLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesChina may be on the way to replacing the US as the world's dominant economic power, but with Russia also growing its reach, could the future be more dangerous still? Do we face an uncontainable multipolar world with many nations vying for power? Or should we applaud a break from US global dominance and look forward to a more equal future? Mary Ann Sieghart asks Oxford historian Rana Mitter, HSBC chief economist Stephen King and politician George Galloway to envisage the world's future.T...2018-07-1038 minPhilosophy For Our TimesRussia, China and the New World Order | Rana Mitter, Stephen King, George GallowayLooking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesChina may be on the way to replacing the US as the world's dominant economic power, but with Russia also growing its reach, could the future be more dangerous still? Do we face an uncontainable multipolar world with many nations vying for power? Or should we applaud a break from US global dominance and look forward to a more equal future? Mary Ann Sieghart asks Oxford historian Rana Mitter, HSBC chief economist Stephen King and politician George Galloway to envisage the world's future.T...2018-07-1038 min
The BeaconBeacon TT 2018, Week 4: "The Legacy of WWII for China Today" – Professor Rana MitterIn this week's episode of The Beacon, Robert Pieters interviews Professor Rana Mitter to discuss the continued relevance of China's experiences of the Second World War for its contemporary international relations. Professor Mitter, based at the Oxford University China Centre, is a leading authority on modern China, having authored several books on the topic, including China’s War with Japan, 1937-45: The Struggle for Survival in 2013. As China becomes more and more important on the global stage, there are thus few people better placed to discuss the topics of how the wartime experience continues to colour China's relationships with it...2018-05-1900 min
Sinica PodcastRana Mitter on studying the Nanjing MassacreThis week marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, which began with the fall of the capital of the Republic of China on December 13, 1937. Few events in modern Chinese history have a historical valence comparable with the Nanjing Massacre. The wholesale slaughter of Chinese soldiers and civilians, the notorious “killing contests,” and, of course, the horrific sexual violence visited on Chinese women during the six weeks that followed Nanjing’s fall inhabit an understandably large part of China’s historical memory. The details of the event, however, and the way that those details a...2017-12-141h 03
Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian traditions and a sustainable futureContributor(s): Professor Prasenjit Duara, Professor William A Callahan, Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, Professor Rana Mitter | Professor Duara will discuss his new book, The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian traditions and a sustainable future, which suggests that Asian ideas can help us address the crises of the 21st century. Prasenjit Duara is the Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director of the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. William A Callahan is Professor of International Relations at the LSE, and his recent publications include China Dreams: 20 Visions of the Future, and the documentary video, China Dreams: The Debate. Stephan...2015-05-111h 29Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian traditions and a sustainable futureContributor(s): Professor Prasenjit Duara, Professor William A Callahan, Professor Stephan Feuchtwang, Professor Rana Mitter | Professor Duara will discuss his new book, The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian traditions and a sustainable future, which suggests that Asian ideas can help us address the crises of the 21st century. Prasenjit Duara is the Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director of the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. William A Callahan is Professor of International Relations at the LSE, and his recent publications include China Dreams: 20 Visions of the Future, and the documentary video, China Dreams: The Debate. Stephan...2015-05-111h 29
Chris RibackRana Mitter, University of Oxford: "Forgotten Ally: China's WWII 1937-45"When we talk today of the WWII Allies, many of us immediately think US, Britain and Russia. We forget, some of us at least, the fourth Ally: China. In fact, China’s involvement in World War II not only predated the other Allies – they began fighting Japan in 1937, some two years before war in Europe.
But we should forget China’s WWII experience at our own peril. Because much as the war shaped other countries’ futures, today’s China – the Communist takeover, the rise of a global super power, deepening tensions with the US and Japan, among others – can be best understoo...2013-09-1122 min
Listen and Let the Story Unfold With Full AudiobookForgotten Ally: Chinas World War II, 19371945 Audiobook by Rana MitterListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 628832
Title: Forgotten Ally: Chinas World War II, 19371945
Author: Rana Mitter
Narrator: Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15:26:46
Language: English
Release date: 09-10-13
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: History, Asia, Military
Summary:
The epic, untold story of China's devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan
For decades a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China two full years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain...2013-09-103h 26Summer 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoChina's War with JapanContributor(s): Professor Rana Mitter | The story of China’s war with Japan is crucial to understanding the rise of modern China – both its relentless drive for self-sufficiency and its bitter relationship with Japan. Rana Mitter is professor of the history and politics of China at the University of Oxford and author of China’s War With Japan, 1937-1945.2013-07-101h 29Summer 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfChina's War with JapanContributor(s): Professor Rana Mitter | The story of China’s war with Japan is crucial to understanding the rise of modern China – both its relentless drive for self-sufficiency and its bitter relationship with Japan. Rana Mitter is professor of the history and politics of China at the University of Oxford and author of China’s War With Japan, 1937-1945.2013-07-101h 29
Sydney IdeasProfessor Rana Mitter - How China's Wartime Past is Shaping its Present and FutureProfessor Rana Mitter, History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Cross College, explores how the battered China of wartime became today’s superpower in the making – and why.
For more information and speaker's biography see: tinyurl.com/jbga4ql2013-04-091h 29