Footprints
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Footprints
What can best represent today's China? Its people. From movers and shakers to the grassroots, we invite you to trace the footprints of the Chinese people from every walk of life, including modern farmers, traditional craftspeople or tech tycoons. With Footprints, you’ll feel the pulse of the 1.4 bil...
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A long lie of love
When Shanghai police officer Jiang Jingwei was mistaken for a long-lost son, he made a decision that would change the life of a family 1,000 miles awa...
Encore: The Rabe family and China
This July, Thomas Rabe, Chairman of the John Rabe Communication Center, was granted the Friendship Envoy Award at the second Orchid Awards in Beijing...
She power in China
Women hold up half the sky. This is a well-known saying in China.
It's been three decades since China declared gender equality a basic n...
Hu Zijing: A TCM pioneer in South Africa
For more than a decade, Hu Zijing has championed Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in South Africa against all odds. His contributions have been bot...
Louis Koen: Home away from home
When Louis Koen first came to China in 2002, it wasn't part of a grand plan. As a teenager, he and his sister followed their mother from South Africa...
Preserving the memory of Kashi
The ancient city of Kashi boasts a history of more than 2,000 years. Its rich history, distinctive architectural style and vibrant ethnic culture are...
Jing Laihong: A dialogue with the Yellow River via engineering
For over three decades, Jing Laihong has shaped China's water conservancy through innovative work on projects like the sediment-challenged Xiaolangdi...
APEC special: 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 sev...
APEC special: From diplomacy to friendship
Join us for an insightful conversation with Dato' Abdul Majid Ahmad Khan, a veteran Malaysian diplomat who spent 12 years in China. From serving as Ma...
APEC special: Wheels of change
Joshua Dominick, affectionately known as "Lao Tan" in Chinese, has spent more than two decades in Beijing. Originally from the U.S., Josh speaks fluen...
APEC special: Two homes, one heart
For Luo Dingjun, traveling between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland has become second nature. Born and raised in Taipei, the 37-year-old has built a li...
APEC special: Peruvian entrepreneur sees a future in China
Known as the world's capital of small commodities, Yiwu in eastern China attracts hundreds of thousands of sellers and buyers from home and abroad eve...
APEC special: A Vietnamese dream in Chongqing
She came to China to study but ended up building a home, a thriving career and so much more. Meet Nguyen Thi Lan, a Vietnamese entrepreneur who has sp...
Encore: A doctor, a fighter
A healer by day, a warrior by night – can these two worlds coexist? For Shi Ming, they don't just coexist – they collide. The 30-year-old is both a tr...
The Mosuo revival
On the tranquil shores of Lugu Lake in southwestern China live the Mosuo people, an ethnic group known for their matrilineal traditions. Right by the...
Zafar Uddin Mahmood：Understanding China is important and relevant
Zafar Uddin Mahmood, former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and President of the Pakistan-based initiative Understanding China For...
Engineering the future: The journey of Li Qiuyi and China's high-speed rail transformation
Li Qiuyi is a leading railway engineer whose innovative work has been instrumental in shaping China's world-class high-speed rail network. He has ove...
The true colors of Terracotta Warriors
In this episode, researchers reveal the true colors of the Terracotta Warriors―the underground army of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang.
No more blackouts: Zhang Dong’s electrifying breakthroughs
Veteran electrician Zhang Dong has advanced power maintenance in China, developing live-line tools that prevent blackouts during repairs. His robotic...
Friendship in War Fires: Tang Duo
In this episode of "Friendship in War Fires", we honor Tang Duo, a Chinese aviation pioneer who fought in World War II as a Soviet attack pilot befor...
Friendship in War Fires: Grigori Kulishenko
In this episode of "Friendship in War Fires", we honor Grigori Kulishenko, a Soviet pilot who dedicated his life to defending China against Japanese...
Friendship in War Fires: Qian Xiuling
In this episode of "Friendship in War Fires" series, we uncover the extraordinary story of Qian Xiuling – a Chinese-Belgian scientist who saved nearly...
Ruslan the “Panda hero”: Hainan’s global storyteller
Young Kazakhstani Ruslan Tulenov is the first non-Chinese Global Media Officer for Trade and Investment Promotion in China’s tropical island province...
Friendship in War Fires: Minnie Vautrin
In this episode of "Friendship in War Fires" series, we honor the extraordinary courage of Minnie Vautrin – an American educator who risked her life t...
Tracing the resistance
For 14 grueling years (1931-1945), the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army stood as China's northernmost force of resistance against Japanese aggressi...
Brick by brick: Pakistan’s green solution to plastic waste
More than 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, and around 20 million tons end up polluting our environment. It’s in our oceans,...
Rabe and China
This July, Thomas Rabe, Chairman of the John Rabe Communication Center, was granted the Friendship Envoy Award at the second Orchid Awards in Beijing...
One man, one museum
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931–1945) and the World An...
No margin for error: A tower crane worker's unwavering commitment for safety
For decades, tower crane operator Wang Chao has overcome one challenge after another with innovative solutions—developing a lightening protection sys...
Jiao Nianzhi: Decoding the ocean's secrets to advance sustainable development
Professor Jiao Nianzhi is a pioneering Chinese marine scientist. He developed the revolutionary Microbial Carbon Pump theory, explaining how marine mi...
Encore: An Egyptian in the Middle Kingdom
For Egyptian Hany Sobhy Makary Guirguis Hanna, coming to China was totally accidental. But staying here for ten years has definitely been a deliberate...
A dream on the Runway
In this podcast, we meet Anyu Agga, an independent fashion designer of Yi ethnicity who has risen to fame from the grassroots of the deep mountains.
Encore: Connecting China-India worlds through language
Vikash Kumar Singh is an Indian expatriate who currently teaches Hindi, Indian culture, history and literature at Beijing Foreign Studies University....
Encore: Building a better China-Brazil dialogue
In this episode, we explore the journey of Evandro Menezes de Carvalho, a Brazilian scholar and professor of international law with a deep passion for...
Li Xuemei: Bridging cultures through education in Italy
For more than three decades, educator Li Xuemei has transformed from a struggling Chinese immigrant to award-winning cultural ambassador through her...
Wang Deqing: Bridging cultures through Kung Fu
Martial arts master Wang Deqing has spent decades promoting Shaolin Kung Fu in Hungary. His work, blending combat, the tea ceremony and etiquette, has...
A French-Chinese kung fu tale
Meet Annie and Leo Schur Chen – French-Chinese siblings who have fallen deeply in love with kung fu. Born and raised in China, the 11- and 9-year-olds...
Inked connections
In this episode, we follow the journey of Pietro De Laurentis – an Italian Sinologist whose deep passion for Chinese calligraphy has turned him into a...
Natalya: From international student to startup entrepreneur
Natalya from Kazakhstan has made her home—and launched her startup—in Zibo, a city in China’s Shandong province. A confident and ambitious young woman...
Sun Fengjun: Sculpturing in fire
Yellow, scarlet, purple, and green—under the heat of a blowtorch, slender rods of glass melt and transform into dazzling works of art. With what seem...