Barbarians at the Gate

Recent Episodes

Are We Welcome Here, Part II

Posted July 8, 2020 • 00:33:31

In this episode Jeremiah and David are pleased to talk with veteran New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner

Champions Day: The End of Old Shanghai

Posted June 22, 2020 • 00:34:55

Champions Day in the city of Shanghai, November 1941. The world was at war but the clubhouse at the Shanghai Race Club (now People's Park) was packed...

Mandarin Mayhem, Part II: Dialect and Nationalism in China

Posted June 2, 2020 • 00:38:27

Barbarians at the Gate returns to that ever-relevant and contentious topic, language reform in China and the fate of fangyan, the various...

Neither boxers nor a rebellion...Discuss!

Posted May 18, 2020 •

Jeremiah and David welcome historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom to the show. Jeff is Chancellor's Professor of History at the UC Irvine, and is not only a...

Politics, Patio Furniture, and China History Pods

Posted May 1, 2020 •

Jeremiah and David catch up with China hand and old friend Laszlo Montgomery, who is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the China History Podcast. ...