China Books Podcast

You may know of the “DeepSeek moment,” China’s arrival at the frontier of artificial intelligence in 2025. But have you heard of “Akeso”, the biotech company that heralds China’s rise to the top of global medical research? It might be more significant. On this episode of the China Books Podcast, we discuss the health care revolution in China with the help of Dr. Ruby Wang, a London-based physician and author of China Cure: The Rise of Biotech, AI Medicine and a Global Health Superpower. 
Ruby joined from London to discuss AI-driven breakthroughs in diagnostics, China’s public health policy making, the experience of Chinese physicians, the lessons China can share with the globe and Ruby’s experience serving in the British Embassy in Beijing during the pandemic.
The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

Sally Rooney’s Chinese translator and our own “What China’s Reading” columnist talks to us about Chinese tastes in literature and her own debut novella.
The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

The author of a new book of postpartum recovery recipes tells us what to eat while “sitting the month,” and how Taiwanese food is distinct from Chinese cuisine.
The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

The author and historian discusses a dramatic Soviet espionage case in interwar Shanghai that rocked the international community and presaged the Cold War.

The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

Over the last quarter century, the countryside of southwest China has been transformed. The author of two memoirs reflects on what is lost, and what is gained.
The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.