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Barbarians at the Gate

A semi-serious deep dive into Chinese history and culture broadcast from Beijing and hosted by Jeremiah Jenne and David Moser.

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Latest episodes

  1. Somerset Maugham's On a Chinese Screen: Missionaries, Taipans, and Expats Who Never Leave (but probably should)29 Jul 2026
  2. Barbarian Remix: The Secrets and History behind Beijing's Forbidden City16 Jul 2026
  3. Neysun Mahboubi on the past, present, and future of US-China Academic Exchanges2 Jul 2026
  4. AI Slop, AI Detectors, and Authentic Voice: A China-Tech Insider on Writing and Working With AI18 Jun 2026
  5. China Books Review x Barbarians at the Gate: The Private Life of Chairman Mao4 Jun 2026
  6. The Business of Burgers in Beijing: What Fast Food Festivals Reveal About China's Economy21 Apr 2026
  7. Barbarians Remix: Do you really need to learn to write characters to study Chinese?7 Apr 2026
  8. The Many Lives of Da Shan: Mark Rowswell on Chinese Poetry, Performing Live, and Staging Shawshank in Mandarin24 Mar 2026
  9. Lee Moore's China Backstory: Why Saying "History Proves" Actually Means "I Haven't Done the Reading"10 Mar 2026
  10. Décadence Mandchoue: The wild (and almost certainly fictional) affair between Sir Edmund Backhouse and Empress Dowager Cixi24 Feb 2026