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New Books in Chinese Studies

Interviews with Scholars of China about their New Books

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Latest episodes

  1. Ka-ming Wu, "Infrastructural Urbanism in Contemporary China: Volunteering, Infrastructures and Civic Imaginations" (Leiden UP, 2026)9 Aug 2026
  2. Monalisa Adhikari, "A Post-Liberal Peace: How Emergent Powers Are Reshaping Global Conflict Management" (Cornell UP, 2026)2 Aug 2026
  3. Isabel Heger-Laube, "China’s Landless Peasants and the Role of State-led Rural Urbanization: Narratives, Meaning Making, and the Puzzle of Social Stability" (Würzberg UP, 2025)31 Jul 2026
  4. Joe Ngai and Nick Leung, "The Next China Is Still China: An Insider's Playbook for Winning in the New Era" (Scribner, 2026)30 Jul 2026
  5. Adam Y. Liu, "Authoritarian Markets: The Politics of China's Banking Explosion" (Cornell UP, 2026)28 Jul 2026
  6. Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2025)9 Jul 2026
  7. Xian Aubin Wang, "Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan: State Violence and Resistance, 1949–2024" (Cornell UP, 2026)3 Jul 2026
  8. Chinese EVs: From Nordic Streets to Central Asian Hubs2 Jul 2026
  9. Fabio Lanza, "Urban Revolution: People's Communes in Beijing" (Cambridge UP, 2026)27 Jun 2026
  10. Xiaobing Li, "China’s Mahan: Admiral Liu Huaqing and the Rise of the Modern Chinese Navy (Naval Institute Press, 2026)25 Jun 2026