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Perilous Prognostications for China in 2026
We make a few predictions and look ahead at what 2026 will mean for China. With Global Strategist and Innovator Yajun Zhang.
 • Jeremiah Jenne and Yajun Zhang
Online Talk: Smile...or Else! Optimism under Capitalism and Socialism
Next Wednesday evening (Beijing time), I'll be moderating a talk with Professor Wendy Larson discussing her latest book, Global Good Cheer: Optimism in…
 • Jeremiah Jenne
Barbarians Remix: Horse Racing, History, and the Final Champion's Day in Old Shanghai - TRANSCRIPT
A transcript of our conversation with historian and author James Carter
 • Jeremiah Jenne
31:35
Barbarians Remix: Horse Racing, History, and the Final Champion's Day in Old Shanghai
A conversation with historian and author James Carter
 • Jeremiah Jenne
51:40
The Dowager and the Dynasty
How did Empress Dowager Cixi rule China and should we blame her for bringing down an empire?
 • Jeremiah Jenne
Where history takes to the road, and travel stories reach back into the past
My new podcast, By Their Own Compass, originated from a collaboration between two friends in Beijing, blending my passion for history with Sarah…
 • Jeremiah Jenne
27:15
Barbarians at the Gate x China Books Review: From Heaven Lake
Before he became an award-winning novelist, the Indian writer Vikram Seth was an exchange student in China. In the 1980s, he traveled overland from…
 • Jeremiah Jenne and Alexander Boyd
Stop Quizzing Me, I’m on Vacation
Some guides think engagement means turning the experience into a pub quiz. Here’s why a good tour should be a conversation, not a test.
 • Jeremiah Jenne
42:57
The Destruction of the Old Summer Palace (Remix)
An encore episode of Barbarians at the Gate on the 165th anniversary of the destruction of the Yuanmingyuan outside of Beijing
 • Jeremiah Jenne
Jeremiah Jenne
Jeremiah Jenne
Educator. Writer. Storyteller. Travel Expert. History Ph.D. Co-host of Barbarians at the Gate and the historical travel podcast By Their Own Compass. Columnist for the China Books Review.
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