China Is Not A Pacifist Power - an interview of Liu He and Sam George by the Hungarian magazine Magyar Narancs

Talking geopolitics, military, national security, economy, all that good stuff about China in Hungary and Europe at large, in Budapest in the momentous…

Apr 29 • 何流｜Liu He

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The Rise of Communism and the Forgotten Soviet Invasion of China in 1929 — with Frank Dikötter

In part one of this interview with historian Frank Dikötter about his new book Red Dawn over China, he discusses the overlooked role of Soviet forces in…

Apr 27 • 何流｜Liu He

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March 2026

Rerun: How A Faulty Map Led US Military To Bomb A Chinese Embassy — with Susan Shirk

Faulty data was likely to blame for the U.S. airstrike of an Iranian school. A similar mistake caused a crisis in U.S.-China relations 27 years ago…

Mar 18 • 何流｜Liu He

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How Beijing Lost Hong Kong — with Mark Clifford, Jimmy Lai’s Biographer

Mark Clifford, journalist and biographer of the recently convicted pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai, talks about his journey from Hong Kong…

Mar 10 • 何流｜Liu He

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February 2026

Will China’s Social Volcano erupt? — with Martin Whyte

Harvard professor Martin Whyte talks about the setbacks and surprises of doing sociological surveys in China, and remembers his mentor Ezra Vogel, who…

Feb 4 • 何流｜Liu He

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December 2025

An Unfinished Business: A World AIDS Day Special with Joan Kaufman

Professor Joan Kaufman, a leading expert on HIV/AIDS and China, talks about her experiences in public health while working in China with the UN, the…

Dec 1, 2025 • Ruby Wang and 何流｜Liu He

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November 2025

Decoding Beijing: How a CIA analyst tracked down Chinese politics in the '80s — with Alice Miller

"It’s a competition in international affairs. The basic rule of thumb is everybody spies on everybody."

Nov 2, 2025 • 何流｜Liu He

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October 2025

The Souls of China — with Ian Johnson

Author Ian Johnson talks about how he returned to China in 2009 to write his books ‘The Souls of China’ and ‘Sparks,’ which both deal with China's…

Oct 19, 2025 • 何流｜Liu He

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“Think of your pension” — and other writing tips from esteemed China hands

Peking Hotel interviewees talk about how to become a better writer, how to write a book, and how not to go broke doing it.

Oct 7, 2025 • Anise Broccoli

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September 2025

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Sep 13, 2025 • 何流｜Liu He

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From China-Watching to Counterterrorism: Fixing American Intelligence After 9/11 — with Thomas Fingar

Dr. Thomas Fingar of Stanford University reflects on his time in the U.S. State Department, a period that included the delicate diplomacy of Tiananmen…

Sep 11, 2025 • 何流｜Liu He

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August 2025

From Bull to Bear: the China Journey of a Wall Street Economist — with Stephen Roach

As Stephen Roach, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, became more pessimistic about the Chinese economy, China’s leadership became less…

Aug 28, 2025 • 何流｜Liu He

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