Isabelle Niu's guest appearances

Isabelle Niu

The Arts of Travel

Plum Radio

Wendy Liu

Tony Lin

Peter Thiel

Hussein Kesvani

Shahid Buttar

Raj Patel

Andy Ngo

Jake Flores

Lynn Chen

Jimmy O. Yang

Chris Arnade

John Brown

Jenny Yang

David Graeber

Michael Pettis

OwlTail

Video journalist Isabelle Niu joins us to talk about the pending WeChat ban and her Quartz video “Is WeChat a Problem for Democracies?” With so much talk around banning Chinese apps like WeChat and TikTok and China’s recent expulsion of American journalists, our tiny window into China is quickly closing. Isabelle tells us how WeChat provides insight into what the Chinese government is signaling and into the lives of WeChat’s 1 billion users. What are the consequences of not understanding Chinese society and politics? How will alienating China affect diaspora communities? We also talk to Isabelle about Loud Murmurs, our favorite left-leaning Mandarin language podcast that unpacks foreign culture and media to better understand what it means to be Chinese. Dolly and Joey also atone for Indigenous People’s day sins by proposing to rename Columbus, OH to Flavortown, OH, give a 🚨 MILES GUO ALERT 🚨 about the fight he’s picking with Texas pastor Bob Fu and Big Jesus, and bless the show with an NBA title for Flavortown’s very own LeBron James. Watch “Is WeChat a Problem for Democracies?”: youtube.com/watch?v=Lrn5in0iBd8 Listen to Loud Murmurs: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loud-murmurs-%E5%B0%8F%E5%A3%B0%E5%96%A7%E5%93%97/id1355583279 -- We pride ourselves on being independent media at Plum Radio. Follow us on IG (@listentoplumradio), and support us on Patreon (patreon.com/plumradio) if you’re here for the culture and believe in independent media.

Video journalist Isabelle Niu joins us to talk about the pending WeChat ban and her Quartz video “Is WeChat a Problem for Democracies?” With so much talk around banning Chinese apps like WeChat and TikTok and China’s recent expulsion of American journalists, our tiny window into China is quickly closing. Isabelle tells us how WeChat provides insight into what the Chinese government is signaling and into the lives of WeChat’s 1 billion users. What are the consequences of not understanding Chinese society and politics? How will alienating China affect diaspora communities? We also talk to Isabelle about Loud Murmurs, our favorite left-leaning Mandarin language podcast that unpacks foreign culture and media to better understand what it means to be Chinese. Dolly and Joey also atone for Indigenous People’s day sins by proposing to rename Columbus, OH to Flavortown, OH, give a 🚨 MILES GUO ALERT 🚨 about the fight he’s picking with Texas pastor Bob Fu and Big Jesus, and bless the show with an NBA title for Flavortown’s very own LeBron James. Watch “Is WeChat a Problem for Democracies?”: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrn5in0iBd8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=Lrn5in0iBd8</a> Listen to Loud Murmurs: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loud-murmurs-%E5%B0%8F%E5%A3%B0%E5%96%A7%E5%93%97/id1355583279" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loud-murmurs-%E5%B0%8F%E5%A3%B0%E5%96%A7%E5%93%97/id1355583279</a> -- We pride ourselves on being independent media at Plum Radio. Follow us on IG (<a href="https://instagram.com/listentoplumradio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@listentoplumradio</a>), and support us on Patreon (<a href="https://patreon.com/plumradio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/plumradio</a>) if you’re here for the culture and believe in independent media.

Ep. 25: Banning WeChat and Closing the Window into China, ft. Isabelle Niu

This was a lovely and informative chat I had w. Isabelle Niu (twitter: @Muge_Niu), a a co-founder of Chinese Storytellers and the Loud Murmurs Podcast. Both of which (the first English Language, the second 國語） I find to be absolutely critical resources for media coverage of China, and Media Coverage OF the media coverage of China.We discuss a variety of issues in our conversation (ranging from politics, to China culture to Hip Hop!) But, several questions are connected to the title of this episode:  • Who are the women working in Chinese Language Media, what barriers (class, language, racism) have they had to overcome?• Why are female reporters often targeted with sexist language (or doxxed) in a way that male journalists never have to deal with?• And does Western Media tend to invisibilize the hard work of female journalists who support the reporting of their white, male colleagues?We discuss all these questions and more with isabelle, who I found to be warm, insightful and more then up to the task of discussing these questions with me. I hope you enjoy our conversation, and please do check out Isabelle's work here. Loud Murmurs in particular is my favorite Chinese Languge podcast! • Loud Murmurs Podcast - https://www.buzzsprout.com/258327• Chinese Storytellers - https://chinesestorytellers.substack.comAnd for more tours, media and interviews that try to provide a nuanced, complex and interesting perspectives on China please head to  • Asiaarttours.com• And our Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37MGjfMHBkusWRESbxn5pA?view_as=subscriber

This was a lovely and informative chat I had w. Isabelle Niu (twitter: @Muge_Niu), a a co-founder of Chinese Storytellers and the Loud Murmurs Podcast. Both of which (the first English Language, the second 國語） I find to be absolutely critical resources for media coverage of China, and Media Coverage OF the media coverage of China. We discuss a variety of issues in our conversation (ranging from politics, to China culture to Hip Hop!) But, several questions are connected to the title of this episode: • Who are the women working in Chinese Language Media, what barriers (class, language, racism) have they had to overcome? • Why are female reporters often targeted with sexist language (or doxxed) in a way that male journalists never have to deal with? • And does Western Media tend to invisibilize the hard work of female journalists who support the reporting of their white, male colleagues? We discuss all these questions and more with isabelle, who I found to be warm, insightful and more then up to the task of discussing these questions with me. I hope you enjoy our conversation, and please do check out Isabelle's work here. Loud Murmurs in particular is my favorite Chinese Languge podcast! • Loud Murmurs Podcast - <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/258327" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.buzzsprout.com/258327</a> • Chinese Storytellers - <a href="https://chinesestorytellers.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://chinesestorytellers.substack.com</a> And for more tours, media and interviews that try to provide a nuanced, complex and interesting perspectives on China please head to • <a href="http://Asiaarttours.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asiaarttours.com</a> • And our Youtube Channel : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37MGjfMHBkusWRESbxn5pA?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37MGjfMHBkusWRESbxn5pA?view_as=subscriber</a>

Chatting w. Isabelle Niu of Chinese Storytellers and Loud Murmurs Podcast about Discrimination, Media Bias and best practice in China Reporting ( 媒体偏见与性别歧视)