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David Ownby

Sinica Podcast

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This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with David Ownby, the University of Montreal historian who runs the excellent ReadingTheChinaDream.com website — a trove of translations of writings by mainstream Chinese intellectuals. David talks about the website’s mission and about tells about his recent three-week trip to Beijing and Shanghai, in which he met with many of the people he translates on his site. Many of them are profoundly disillusioned with the leadership’s handling of the end of Zero-COVID, he found.03:38 – Genesis of the project Reading the Chinese Dream09:32 – The choice of intellectuals being translated14:11 – An overview of common ideological denominators for the New Confucians, the Liberals, and the New Left.24:19 – The emerging groups as a direct response to certain phenomena happening in the West25:58 – How did we fail to understand the intellectual life in China?30:30 – An overview of David’s recent trip to China35:12 – How does the post-COVID reality in China affect Chinese intellectuals?45:34 – Are we observing a turning point in the intellectual community and its relationship with the Chinese government?47:41 – The attitudes of Chinese intellectuals towards the U.S.56:04 – Will the negativity currently observed among Chinese intellectuals a temporary or enduring issue?A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:David: Ties by Domenico Starnone, translated by Jhumpa LahiriKaiser: The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy by Peter H. WilsonMentioned:Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa LahiriSimplicissimus by Johann GrimmelshausenSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with David Ownby, the University of Montreal historian who runs the excellent <a href="http://readingthechinadream.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ReadingTheChinaDream.com</a> website — a trove of translations of writings by mainstream Chinese intellectuals. David talks about the website’s mission and about tells about his recent three-week trip to Beijing and Shanghai, in which he met with many of the people he translates on his site. Many of them are profoundly disillusioned with the leadership’s handling of the end of Zero-COVID, he found.03:38 – Genesis of the project Reading the Chinese Dream09:32 – The choice of intellectuals being translated14:11 – An overview of common ideological denominators for the New Confucians, the Liberals, and the New Left.24:19 – The emerging groups as a direct response to certain phenomena happening in the West25:58 – How did we fail to understand the intellectual life in China?30:30 – An overview of David’s recent trip to China35:12 – How does the post-COVID reality in China affect Chinese intellectuals?45:34 – Are we observing a turning point in the intellectual community and its relationship with the Chinese government?47:41 – The attitudes of Chinese intellectuals towards the U.S.56:04 – Will the negativity currently observed among Chinese intellectuals a temporary or enduring issue?<a href="https://thechinaproject.com/2023/06/08/translating-the-intellectual-mood-in-china/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.</a>Recommendations:David: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ties-Domenico-Starnone/dp/1609453859/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2P4RNNDBDI7T8&amp;keywords=domenico+starnone+ties&amp;qid=1686177715&amp;sprefix=domenico+starnone+ties%2Caps%2C162&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ties</a> by Domenico Starnone, translated by Jhumpa LahiriKaiser: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Years-War-Europes-Tragedy/dp/0674036344/ref=sr_1_2?crid=11QMC4QHJNQ8H&amp;keywords=The+30+Years+War+peter&amp;qid=1686178608&amp;sprefix=the+30+years+war+peter%2Caps%2C202&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy</a> by Peter H. Wilson Mentioned:<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Translating-Myself-Others-Jhumpa-Lahiri/dp/0691231168/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UXV219FI9OZG&amp;keywords=Jhumpa+Lahiri+translating+myself&amp;qid=1686177922&amp;sprefix=jhumpa+lahiri+translating+myself%2Caps%2C164&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Translating Myself and Others</a> by Jhumpa Lahiri<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Simplicissimus-Rev-Johann-Grimmelshausen/dp/1903517427/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2N7730UIPZ73T&amp;keywords=Simplicissimus&amp;qid=1686178302&amp;sprefix=%2Caps%2C356&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Simplicissimus</a> by Johann Grimmelshausen See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.