Every interview, every story, every quiet recollection means more because you’re here reading, thinking, and sharing along with us. Thank you for being part of this journey — for your curiosity, your care, and your belief that history matters. Here’s to the next 2,000.

2024年12月29日下午，卡特总统与世长辞。卡特推动了中美建交，打破了僵局，为两国关系迈出了关键一步。尽管在美国和中国的政治环境中，建交仍是争议话题，但卡特的决定深远影响着今天与未来。 除了外交，卡特还通过卡特中心与中国共同推动农村选举与治理，为中国乡村政治改革贡献力量。今天的嘉宾刘亚伟老师，曾是该项目的重要人物之一。 #JimmyCarter #CarterCenter #USChina

Journalist and writer @iandenisjohnson.bsky.social has spent decades documenting China’s civil society and religion. From Wild Grass to Sparks, his work uncovers China’s hidden stories.

What will Trump do about China? To answer this, we need to revisit the recent history of U.S.-China relations, the political forces shaping both countries, and the broader geopolitical landscape.

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🧧✨How do you spend your Lunar New Year? With friends? With your family? Or in a quiet place by yourself? Well, if you have some time on January 29th, why don't you log on to our first-ever community livestream to celebrate the Lunar New Year together! You can register here or scan the QR code👇

On May 7, 1999, during the #KosovoWar, an American B2 stealth bomber dropped bombs on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, destroying the building and killing three state media journalists. The event immediately provoked strong reactions and suspicions. Was it a mistake? Or was it intentional?

中央党校是中共中高级官员的主要培训基地，被视为培养党内精英和晋升的摇篮。习近平执政前，它曾以开明和改革著称，流亡学者蔡霞也曾任教于此。然而，立场鲜明的“民主先生”戴雅门竟受邀在这核心机构演讲，令我颇感意外，也意识到他的经历值得被记录。 #民主

China has a long tradition of "scholar-officials"—intellectuals trained in Confucian values who prioritized community interests before entering government. In many ways, Prof. Susan Shirk embodies this role with an American twist.

🙏感謝端傳媒的轉載，閱讀中文版，點擊這裡訂閱我們的Newsletter baijingfandian.substack.com

@iandenisjohnson.bsky.social arrived in Palo Alto after attending the @asianstudies.org conference in Seattle, a prestigious annual gathering of China scholars in the US, which Ian has attended since the 90s. This episode is the first of many from our 18-hour, seven-session oral history: #Sparks

Fox Butterfield, a Pulitzer-winning and the first @nytimes.com correspondent in China after 1949 opens up on his life-long journey with China, his time at Harvard @fairbankcenter.bsky.social, and his reporting during the Vietnam War. Listen along here:

In three previous episodes, Orville Schell, a veteran journalist and currently the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on US-China Relations @asiasociety.org, discusses the experiences of foreign China watchers in the 1960s and 1980s. The conversation below is an excerpt from a 14-hour oral history:

History folks! We have started a "what to follow" oral history starter pack here, please read and listen along:

欢迎收听百京饭店 百京饭店是一档双语播客和双周刊，带你了解中国近代史。 得名“百京饭店”，是因为“北京饭店”在共产主义时期曾是专门用来招待外宾的酒店，，外交官、政界人士、学者和记者聚集于此，是世界与中国打交道的窗口。而我们也透过这里，重新观察老外的故事和经历。歪字称为“百京”，这来自对北京侃爷的调侃。 我们分享西方中国专家的个人故事。他们基于亲身经历，以坦诚、生动和未经过滤的叙述为基础，希望为听众提供一个了解中国过去和未来的机会。🌏 🇨🇳

Welcome to Peking Hotel Named after the iconic Peking Hotel 北京饭店 (Now: Beijing Hotel), where diplomats, politicians, scholars and journalists gathered during China’s early days of opening up, Peking Hotel is a bilingual podcast and newsletter taking you on a journey through China’s recent history.