Australian Languages Teacher Discusses the ABC Media & Anti-China PropagandaDaniel Dumbrill | Today a long time online-friend who has taken an interest in breaking down the languages and methods used by the mainstream media in Australia to manipulate people with carefully crafted emotionally charged language joins me for a discussion on the media climate in his country.
Manufacturing Narratives: Lessons from the Hong Kong Protests with Nury VittachiDaniel Dumbrill | Nury Vittachi, a long time Hong Kong resident/journalist/author who describes his previous self as an anti-China journalist, discusses his book “The Other Side of the Story: A Secret War in Hong Kong” and speaks more about the 2019 protests, which completely changed his perspective on China, along with many other Hong Kongers as well.
What unfolded in Hong Kong, how it was reported, the memory of those events and what is often left out serves as a valuable lesson about critical thinking and the sate of mainstream media.
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Friday Everyday YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9xrIBug1ccDOt1xdIVv2Vw
24 Sep 2021
Other publications by Carl Zha
Canada declares genocide in XinjiangCarl Zha | I spoke with Justin Podur to discuss the unanimous declaration by the Canadian parliament (followed by the Netherlands parliament days later) in February 2021 that a genocide is taking place in Xinjiang. What is really behind this declaration, and how can Canadian history, and Chinese history, help us think about the issue?
05 Mar 2021
Carl Zha Chinese Family History InterviewCarl Zha | I talked to Comrade Report about my own family history thru Japanese Occupation, Chinese Civil War, Cultural Revolution and Opening and Reform Era
Debating
1. Will China become a hegemon like the US?
2. What does rising Chinese mean for Chinas neighbors?
3. What should we think about Xinjiang?
4. Sinophobia and anti-Asian racism ...and more!
29 Sep 2020
China invades Taiwan Airspace?Calr Zha | Carl talks to Taiwanese Communist Rapper Xiangyu about the latest media frenzy over “China invading Taiwan airspace”. Laying down the facts, dispensing with BS.
Verified Twitter account of Taiwan Defense Ministry which tweeted out PLA flight path
She wanted to talk to me about Uyghur situation in Xinjiang and my response to the allegations that I work for Chinese Propaganda and Influence Operation. I talked about my background and my takes.
08 Aug 2020
Interview with an Ethnic Mongol from Xinjiang - Dr Gordan Gao, Part 3Carl Zha | In part 3 of the interview with Dr. Gordon Gao, an ethnic Mongol from Xinjiang, we discuss his personal experience living under the shadow of terrorism and how Xinjiang locals feel about Chinese government measures.
Part 1 of the interview with Dr Gao:
https://youtu.be/GRjZ3cxnEf8
Part 2 of the interview with Dr Gao:
https://youtu.be/WnYpP7XuxuU
Also:
19 May 2021
Interview with Descendant of Genghis Khan, Gordon Gao, Ethnic Mongol from Xinjiang, Part 1Carl Zha | This is first time I interviewed a direct descendant of Genghis Khan on the Silk and Steel Podcast. Gordon Gao, an ethnic Mongol born and raised in Xinjiang tells his family history in Xinjiang thru Cultural Revolution and Sino-Soviet border conflict. We also discuss the implementation of China 1 child policy for Han Chinese vs minorities. He will tell his personal story growing up in Xinjiang as an ethnic minority in Part 2
26 Apr 2021
Interview with Dr Gordon Gao, an ethnic Mongol from Xinjiang, Part 2Carl Zha | In part 2 of the interview with Dr Gordon Gao, an ethnic Mongol from Xinjiang, we discuss Chinese affirmative action for ethnic minorities, Ethnic minorities language education. In Part 3, we will discuss his personal experience living under the shadow of terrorism
Interview with Uyghur Independence Activist Arslan HidayatCarl Zha | Isobel Cockerelle of Codastory challenged Carl Zha to interview Uyghur in exile. I extended my invitation for her to introduce her Uyghur contact for my show on Twitter. Uyghur Independence Activist Arslan Hidayat replied to my post and volunteered to be the guest on my show Silk and Steel Podcast. This is the full interview unedited.
Carl interviews Arslan Hidayat, an ETIM sympathiser.
16 Aug 2020
Is China a Threat to World Peace? Carl Zha vs Lyman Stone DebateDoes China presents clear and present danger to World Peace which requires containment? I debated this topic with Lyman Stone, Adjunct Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and former International Economist at the US Department of Agriculture.
07 Oct 2020
Leave US go to China! 2nd Generation Chinese-American experienceCarl Zha | In the atmosphere of increasing Sinophobia and racism against Chinese people in US, I talked to three 2nd generation Chinese Americans who had went to China to study, work, live and found success.
Silk and Steel Podcast Ep 101: History of Chinese Space ProgramCarl Zha | I talk to Gerard González, a journalism student from Barcelona about the history of Chinese Space Program all the way from beginning starting from the father of Chinese Space Program Qian Xuesen journey thru US back to China
06 Dec 2020
Silk and Steel Podcast Ep 105: US COVID Cover-up and War on China with Mr. TCarl Zha | I talk to returning guest “Mr. T” on new evidence of US COVID Response coverup at the highest level and future of US-China relationship under Biden and Trump Deputy NSA Matt Pottinger COVID response ass-covering piece in New Yorker.
Silk and Steel Podcast Ep 124 : Interview with an ethnic Mongol from Xinjiang Dr. Gordon Gao - Part 1Carl Zha | This is 1st time I interviewed a direct descendant of Genghis Khan on the Silk and Steel Podcast. Gordon Gao, an ethnic Mongol born and raised in Xinjiang tells his family history in Xinjiang thru Cultural Revolution and Sino-Soviet border conflict. We also discuss the implementation of China 1 child policy for Han Chinese vs minorities. He will tell his personal story growing up in Xinjiang as an ethnic minority in Part 2
Silk and Steel Podcast Ep 50 - Taiwan History Part 1Carl Zha | I brought back returning guest Taiwanese Communist Rapper Xiangyu to talk about political history of Taiwan. In part 1 we covered from prehistoric time, Dutch colonial period, Koxinga and Qing conquest, to eve of Japanese colonization
Skip to 45:00 for the lost Roman legion in China
For previous episodes on battle of Carrhae with Amir
EP2: Rome vs Parthia Battle of Carrhae -The Prelude with Amir Askari
EP10-Battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari Part 1
EP11-Battle of Carrhae with Amir Askari Part 2
https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel
Silk and Steel Podcast Taiwan History Series:
Preview Silk and Steel Podcast EP#50-History of Taiwan Part 1
Silk and Steel Podcast EP#50-History of Taiwan Part 1
Silk and Steel Podcast EP#51-Taiwan History Part 2: Japanese Occupation
Silk and Steel Podcast EP#53-History of Taiwan Part 3: Early Cold War Taiwan w Xiangyu
Silk and Steel Podcast EP#54-History of Taiwan Part 4: Taiwan Strait Crisis w Xiangyu
Silk and Steel Podcast EP#61-Taiwan History Part 5 w Xiangyu
Silk and Steel Podcast EP#68-Taiwan Political History Part 6 with Xiangyu
https://www.patreon.com/silknsteel
Silk and Steel Podcast Ep 86 - US China Tech War w an Industry InsiderOn the day of Trump ban on Wechat, I talked to an IT industry insider about ongoing US-China tech war, its origin, role of US intelligence agencies and US tech giants, and the future of US-China competition in the tech space
Silk and Steel Podcast Korean War Series Ep 0: Anti-Japanese ResistanceI talk to returning guest Taiwanese Communist rapper Xiangyu about Korean War from Chinese perspective. In the episode 0 of the series we talk about the history of Korean participation in the anti-Japanese resistance in WW2 China. The relationship between Korean Communists and Chinese Communist Party thru WW2 and Chinese Civil War.
Silk and Steel Podcast: Interview with a DPRK tour managerCarl Zha | I interviewed Rowan Beard, tour guide and manager of Young Pioneer Tours which arrange trips to DPRK about tourism in north Korea. Also featured as guest is Taiwanese Communist Rapper Xiangyu who went on tour with Rowan and shot a rap video in Pyongyang on a selfie stick
Socialists of Caltech Panel on McCarthyism and SinophobiaCarl Zha | I talked with Charles Xu and Kevin Li of Qiao Collective on the Socialists of Caltech Panel on McCarthyism and Sinophobia on the topic of current and historical racial profiling and persecution of Chinese students and scientists in US
The Invention of China Debate: Carl Zha vs Bill HaytonCarl Zha | talks to author of new book “The Invention of China”. Carl pushes back on the idea that China is a recent construction by arguing the idea of China have always evolved over time and there is a clear continuity down thru the ages.
Bill Hayton was former BBC journalist reporting from Vietnam and Southeast Asia and wrote “The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia”, on topic of invention of “Han Race”, Chinese language, territory, Chinese nationalism, and China itself. Hayton argues in his new book that China, the country we know today — a nation with borders, citizens and national interests—is a relatively recent concept, dating from a period straddling the turn of the 20th century. Prior to that, China was not — and did not consider itself — a “country” but rather the “Qing Great-State”.