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NüVoices

NüVoices

NüVoices

NüVoices

The NüVoices podcast is hosted by NüVoices members Chenni Xu, Joanna Chiu, Jessie Lau, Megan Cattel, Sophia Yan, and Cindy Gao who explore the work of women in media, academia and the arts in Greater China, the impact of abuses of power, international and domestic politics, and their own personal stories. This podcast is wholly coordinated, produced, and edited by the NüVoices board.

Apr 29

AI Ready

AI competition, Technofutures and Writing with Selina Xu

This week, we have host and Chair of NuVoices, Chenni Xu, discussing AI competition between US and China, technonationalism, writing and craft, with journalist and researcher Selina Xu (no relation). In this episode, Selina Xu discusses her views on th...

Mar 25

Writing about Science and US-China Relations with Yangyang Cheng

This week, hosts Solarina Ho and Rui Zhong speak with Yangyang Cheng, a Research Scholar at Yale’s School of Law focusing on science and technology development in China and US-China relations. In this episode, Solarina, Rui, and Yangyang speak on the str...

Feb 27

Bonus: A Reading by Essay Contest Winner Chris Yitao Shen

As a bonus episode series for the NüVoices podcast, we have invited three winners of our 2025 NüStories personal essay contest to read out their essays. In this episode, you will hear from Chris Yitao Shen, who won first place for her essay, "What You Know...

Feb 18

The Wall Dancers, a Conversation with Journalist and Author Yi-Ling Liu

This week, NüVoices editor and freelance journalist Jessie Lau speaks to Yi-Ling Liu, a writer covering technology and Chinese society, about her debut book “The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet”. In this epis...

Jan 28

Bonus: A Reading by Essay Contest Winner Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray

As a bonus episode series for the NüVoices podcast, we have invited three winners of our 2025 NüStories personal essay contest to read out their essays. In this episode, you will hear from Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray, who won first place for her essay, "You n...

2025/12/17

Why Innovation is Power: Joanna Chiu and Jessie Lau on Media Entrepreneurship

This week, NüVoices host and founder Joanna Chiu joins NüVoices editor and board member Jessie Lau to discuss their exciting new life chapters that extend their vision of NüVoices. From launching the website of NüVoices in a cafe in Beijing in 2018, to n...

2025/11/19

The Future of China Human Rights Advocacy with Maya Wang

This week, NüVoices host and co-founder Joanna Chiu joins China human rights researcher Maya Wang to discuss the current state of China human rights advocacy amid Beijing's growing transnational oppression and the US cut of international aid. Joanna and...

2025/10/22

A Job to Repair Marital Infidelity with Documentary Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo

This week, host Solarina Ho and her guest, Hong Kong filmmaker Elizabeth Lo, discuss the director's award-winning new documentary, 'Mistress Dispeller', which premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival last September. The film is now playing ...

2025/09/24

Daughters of the Bamboo Grove, a Conversation with Barbara Demick

This week, NüVoices editor and board member Jessie Lau speaks to returning guest Barbara Demick about her new book, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: From China to America, a True Story of Abduction, Adoption, and Separated Twins. In this episode, Barbara...

2025/08/27

China's Internet to AI Development with Grace Shao

This week, Tiffany Ap speaks with Grace Shao on the causes and development of AI in China. In this episode, Grace Shao walks us through the divergent approaches to AI deployment in China and the US, the domestic AI talent in China and the future of rob...

2025/06/25

On Trump 2.0 and Beijing’s New Tactics with Amanda Hsiao

This week, we have NüVoices host and board member Sophia Yan in conversation with Amanda Hsiao, director in Eurasia Group’s China practice. In this special episode, Sophia talks to Amanda on the new and old tactics used by Washington and Beijing in the la...

2025/06/11

A Conscious Living Conversation with Sonalie Figueiras

This week, host Tiffany Ap gets in the weeds on how to live a more eco-conscious life with Sonalie Figueiras, the founder of Green Queen and Asia's leading sustainability voice. In this episode, Sonalie explores Asia’s pivotal role in climate and food ...

2025/05/14

A Career in Diplomacy, Influence and Impact with Wenchi Yu

This week, we have co-hosts Chenni Xu and Solarina Ho in conversation with Wenchi Yu on the current landscape of the US-China-Taiwan relationship and working as a bridge-builder in this arena. In this episode, Wenchi discusses how her identity is the t...

2025/04/16

How I Stopped Being a Model Minority with Anne Anlin Cheng

This week, we have host Stephanie Tam in conversation with Anne Anlin Cheng about her book, Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority, which debuted in September 2024 and was published by Pantheon. In this episode, Anne discusses her jou...

2025/03/26

Podcast Crossover: Feminist Rebels from Face-Off: the U.S. vs China with Jane Perlez

This week the NüVoices podcasting team is thrilled to share a special crossover podcast episode from Jane Perlez' Face-Off: The U.S. vs China, on "Feminist Rebels". This is the fifth episode in the podcast's second season, focusing on the feminist wave in ...

2025/03/12

Let Only Red Flowers Bloom, a Conversation with Emily Feng

This week, NüVoices co-founder and host Joanna Chiu spoke to returning guest Emily Feng about her new book, Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China. In this episode, Emily and Joanna discuss her recent reporting trip to S...

2025/02/26

Scam Inc. from The Economist, a Conversation with Sue-Lin Wong

This week, NüVoices co-hosts Chenni Xu and Megan Cattel speak to return guest Sue-Lin Wong about her current beat as South East Asia correspondent for The Economist and her investigative journalism into the world of scams that touches on human trafficking,...

2025/02/12

A Career in Foreign Correspondence and Podcasting with Jane Perlez

This week, hosts and NüVoices board members Chenni Xu and Megan Cattel on to discuss a career in foreign correspondence and podcasting with veteran New York Times journalist Jane Perlez. She was also the Beijing bureau chief for The Times until 2019. In ...

2024/12/11

Encore: Chinese Canadian Immigrant Histories with Arlene Chan and Melanie Ng

Happy holiday season to all! This month, we are re-sharing a 2022 episode in honor of Sheila Wiecke, one of the episode’s interviewees, who passed away in October 2023 in Vancouver, Canada. Please also check out our free bonus episode where Sheila shares m...

2024/11/14

Model Minority Gone Rogue with Qin Qin

This week, we have host Chenni Xu to discuss the new book of an old friend from her expat days in Beijing, Qin Qin (formerly Lisa Qin), Model Minority Gone Rogue: How an unfulfilled daughter of a tiger mother went way off-script, which debuted earlier this...