Broken Engagement: Veteran China reporter Bob Davis on his new collection of interviews

Welcome to the Cineca Podcast, a weekly discussion of current affairs in China. In this program, we'll look at books, ideas, new research, intellectual currents, and cultural trends that can help us better understand what's happening in China's politics, foreign relations, economics, and society. Join me each week for in-depth conversations that shed more light. and bring less heat to how we think and talk about China. I'm Kaiser Guo, coming to you from my home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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