The Little Red Podcast

China’s college exam, the gaokao, is fetishized as the ultimate test, yet a lesser-k... more

In the latest episode in our series on belief, we’re looking at the CCP’s fait... more

In the latest episode in our series on belief, we’re exploring the surprising reviva... more

In the latest in our series on belief, we’re examining the emergence of incels in th... more

Continuing our series on belief in China, we look at the revival of Buddhism, which is bei... more

In the latest in our series on belief, we’re looking at China’s official belie... more

In our third episode on beliefs and ideologies, we explore China’s newfound enthusia... more

To welcome the Year of the Snake, we’re launching a new series looking at belief in ... more

China is in the grip of a gender war. While government officials are texting and even cold... more

Few outside the Chinese wedding banquet circuit have heard of fish maw, a flavourless, una... more

Writers from Hong Kong face a Kafkaesque decision in the years since draconian security le... more

In our third episode on pig butchering scams, we explore the origins of the Chinese crimin... more

Taiwan is ground zero for cognitive warfare, with the island subject to more disinformatio... more

After our last episode on an online romance scam operating out of Palau we were contacted ... more

Chinese triads have been making a Pacific play, notably in the tiny nation of Palau. There... more

For our hundredth episode, there was only one choice in the Year of the Dragon. We tackle ... more

China’s largesse in the Pacific is nothing if not visible. From mobile phone towers to gle... more

Stand-up comedy looked set to be the next big thing on China’s entertainment scene, with s... more

Every generation in modern China has been richer and more ambitious than the one before—un... more

The exponential trauma produced by the Cultural Revolution is barely mentioned in China, y... more