China Eats podcast
China Eats podcast
From Peking duck to plant-based burgers, China Eats podcast introduces what’s old and what’s new in China’s changing foodscape. Covering culture, business, politics, and technology, China Eats brings you the entrepreneurs, scholars, and restaurateurs who are shaping food in China.
Episode 7: The global journey of turtle soup
May Bo Ching 程美寶 tells China Eats about the global history of turtle soup, from the Caribbean to Canton. Mentioned in the podcast “The Flow of Turtle Soup from the Caribbean via Europe to Canton, and Its Modern American Fate”, Gastronomica: The Journal of Critical Food Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2016, pp. 79-89.
Jul 31, 2020
15 min
Episode 6: China-Israel Agricultural cooperation
Harel Sholovitz, advisor to the Israel Chamber of Commerce in China, talks with Veronika Spurná about Chinese investment in Israel, and continued potential for cooperation in technology and infrastructure
Jul 25, 2020
12 min
Episode 5: Gender and the politics of Chinese banquets
In this episode, Mariana Hase Ueta talks with Wageningen University sociologist Mindi Schneider about gender, guanxi, and the politics of Chinese banquets Mentioned in the podcast: Mindi Schneider and Jessica M Wilczak, "We, too: contending with the sexual politics of fieldwork in China." 2020, Gender, Place & Culture
Jul 18, 2020
25 min
Episode 4: China's historical cuisines
Today we are speaking with Sean J.S. Chen, whose award-winning translation of the Suiyuan shidan 随园食单 recreates the world of infamous eighteenth-century Chinese gourmet Yuan Mei.
Jul 10, 2020
17 min
Episode 3: Alternative proteins
Meat alternatives are huge in China. In this episode, we are joined by Doris Pui Ying Lee, Beijing-based General Manager of GFI Consultancy, to talk about why alternative proteins are proving so popular, how products are adapted to Chinese tastes, and what is on the horizon for this booming sector.
Jul 3, 2020
14 min
Episode 2: Land grabbing in Africa and Brazil
In this episode, Mariana Hase Ueta speaks to Dr. Eduardo Oliveira, author of the book Land Grabbing and Food Security: Brazil and China in Perspective.
Jun 30, 2020
15 min
Episode 1: China's food security in a time of coronavirus
How has coronavirus affected China's food security priorities? We speak with Zhang Hongzhou, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and author of Securing the ‘Rice Bowl’: China and Global Food Security. Mentioned in podcast: Lester R. Brown. Who Will Feed China: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (1995)
Jun 18, 2020
25 min