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“I’m an avid podcast listener and Chinese Whispers is among my favourites for sure. It is always informative, offers varied perspectives and Cindy Yu is an excellent host.”
Slowcoach43 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
03/05/24
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“Interesting and insightful. Thank you for doing it and sharing. Great podcast!”
AtulatHK via Apple Podcasts ·
Hong Kong ·
02/21/24
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“Thank you and your guest for a really illuminating discussion not just about football but also Chinese culture. Cracking show as always and listen regularly. Always insightful and informative. Keep up the work 👍”
Crimebrook via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/20/24
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“And I love the little historical catch up’s”
MarcusQ1000859 via Apple Podcasts ·
New Zealand ·
01/23/24
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“This podcast is absolutely essential listening for anyone interested in China. But even if you have never thought much about China, really any person with a curious and analytical mind seeking to better understand the world should get a lot out of it. Highlights include the episodes on Chinese...”Read full review »
Jonathan Kyle, Washington DC via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/18/24
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“cindy yu is a fantastic host — critical, engaging and knowledgeable. i appreciate the perspective and energy she brings to each conversation. i enjoy many of the topics as a chinese-born american who also lived in london for a few years. i always keep an eye out for new episode drops.”
listeningformore via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/08/24
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“Long time listener, great podcast!
The host is trying her hardest, knowing the westerners sensibility, without offending their ignorance or hurting their unfounded superiority, harnessing her Cambridge accent, to see if she can whisper some sense and good info into the audience.
To the Chinese...”Read full review »
xi didi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/21/23
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“Disappointed at the narrative of this podcast, thought it could be a bit different from other China theme podcast. But it’s still one with a total western biased podcast. Mandarin is easier for communication and everyone can speak their own dialect. Chinese characters r the same. Chinese and...”Read full review »
Caliman say hello via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/09/23
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“I enjoyed the various topics of the podcasts. Thoughtful and informative.”
Athletic Violet via Apple Podcasts ·
Hong Kong ·
12/08/23
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“Endlessly fascinating and insightful, typical Spec, expectation-surpassing quality”
bingledeewingledee via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/23/23
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“The episode about food is completely enchanting partially by listening from canada to the UK accents ! Also, the conversation on cuisine is fascinating with a lot of nuance, and its lovely to hear chinese words included.”
AdrieClaire via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
11/01/23
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“Billed as being informative about how Chinese see the issues of China, the show mostly reflects the west's view on China and Chinese politics, sprinkled with a little pop culture here and there for flavor. Still informative, but the views are quite one-sided.”Read full review »
MS69777 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/19/23
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“A superb podcast and an excellent episode. Well done to Cindy and the Spectator for providing balance and perspective sadly lacking in other media channels.”
Longboarder1967 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/17/23
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“The Spectator is excellent on UK politics, but this podcast is a profoundly dangerous, disturbing outlier.”
Sidney of Sydney via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/03/23
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“The listener can pick up some nice information on China. Cindy Yu has a wonderfully posh British accent. But the podcast suffers - knowingly or ignorantly - from the soft bigotry that Western values are superior. Including the belief that liberal democracies care about such things as freedom,...”Read full review »
1-23:45( via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/03/23
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“Cindy Yu always achieves a very high quality discussion full of important insights from serious interlocutors. Nevertheless, I found this episode with Professor Daniel Bell to be outstanding. It was informative and thought provoking, but most important of all it brought to the fore the nuance...”Read full review »
Jackspeke via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/11/23
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“Appreciate the variety of topics and approaches covered, even if one episode doesn’t interest you the next probably will.”
_G_R_ via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/05/23
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“I really appreciate these podcasts. I only recently discovered Chinese Whispers and I find Ms. Yu’s interviews and guests as very informative and fact-based. I think it’s hard to find information re China that is not biased, and Chinese Whispers and the interviewees are a breath of fresh air. ...”Read full review »
HeyRip via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/25/23
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“This is a really informative and lively podcast that is really essential right now.
So much discussion and commentary about the Middle Kingdom is polemical and lacks any kind of nuance, and says more about the writer’s views than anything else. Chinese Whispers is a rare exception to this and...”Read full review »
AndrewBell209 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/06/23
“Because Cindy reports about China and likely from sources within China, she can’t perhaps say all that she would like to. On the other hand, I just read an article in the Australian Spectator from 2019 that she titled “Is China really our enemy”?”
Elliot F. via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/25/23
“Cindy is modest but always delivers insight of great maturity. Guests are usually top flight too. Highly recommended. You also learn something.”
PaddyGoesToHolyhead via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/04/23
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“I have generally found Chinese Whispers to be an interesting and informative podcast. I also find Sixth Tone a great source of interesting long form stories on China. However the latest episode on mail order brides interviewing Monica Liu of Sixth Tone was disappointingly sneering, cynical and...”Read full review »
krowe2001 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/16/23
“As a westerner I know my cultural perspective is very different from the average Chinese citizen and their political system. It is therefore fantastic to have this thoughtful and carefully produced podcast to give a window into that alternative view. You don’t have to always support or even like...”Read full review »
Dawkins g via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/23/23
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“Cindy Yu is a personable, warm, intelligent and likeable host of this podcast, and I enjoy her work across the Spectator stable. However, she is a member of the Chinese diaspora with close links to China including family members still there. For this reason, I find the decision by the Spectator...”Read full review »
cat 28363425 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/18/23
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“Very informative! The Chinese point of view is not well presented in mainstream western media so it was great to hear from Zhou Bo. Would love more perspectives/ interpretations from other Chinese citizens/ groups outside of government (if that’s even possible!) and from other countries in SE...”Read full review »
ashtonify via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/26/23
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“Couldn’t bring myself to listen to Cindy YU’s latest eps with the ex-Colonel from Tsinghua University, it was highly embarrassing that Cindy YU had to be schooled by the Colonel in her naïveté and her bias against all things Chinese, haranguing China for their red lines basically, hilarious!”
St_KiKi via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
03/21/23
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“according to Prof. Mitar, again.
Taiwan fought the japanese invasion for over 3 month. In 1895 Taiwanese population was 2.5 mil. By 1940’s 5 mil. The japanese migrated to Taiwan en masse (500,000), tried to eradicate Taiwanese languages. Paraded aborigines as savages in Europe and Japan....”Read full review »
tptkto3 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
03/07/23
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“Brilllant & insightful, I’ve caught up with every episode and learnt a lot about China, vital for anyone wanting to understand this blossoming superpower. Cindy is great, well done”
lytham1965 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/03/23
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“In my mind it is the best dedicated podcast on China. The guests are serious experts and the hostess is an excellent examiner …”
rakish6 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/03/22
“I’ve been a subscriber for several months and enjoy this podcast. The guests are great and Cindy is a good interviewer. I’m a U.S. listener and am glad to get a source in the UK in addition to the other China podcasts I listen to.”
MattM8649 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/15/22
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“That was a most interesting and informative edition.
Thank you Cindy.”
NickPScott via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
11/15/22
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“Just the right level of assumed knowledge. Great variety of subject matter. Cindy Yu’s occasional personal reflections are nicely judged”
Roewen W via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
09/24/22
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“I ran across this podcast on YouTube and, at Ms. Yu's suggestion, I have added it to my Apple Podcast library as the playlist on YouTube is not complete. I do suggest that you view the YouTube versions of this podcast if you have a moment as Ms. Yu's upbeat, joyful and even occasionally...”Read full review »
Jonny From Calgary via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
09/06/22
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“Minimal ego MAXIMAL analysis”
Codybroken via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/06/22
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“Nice lighter style of conversation that also is very educational, doesn’t take itself too seriously and levels western misunderstandings. Cindy’s style and ability to let her guests talk openly is very good and makes for informative listening.”
luv abc via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
08/14/22
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“This is not journalism. On Taiwan issues, this is propaganda from China dress up as journalism.”
water on floor via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/14/22
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“Simply put, Cindy Yu is the smartest voice in British media.”
Artetis via Apple Podcasts ·
Spain ·
07/17/22
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“I’ve learnt so much thanks to this podcast. An easy listen but very educational.”
TitanicTranslator via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/12/22
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“The content is great but the hostess I’ve been catching is giving me a headache, she talks so fast. Please SLOW DOWN.”
trouser roller via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/18/22
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“I’ve been listening to this for 18 months and it’s such a pleasure. Cindy is an engaging host who never gets in the way of the experts. When anyone makes it sound easy you know they are very skilled.”
I'llfindout via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
06/06/22
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“This is a wonderful podcast, there is so little good information on China available to us and Cindy’s brilliant narrative journey through topics is super. I haven’t seen my brother and his family for 3 years now and it helps to get an image of where he lives.”
Roboprop100 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/20/22
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“I’ve been racing through as many podcasts as possible after hearing Cindy speak in person. What I have enjoyed is the range of experts that are brought in, with Cindy as our guide. As a relative novice on Chinese politics and culture, I feel I’ve learned a lot. The context used on names and...”Read full review »
W Valentine via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/17/22
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“Really informative!”
Blaithin2022 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/13/22
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“I learn more from eavesdropping on these 30 minute discussions than in even the better 600- page books! Brava and thank you.”
Jakdec22 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/22
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“Saw Cindy recently on TV debate about Ukraine. Really enjoyed listening to her speak. So here I am! Got some catching up to do though :)”
thats no moon via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/23/22
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“Love this podcast as I know very little about Chinese politics and culture.
Cindy is doing a great job filling in the large gaps in my knowledge.
Many thanks.”
188383 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/20/22
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“Great podcast, always interesting. My only gripe is I with the episodes were longer. I could have happily listened to Rana Mitter and Bill Bishop for at least another hour - if not all day - and that was an abnormally long episode. Keep up the great work, Cindy.”
Shāshǒujiàn via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/19/22
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“Great podcast this week as a primer on CN-RU relations past and present. Good discussion on politics, military, trade and the historical-cultural issues. I read Colin Thubron’s recent travel book ‘Amur River’ recently which covers some of the history referenced in this podcast and is a...”Read full review »
ktown reader via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/12/22
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