Video of Beatings Amid Demolition in China Leads to Official Reprisals
on May 2, 2016
Officers wearing law enforcement uniforms brandishing clubs, striking women and children cowering at the foot of a wall.
99% Invisible
on May 2, 2016
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99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. With 80 million downloads, 99% Invisible is one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes.
99% Invisible started as a project of KALW public radio and the American Institute of Architects in San Francisco. Originally, host and creator Roman Mars produced 99% Invisible from his bedroom. Roman Mars is also a founding member of the podcast collective, Radiotopia.
While Mars has since upgraded from his bedroom digs to a studio behind his house and an office shared with 99pi’s wonderful staff (in beautiful downtown Oakland, California), most of the equipment and production process remains the same.
We are a completely independent production. Funding comes directly from our phenomenally dedicated listeners, including our record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, and from podcast underwriters.
If you’d like to support our show, you can donate here. If you’re wondering where to even begin listening, see the F.A.Q. below for some guidance as well as staff favorites. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter as well.
Our beautiful website, custom episode player and playlist system were created by the dynamic designer-and developer duo known as Duck Brigade with help from Michael Waggoner and 99pi’s own Digital Director, Kurt Kohlstedt – you can read his articles here.
And remember: always read the plaque!
Nicole Bonnah
on May 2, 2016
Born in London, Nicole Bonnah is a British journalist who has been living and working in China since 2013. While working as a foreign editor at CCTV News Content (CCTV+) headquarters in Beijing, she is currently producing her debut documentary, The Black Orient: Black Lives in China.
The documentary is an accumulation of years of experience in covering human stories centered on the experiences of ethnic minority groups. Bonnah’s latest undertaking focuses on the cultural studies of ethnic migrant groups in China, empowering People of Color and their communities to tell their own stories.
As a journalist, Bonnah’s writing has been featured in a number of news outlets, including China’s Global Times and The Voice, London’s number one Black Newspaper.
Bonnah has a B.A. in Journalism, Film, and News Media from Roehampton University, and is completing her Masters Degree in Professional Journalism at Edinburgh Napier University.
Tiffany Johnson
on May 2, 2016
Tiffany Johnson is an American elementary school teacher in Beijing, China. She graduated in 2013 with a second degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. Shortly after obtaining that degree she decided that the best way to teach her students about life and how to be successful on its roller-coaster was to break out of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bubble and explore the world and learn for herself. So she hopped on a plane and moved to China. She has lived in China for two years and plans to stay another two years and then hopes to continue to explore, learn, and educate in other parts of the world. She had a bumpy ride in the beginning stages of transitioning to China but has learned how to adapt and accept the culture and learn how to become a part of it. Tiffany has recently taken over the Elementary Department in her school and plans to delve into the administrative side to education as a way to continue to develop professionally and personally. She decided to take part in the Black Lives in China documentary by Nicole Bonnah as a way to be a catalyst in educating not only a small population of students but an entire culture.
As BRICS Slow Investments in Africa, Turkey Ramps Up
A China in Africa Podcast
on May 2, 2016
Remember when the BRICS were going to power the global economy? Well, the past few years have not been kind to Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. With the exception of India, the other members of this once elite diplomatic club are struggling in many different ways.
Xi Jinping’s New Military Position
A ChinaFile Conversation
on May 1, 2016
Late last week, China’s news media were filled with images of President and Party General Secretary Xi Jinping touring the joint battle command center of the Central Military Commission, dressed for the occasion in combat fatigues. The occasion for the visit and for the special attire was Xi’s assumption of a new title, Commander in Chief of China’s Military, a position he now holds in addition to his role as Chairman of the Central Military Commission. What does this new status and the manner of its presentation to the world mean?
