What does Chinese science fiction reveal about modern China? In this episode, Eva Peek and China correspondent Tabitha Speelman dive into dystopian stories about technological fears, rapid change and extreme inequality. Sci-fi as an unexpected lens on an authoritarian society.
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- Guest:
- Tabitha Speelman
- Co-hosts:
- Eva Peek
- Presentation:
- Mandula van den Berg
- Production:
- Lotteke Boogert
- Assembly:
- Lennart van Kasterop & Yeppe van Kesteren
- Video:
- Ingrid Van Halteren & Arno Vanhollebeke
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