Why should we be good? Author Gurcharan Das turns to the ageless philosophical epic, the Mahabharata, to find the answers. 我们为什么要变好?作家Gurcharan这部永恒的哲学史诗《摩诃婆罗多》会带领我们找到答案。...
Historian Jenny Laing-Peach takes Phillip on a guided tour of Sir Victor Sassoon's 1929 art-deco masterpiece The Peace Hotel, located on what used to be called The Wall Street of the East - the Bund, Shanghai. It has recently been reopened after exte...
A wide ranging conversation with Pierre Ryckmans, internationally renowned scholar, sinologist, essayist, literary critic and calligrapher. 这是一次与皮埃尔?里克曼宽泛的谈话,他是国际知名学者,汉学家、散文家、文学评论家...
Dr Jonathan Hutt unravels the cultural, political and architectural history of Shanghai to explain the historical difference between Shanghai and Beijing which created the enigmatic city of Shanghai and also helped shape the China we know today. 乔纳...
An interview with the English fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood, coinciding with her Victoria and Albert retrospective exhibition held at the National Gallery in Canberra in 2004. Vivienne tells Phillip about her views on reform, rebellion and huma...
Henry Kissinger speaks about his experiences and skills as a high level diplomat and as US National Security Adviser and Secretary of State between 1969 and 1975. His career makes up the body of his insights and explanation of the profession and his...
What do young students in China want? This is a wide ranging talk with six students from Renmin University who've chosen to study Australia instead of the United States. Their lives vary greatly from that of their parents and so what are the opportun...
Take a tour with Phillip of Beijing's cultural masterpiece, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and its Deputy Director, Luqiang Qiao. 在菲利普的带领下参观北京文化的杰作国家表演艺术中心,副主任乔陆强会给我们讲...
Journalist Lijia Zhang speaks about the level of internal Chinese migration from the rural areas to the city and how it is changing society. 记者张丽佳谈到偏远地区的国内中国移民来到城市以及这种现象如何改变社会。...
Author Edmund White is arguably one of the most influential gay writers in the world today. In this interview he spoke openly about his work, growing up gay in 1950s America and the way in which gay culture has dramatically changed over the past deca...
In 1998 Phillip interviewed a very young and talented Arundhati Roy, who speaks as beautifully as she writes. 1998年菲利普采访了年轻而且才华横溢的阿兰蒂?罗伊,后者的言谈就像她的写作那样美丽。...
Farmer Chen of the village of Chen Jia Pu near the Great Wall of China, speaks to Phillip Adams about the challenges facing rural dwellers today. 临近长城的陈家铺中，一位农民对菲利浦?亚当斯讲述乡村居民现今所面临的挑战...
In this program Phillip visits the beautiful southern city of Guilin, and in particular a village where he learns how tofu is made in the time-honoured tradition. After that Phillip makes his way to Beijing for a wide ranging interview with Australia...
US politicians are still struggling to forge a last-minute deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. They need to find agreements on government spending before the new year or a series of tax hikes and budget cuts will come into effect. There are concerns fail...
The US President Barack Obama is meeting with congressional leaders in a bid to prevent the country from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Republicans and Democrats have just four days to reach an agreement in a bid to prevent massive tax rises...
