China Books

Fresh ideas and thought-provoking conversations on fiction and non-fiction about China and/or from China, with host Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for NPR and PRX's The World.

The China Books podcast is a companion of the China Books Review (chinabooksreview.com), co-published by Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations (where Mary Kay is a senior fellow) and The Wire China.

Host

Mary Kay Magistad

Mary Kay Magistad is an award-winning former China correspondent for NPR (1995-99) and PRI/BBC's The World (2003-13), and creator of the critically acclaimed podcasts Whose Century Is It and On China's New Silk Road. She is currently deputy director of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, which co-produces the China Books Review with The Wire China.