Christmas Ed-stravaganza - 2020 Xmas Special
Ed & Nik reunite for a Xmas Special to review the year over a couple of drinks. All the big stories, including (but not limited to) Covid, China-India...
Ed & Nik on the Asia Pacific
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Dr Ed Griffith and Professor Nik Alsford of the University of Central Lancashire arrogantly present their opinions on recent major (and not so major) news stories from the Asia Pacific region.
Episode 23: Goodbye
Ed & Nik discuss the implications of the security law in Hong Kong for China's wider foreign policy. Other topics include the death of Seoul's mayor, ...
Episode 22: Pencil Wagging
Ed & Nik discuss recent tensions across the Korean border, the clash between Indian and Chinese troops in the Himalayas, Japan's 'renaming' of the Sen...
Episode 21: In the mood
Ed & Nik consider the fallout from the new security law in Hong Kong, the removal of the mayor of Kaohsiung and the response to the Black Lives Matter...
Episode 20: The porcelain episode
Ed & Nik mark a milestone (of sorts) with wild speculation on Kim Jong Un, a heated debate about the future of Taiwan and Hong Kong under 'one country...
Episode 19: Kim's not dead (and nor are we)
Ed & Nik return after a brief hiatus doing some real work and discuss the media frenzy over Kim Jong-un's recent non-death. Other subjects tackled inc...
Episode 18: Panda sex revisited
Ed & Nik return to the hot topic of pandas' (in)ability to mate. Other topics include the South Korean election, a reported nuclear test in China, and...
Episode 17: WHO do you think you are?
Ed & Nik return to the Taiwan/WHO dispute, consider Japan's late reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak, mark the end of China's lockdown and discuss panda...
Episode 16: One Hundred Monkey-sized Elephants
Ed & Nik continue their lockdown with discussions on Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO and a debate on the anti-Taiwan bias of the BBC, as well as some ...
Episode 15: At Home with Ed & Nik
As the lockdown begins in earnest in England, Ed & Nik tackle remote working, the Olympics, Korea's mixed response to covid-19, Taiwan-China tensions ...