KPFK Pacifica, Voices from the Frontlines
BBC World Service, Newshour
The Wall Street Journal
BBC World Service
The Asahi Shimbun
BBC World Service
United Press International
BBC World Service
From the Council on Foreign Relations, for The New York Times
China-U.S. military escalation, China's Market Economy
Joshua Muldavin recently did a half-hour interview on China for KPFK's "Voices From the Frontlines" in Los Angeles. The interview resulted from Muldavin's earlier interview on unrest in south China for BBC World Newshour, as well as his Oped in the NY Times.
BBC World Service, Newshour
Protests Against Land Grabs in the Village of Wukan, Guang Dong Province
In an interview on BBC Newshour, Muldavin comments on the conflict between rural farmers and authorities in a rapidly growing industrial region of China. A long-running dispute (mainly due to land grabs) in Wukan, China exploded into open rebellion this week after villagers chased away government leaders, set up roadblocks and began arming themselves with homemade weapons.
The Wall Street Journal
China Fears Restive Migrants As Jobs Disappear in Cities
Joshua Muldavin speaks with Shai Oster about China's reverse migration in the wake of the global financial crisis, and the potential it has to shake the stability of the world's most populous nation.
BBC World Service
China's Debate Over Land Reform
The Asahi Shimbun
Interview (Available in Japanese only)
BBC World Service
Social Inequality and Unrest in China
The BBC interviewed Geography faculty member Joshua Muldavin on social inequality and unrest in China. The segment begins with comments from an elderly peasant woman, counterpoint by Governor Huang Huahua of Guangdong province, followed by a discussion with Prof. Muldavin in which he highlights long-simmering problems and argues that rural unrest is the most pressing challenge the Chinese state faces today.
United Press International
Security Industry: China's rural 'time bomb'
Joshua Muldavin spoke with Ambika Behal of the United Press International about an increasingly discontent rural population that could stunt China's rise to global superiority.
BBC World Service
Growth and Rural Upheaval in China
Q&A: Land Reform
Joshua Muldavin spoke with Lionel Beehner of the Council on Foreign Relations about issues of land distribution in the world today. Specifically Muldavin provided expertise on issues of land reform in China. The story can be found on the New York Times Web site.
