Monday 20 September 9:35 pm
How will China react to Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine deal? Angharad Yeo checks out the Great Firewall’s impact on social media scrolling plus Annie Louey goes back to school to look at the ban on private tutoring.
Final episode in the series last night… will it come back next year?
It’s rated fairly decently over Monday nights so I can see it coming back. It’s a fairly decent little show that does show the cultural/social side of China rather than the focus on politics which is refreshing.
I don’t think it will. Most would prefer a news bulletin instead.
Most? And there’s a news channel for news bulletins.
It’s back!
Last night, new set - could we see this as a shared set with planet America on the other side of studio 24?
From Monday 25 July 9.30pm; 8 episodes
Stan Grant and Yvonne Yong are back to bring you a fresh look at news and current affairs from inside China.
China Tonight returns for a fourth season to dive beneath the China headlines bringing more depth and complexity to the stories making it big in the world’s most populous country.
In season four we’ll explore issues relating to China’s ageing population, the rising popularity of motor racing, dealing with death, and sex education.
Stan Grant returns with co-host Yvonne Yong, and reporters Annie Louey, Samuel Yang, Jinghua Qian, Brendan Wan and more.
Production credit: Executive Producer: Annie White
Monday 8 August
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan ramps up the rift between China and the US but will it be Taiwan that pays the price? Stan Grant and Yvonne Yong examine the view from Beijing and Taipei. Plus why the game of Mahjong was once banned.
One of the reporters read the News in Mandarin on China Tonight yesterday. First time I’d seen that on TV… last show of the season too.
Special Tonight: ABC News Channel
08:00PM China Tonight: CCP Congress Special A special looking at the Communist Party National Congress: who are the likely winners and losers? Plus President Xi to secure a record third term, what is it that drives China’s most powerful leader since Mao?
Stan’s Monday show bumped for Stan’s Thursday show…
with q and a moving back to mondays in 2023 it isnt clear where it leaves other programming inluding china tonight ( abriged version of the same aricle to fit this post )
Series Return Friday 17 February 8.00pm
China Tonight is back to bring you a fresh look at news and current affairs from inside China.
This season, host Stan Grant is joined by Sam Yang with the news headlines while comedian Annie Louey covers what’s trending on Weibo and other cultural content. Regular contributors from both here in Australia, and China, will go beyond the headlines of trade and politics to examine the country’s challenges and triumphs, making sense of the people, the history and the ambition.
As China experiences a Covid surge as it opens its borders, and with the country’s relations with the world rarely out of the news, there’s always plenty of interest in the world’s most populous nation.
Discover what’s happening beyond those headlines and understand China from a fresh perspective.
China Tonight returns on Friday nights at 9:30pm on ABC NEWS channel (and repeated on Mondays after Q+A)
Production credit: An ABC NEWS production. Executive Producer Annie White
Seems like an odd timeslot and something of a demotion to Friday nights.
I’d think the ABC is trying to capitalise on the lead-out (Gardening Australia) and lead-ins (UK dramas).
Update: Returns Friday 24 Feb
