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18th AICCS, Flagship event of ICS, organized by IIM Indore

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Today we step into a world where voices do more than tell stories. They persuade. They brand. They cross borders without passports. Our journey begins with a single sound—China’s podcast diplomacy.

In his paper Sonic Soft Power: China’s Podcast Diplomacy, presented at the 18th All India Conference of China Studies in October 2025, Mayukh Mukhopadhyay takes us behind the microphone. He shows us how, in a media landscape bound by regulation, podcasts become tools of entrepreneurship, storytelling, and soft power.

He lays out how technology, platforms, and culture weave together to create a Chinese podcasting model that is not just about entertainment but about influence. About teaching and selling. About intimacy and control. About telling the world a story—and deciding who gets to listen, and how.

But here is the question that lingers: when a podcast becomes a diplomat, who is really speaking—the storyteller, or the state?

We thank the hosts and moderators of the 18th All India Conference of China Studies, organized by the Institute of Chinese Studies Delhi and IIM Indore.

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