Another Taiwan Straits Crisis? CIA veteran John Culver weighs in
In a week dominated by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, Kaiser welcomes John Culver, who served as national intelligence officer for East...
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The Sinica Podcast, founded in 2010, is a weekly discussion of current affairs in China hosted by Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn. It is the flagship show of the Sinica Podcast Network.
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The Sinica Network presents the Café & Seda (Coffee & Silk) Podcast
This week on Sinica, we offer listeners a sneak preview of one of the new shows coming soon to the Sinica Network: Café & Seda...
Prototype Nation: Silvia Lindtner on what drives Chinese tech innovation, and how tech drives Chinese statecraft
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Kaiser chats with Silvia Lindtner of the University of Michigan about her book Prototype Nation. In a wide-ranging conversation...
Semiconductors and the unspoken U.S. tech policy on China, with Paul Triolo
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Paul Triolo, Senior VP for China and Technology Policy Lead at Dentons Global Advisors ASG, formerly and probably...
Historian Andrew Liu on COVID origins: Orientalism and the “Asiatic racial form”
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Villanova University historian Andrew Liu. Andy published an excellent essay in n+1 magazine in April that captured how...
Yale’s Jing Tsu on the characters who modernized Chinese characters
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Jing Tsu, John M. Schiff Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures & Comparative Literature at Yale University...
Taiwan: Saber rattling, salami slicing, and strategic ambiguity, with Shelley Rigger and Simona Grano
This week on the Sinica Podcast, Shelley Rigger of Davidson College returns to the show to talk Taiwan. She’s joined by Simona Grano, a sinologist...
A Comprehensive Mirror: James Carter’s “This Week in China’s History” column marks two years
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with James (Jay) Carter, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Jay...
Mental health under lockdown: A clinical psychologist in Shanghai
This week on Sinica, Kaiser welcomes back Dr. George Hu, a clinical psychologist based in Shanghai, who has a lot to say about the state...
Covering the U.S.-China relations beat with the FT’s Demetri Sevastopulo
This week on Sinica, Kaiser welcomes veteran Asia reporter Demetri Sevastopulo, who covers the U.S.-China relationship for the Financial Times. They discuss some of Demetri’s scoops...