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A weekly discussion of current affairs in China with journalists, writers, academics, policymakers, business people and anyone with something compelling to say about the country that's reshaping the world. Hosted by Kaiser Kuo.

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The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity

Jun 03, 2026 1h 41m

The summit in Beijing produced a "constructive strategic stability" framework and a warming of tone between the two presidents. But heads of state can announce a multi-year horizon; somebody else has…

The View from Everywhere Else: Eric Olander on how the Global South is reading the Beijing summits

May 26, 2026 1h 20m

Eric Olander on how the Global South is reading the Beijing summitsThis week I'm joined again by Eric Olander, founder of the China Global South Project, which runs the most indispensable…

To Rule All Under Heaven: Andrew Meyer on His New Popular History of the Warring States

May 21, 2026 1h 20m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Andrew Seth Meyer, professor of history at CUNY Brooklyn College and the author of a remarkable new book from Oxford University Press, To Rule All Under Heaven: A…

"Constructive Strategic Stability": Ali Wyne of the International Crisis Group on the Trump-Xi Summit

May 17, 2026 1h 6m

This week on Sinica, I chat with Ali Wyne, Senior Research and Advocacy Adviser for U.S.-China at the International Crisis Group, just hours after President Trump's plane left Chinese airspace at the…

"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 4: The AI Race Reconsidered

May 17, 2026 36m

This week I’m sharing the fourth and final installment from the day-long conference convened by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) at Johns Hopkins SAIS on April…

The Poetry of Zheng Xiaoqiong: A Conversation with Translator Eleanor Goodman

May 06, 2026 1h 11m

This week on Sinica, in a special episode recorded as a live joint webcast with NYRB/Poets and Equator Magazine, I sit down with Eleanor Goodman — poet, scholar, research associate at Harvard's…

"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 3: Tech, Rivalry, and Competing Visions of the Future

May 01, 2026 1h 6m

This week I'm sharing the third installment from the day-long conference convened by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) at Johns Hopkins SAIS on April 3rd in…

Spain's China Gambit: Pedro Sánchez, Strategic Autonomy, and the European Turn to Beijing — with Mario Esteban Rodríguez

Apr 22, 2026 1h 6m

This week on Sinica: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrapped up his fourth visit to China in as many years last week, and this one may be the most consequential yet. It comes at a moment when…

"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 2: What Does the United States Want?

Apr 15, 2026 1h 7m

This week I'm sharing the next installment from the terrific day-long conference convened by the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) at Johns Hopkins SAIS on April…

"The China Debate We're Not Having" | Part 1: What China Wants

Apr 09, 2026 1h 8m

Opening Remarks & Session 1: What China WantsJohns Hopkins SAIS ACF Conference, April 3, 2026This week's episode features audio from a day-long conference hosted by the Institute for America,…

Adam Tooze is Chinamaxxing!

Apr 02, 2026 1h 25m

Economic historian Adam Tooze returns to Sinica fresh from the China Development Forum and his second extended visit to Beijing in under a year. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam and I cover…

Is China Trying to Sever Plato from NATO? Chang Che on Beijing's Embrace of the Greco-Roman Classics

Mar 26, 2026 1h 17m

This week on Sinica, I welcome journalist and former colleague Chang Che. His recent New Yorker piece "How China Learned to Love the Classics" generated enormous attention. We explore one of the more…

Edge of Ruin: Mike Lampton and Wang Jisi’s Warning on U.S.-China Relations

Mar 19, 2026 1h 33m

David M. Lampton—“Mike”—is one of America’s most distinguished scholars of U.S.–China relations, director of China Studies Emeritus at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and the author of landmark works on Chinese…

Governing Digital China, with Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo

Mar 12, 2026 1h 8m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo, co-authors of Governing Digital China, a new book that examines how an authoritarian state governs a digital ecosystem it doesn't…

Yi-Ling Liu on The Wall Dancers: China's Internet, Its Creative Spirits, and the Art of the Possible

Feb 25, 2026 1h 17m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Yi-Ling Liu, journalist, former China editor at Rest of World, and author of the new book The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese…

Kyle Chan on the Great Reversal in Global Technology Flows

Feb 18, 2026 1h 21m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Kyle Chan, a fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings, previously a postdoc at Princeton, and author of the outstanding High-Capacity Newsletter on…

Brookings' Patricia Kim Takes Stock of Trump's Second-Term China Policy

Feb 11, 2026 1h 4m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Patricia Kim, a Fellow at the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center, where she focuses on U.S. policy toward China and the broader Asia Pacific. One…

Uneasy Calm: Ryan Hass on Three Pathways for U.S.-China Relations Under Trump

Feb 04, 2026 1h 3m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Ryan Hass, director of the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings and one of the most clear-eyed analysts of the U.S.-China relationship working today. Ryan was…

Afra Wang on "The Morning Star of Lingao" (临高启明) and the Rise and Reckoning of China's "Industrial Party"

Jan 28, 2026 1h 24m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Afra Wang, a writer working between London and the Bay Area, currently a fellow with Gov.AI. We're talking today about her recent WIRED piece on what might be…

The Highest Exam: Jia Ruixue and Li Hongbin on China's Gaokao and What It Reveals About Chinese Society

Jan 21, 2026 1h 15m

This week on Sinica, I speak with Jia Ruixue and Li Hongbin, coauthors of The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China. We're talking about China's college entrance exam — dreaded and feared, with…

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