R.I.P. Liu Dehai, pipa virtuoso
Liú Déhǎi 刘德海, master of the pipa, a type of Chinese lute, died at the age of 83 on April 11, 2020. Liu was born in Shanghai in 1937. He received his early music education there before the Communist v...
13 Huhti 202016min
Will China save the planet? A climatic conversation with NRDC's Barbara Finamore
In a show taped in late February, Kaiser chats with Barbara Finamore, senior attorney and senior strategic director, Asia, for the Natural Resources Defense Council, who shares her perspective on Chin...
9 Huhti 20201h 6min
Former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul on democracy promotion in Russia and China
This week, we bring you another show from the California podcast series that Kaiser recorded back in December, before the ravages of COVID-19. Take a break from thinking about the virus to listen to M...
2 Huhti 202050min
Dexter Roberts on ‘The Myth of Chinese Capitalism’
On this week's show, veteran reporter Dexter "Tiff" Roberts chats with Kaiser and Jeremy about his new book, The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World.6:28: ...
26 Maalis 20201h 10min
Janet Yang and Michael Berry on the state of cinema in a time of souring U.S.-China ties
This week on Sinica, Kaiser continues his California series with a conversation with Janet Yang, one of the legends of the U.S.-China film world, and Michael Berry, a professor at UCLA and a leading e...
19 Maalis 202052min
USCBC President Craig Allen on trade in a time of disruption
In a show taped live at the China-U.S. Summit at Duke University on February 29, Kaiser chats with Ambassador Craig Allen, the longtime Asia-based diplomat who now serves as president of the U.S.-Chin...
12 Maalis 202048min
UCLA's Alex Wang on where China leads and lags in climate change
In this episode, part of Sinica's California series, Kaiser chats with Alex Wang, a professor of law at UCLA and an expert on China's environmental law. Just back from the COP25 meeting in Madrid, Ale...
5 Maalis 202047min
Jeff Wasserstrom on music in protest and revolution in modern China
From the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 that ended the Qing dynasty to the Second Sino-Japanese War to Tiananmen in 1989 and Hong Kong 30 years later, songs have inspired and united people in protest and p...
27 Helmi 202059min
