Talking Past Each Other: Pallavi Aiyar on India, China, and the Case for Cognitive Empathy
This week on Sinica, I sit down with the writer Pallavi Aiyar — at her own dining table in Beijing, where in recent months I’ve been the lucky beneficiary of her and her husband Julio’s legendary hosp...
18 Aug 1h 19min
The Future, Made in China: Evan Osnos on America's Reckoning
This week on Sinica, I welcome back Evan Osnos of The New Yorker, whose marvelous new essay, “The Future, Made in China,” chronicles a tech-focused return trip to Beijing, where he lived from 2005 to ...
10 Aug 1h 34min
Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo on WAIC 2026, Xi's AI Speech, and Kimi K3
This week on Sinica, a rare treat: an in-person recording from Beijing with two dear friends who happen to be two of the very best in the business on technology and China — Samm Sacks and Paul Triolo,...
23 Jul 1h 37min
The Platform State: Angela Zhang and Alex Yang on How China Really Governs Its Economy
This week on Sinica, in a special episode recorded at the Davos On Air booth at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, I sat down with Angela Huyue Zhang, professor ...
8 Jul 1h 4min
Agile Governance: Tsinghua's Xue Lan on How China Regulates What It Can't Fully Predict
Recorded live from the Davos on Air booth at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, this special episode of Sinica tackles the "pacing problem": the widening gap bet...
30 Jun 53min
China Shock 2.0: This Time It's Europe, with Adam Tooze
Last week in Brussels, EU leaders held their first sustained debate on China policy in three years, and were so wary of Beijing’s reaction they wouldn’t print the word “China” on the agenda. The trigg...
24 Jun 46min
"But China!": Robert Wright on the AI Race and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning
This week on Sinica I'm joined by Robert Wright, author of The Moral Animal, Nonzero, and The Evolution of God, for a conversation that runs a little outside our usual beat, though China sits closer t...
17 Jun 1h 53min
The Texas Paradox: How the Most Anti-China State Is Building America's China Capacity
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 ...
3 Jun 1h 41min
