Author Rebecca Kuang on her novel Babel, or on the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators Revolution
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Rebecca Kuang (who writes under the name R.F. Kuang), the author of the best-selling historical fantasy novel Babel. Set in the 1830s in England, the novel’s Chi...
29 Des 202252min
The best solution for Taiwan is no solution: Jude Blanchette and Ryan Hass argue for kicking the can down the road
This week on Sinica, Jude Blanchette (Freeman Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Ryan Hass (Armacost Chair at the John L. Thornton Center at the Brookings Institute) join...
21 Des 20221h 3min
China's push for RMB internationalization
This week on Sinica, Kaiser and Jeremy welcome Diana Choyleva and Dinny McMahon, who recently published a report for the Wilson Center on China's efforts to internationalize the Renminbi, its currency...
8 Des 202258min
A familiar drumbeat: Michael Mazarr on the run-up to the Iraq invasion and parallels with China
This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Michael J. Mazarr, author of the book Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy, which examines the decision to invade I...
1 Des 20221h 4min
Special episode: The COVID lockdown protests, with David Moser and Jeremiah Jenne
We've got a special bonus episode this week on the protests over the weekend of November 26th-27th in multiple cities around China. Joining Kaiser and Jeremy are old friends David Moser and Jeremiah J...
29 Nov 20221h 6min
Financial Times reporter Yuan Yang on China-Europe relations
This week on Sinica, Kaiser & Jeremy welcome Yuan Yang, a reporter for the Financial Times who was until recently covering technology in Beijing. Now based in London, her beat is China-Europe relation...
23 Nov 202254min
Evan Feigenbaum on the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region
This week on Sinica, in lieu of the regular show we present a keynote address given by Evan Feigenbaum, VP for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, at the recent East Asia Strate...
17 Nov 20221h 2min
New America President Anne-Marie Slaughter on balancing China competition and global imperatives
This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Anne-Marie Slaughter, a leading American public intellectual who serves as president of New America and was Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Depart...
10 Nov 20221h 11min
